The Naked Light

A village haunted by stories Two women bound by a secret A haunting gothic tale of ancient darkness and a love that defies convention from Sunday Times 1 bestseller Bridget Collins At once a moving study of women s lives after the First World War an exquisite love story and a terrifying folk horror So beautifully written that I could hardly bear to stop reading this is Bridget Collins at her beguiling best EMILIA HART Bridget Collins writing haunts my dreams ERIN KELLY A spine chillingly scary romance and a heartwarmingly romantic horror novel I raced through it at breakneck speed even as I wished it would go on forever Beautifully written thrillingly imagined and a joy on every page SANDRA NEWMAN I honestly never thought another author could rival Sarah Waters but I was wrong I haven t read a historical novel quite as good as this in years LOUISE MORRISHWatching over the village of Haltington is an ancient carving in the ground known to locals simply as the Face It was first etched into the chalk when lives were ruled by superstition and stories by fear of the unknown of the shadows For centuries the inhabitants of Bone Cottage have tended to it But now that the Great War has decimated the population of even this most isolated of plac