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  • Published: 9 February 2027
  • ISBN: 9781496755445
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $45.00

Beneath, It Sleeps: Deluxe Stenciled Edges



For readers of Slewfoot, Weyward, and The Year of the Witching, a lush, gripping Gothic novel set in 18th century Ireland, as young woman on the run from her past goes undercover within the infamous Hellfire Club, a remote lodge mired in rumors of Devil-worship and depravity . . .

Charlotte “Lotty” Boyle fled to Dublin to escape the clutches of a powerful duke. She’s found some measure of protection working as the accountant for Dorcas Kelly—the city’s most notorious brothel keeper. But now, with the duke hot on her heels, Lotty needs another refuge, and Dorcas has just the place in mind.

Dorcas wants Lotty to act as her spy while posing as a servant at the Hellfire Club. The very name evokes a strange dread. Nestled deep in the mountains, the old hunting lodge is rented out for secret meetings where rakish gentlemen indulge their tastes for debauchery. But from the moment she arrives, Lotty senses more at play here than human vices. The locals talk of banshees and forest spirits, and in her nightmares, Lotty is visited by a púca—a terrifying shapeshifter of Irish folklore.

It is said that those who flock to the Hellfire Club dabble in satanic rituals and sacrifices. What those men don’t know, and what Lotty begins to understand, is that something far more ancient sleeps beneath the lodge—an elemental power unafraid to wage war with the Devil himself. Now, as dark magics collide, that power will awaken, eager to appease its vengeance at any price . . .

  • Published: 9 February 2027
  • ISBN: 9781496755445
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $45.00

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“Meshing gothic horror and history, this book challenges everything you thought you knew about the Irish potato famine. . . The author brilliantly incorporates real historical documents and invokes the supernatural and Irish folklore to open readers' eyes to the devastating reality.” —Julie Rodgers for NPR on This House Will Feed

“Masterfully blending well-researched history with Irish folk horror, Tureaud’s striking adult debut is the haunting tale of a young woman’s experience of Ireland’s Great Hunger…The politics prove just as harrowing as the haunting as Tureaud dives deep into Irish/Anglo tensions.” —Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW on This House Will Feed

“Woven with political intrigue, powerful relationships, and supernatural beings you wouldn't want to meet in a dark forest, Tureaud once again proves that she's the master of Irish Gothic.” —Saratoga Schaefer, USA Today bestselling author of Trad Wife on Beneath, It Sleeps

“With Beneath, It Sleeps, Tureaud has again woven an intoxicatingly haunting tale of obsession, folklore, and revenge that kept me riveted until the very last page. Readers looking for a lush gothic horror combined with a swoon worthy love story, should drop everything and pick up this book.” —Jess Armstrong, USA Today bestselling author of The Curse of Penryth Hall on Beneath, It Sleeps

“Maria Tureaud once again delivers a Gothic masterpiece rooted in the darkest corners of Irish history and centered on a perfectly flawed heroine. Beneath, It Sleeps serves as a gorgeously haunting examination of love, loyalty, and a reminder that we can't outrun the demons of our past ... we can only face them.” —Jenny Adams, Agatha Award-Nominated Author of A Deadly Endeavor on Beneath, It Sleeps

“Dark and devilishly Gothic, Beneath, It Sleeps never shies away from the true horrors and injustices faced by women, both of the time and to this day. Tureaud constantly demonstrates that she is the reigning master of the Irish historical Gothic.” —Teagan Olivia King, author of Spit Back the Bones and Bitterbloom on Beneath, It Sleeps

“This House Will Feed is a major tearjerker with a brutally realistic setting and an intensely satisfying finale.” —CrimeReads on This House Will Feed

“This eerie book examines survival, identity and the price of making risky pledges by fusing historical tension with a gothic ambiance.” —BookTrib

“This House Will Feed is both a luscious Gothic, as well a poignant examination of the nature of loss and collective memory in a time of unspeakable horrors. I absolutely adored it and look forward to what Tureaud has in store for us next.” —Hester Fox, author of The Last Heir to Blackwood Library on This House Will Feed