The Pure Heart

A stunning classic horror story - perfect for fans of Mary Shelley! '[A] wonderful twisted gothic novel ... [an] evocation of a weird and wonderful world with compulsive characters and a cracking mystery at it's core.' THE TIMES 'Oozing atmosphere, this reads like a teenage version of recent gothic fantasies like The Binding or The Familiars: deliciously chilling Elizabethan tale with an injection of horror.' THE OBSERVER '[An] atmospheric gothic chiller' THE INDEPENDENT When Iseabail is employed by a wealthy merchant to be his daughter's companion, she's transported from her humble island home to a grand house in the Scottish borderlands. Why has she been summoned here? And will she ever make it back home? A stunningly atmospheric YA Elizabethan horror set in the Scottish borderlands, written with a unique and original voice. Jane Eyre meets Susan Hill with a YA twist and gently fantastical elements. Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2018; the first YA entry to win.