Wormwood Abbey

By Christina Baehr,

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As a Victorian clergyman’s daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything — until a mythical salamander tumbles out of the fireplace into her lap.

When a letter arrives from estranged relatives, Edith is swept away to a crumbling Gothic abbey in the wilds of Yorkshire. Wormwood Abbey isn't just full of…


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I loved this delightful romp through the 1800s English countryside... but what's that? Is it a dog peering out at us from beneath the bushes, or could it perhaps be something else?

But dragons don't exist. Right? They are merely mythical beasts of legend and story?

Or at least, that's what Edith has always believed. Until her family inherits the mysterious Wormwood Abbey... an inheritance they don't really want and have no intention of keeping.

Or at least... that's what they think.

But there are secrets in Ormdale. And there are responsibilities that can be inherited along with land and…

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