Birch Plaise
ASIN: B00NED957E
Publisher: Bowman Press
Pages: 25
“Love at first sight? Stuff and nonsense!” So thought Bryce Walsh, until a chance meeting with a beautiful young woman leaves him breathless and bedazzled.The year is 1901, and Bryce is a jewellery merchant plying his wares at a village market. The beautiful woman is Eldreah DeLacy: gorgeous, refined, intelligent ... and alas, the daughter of a wealthy nobleman.With such an impossible social divide between them, what chance does Bryce have? But to his surprise, the DeLacey’s don’t try to discourage him. Instead, they welcome him with open arms. Bryce can’t believe his good fortune ... until he discovers a terrible secret.Beauty’s Curse is a 10,000-word novelette from the pen of exciting new horror author, Birch Plaise.