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The Gallows Curse
First published 2011
England, 1210. King John’s conflict with the papacy has left the kingdom under interdict, disrupting the rites that mark birth, death and salvation. In the village of Gastmere, servant girl Elena is pulled into a secret scheme intended to secure absolution for the dying Lord Gerard despite the Church’s prohibitions.
The plan entangles Elena in betrayal, murder and accusations that could send her to the gallows. With religious fear shaping every judgement and loyalty proving uncertain, she must work out who is manipulating the village’s beliefs and why a private attempt to escape damnation has produced a chain of deaths.
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