{"product_id":"darling-mercedes-m-yardley-9781968143114","title":"Darling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Southern Gothic cautionary tale captures the small town suspense of Ashley Winstead's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMidnight is the Darkest Hour\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and the frightening homecoming of T. Kingfisher's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA House with Good Bones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e in a domestic thriller where magic surrealism meets haunted house, proving that some pasts are best left behind you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarling has its demons.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCherry LaRouche escaped the claws of Darling, Louisiana at sixteen. When she returns after her mother's death, Cherry and her children are forced into a nightmare where evil spreads like infection and the house itself demands her bones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Cherry tries to separate fact from fantasy, the locals discover the bodies of several murdered children. When Cherry's own daughter goes missing, she's forced to face everything she had fled from and confront the true monsters of Darling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Mercedes M. Yardley, three-time Bram Stoker Award winner for \u003ci\u003eLittle Dead Red\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove is a Crematorium\u003c\/i\u003e, and \"Fracture,\" comes a stunning revised edition of \u003ci\u003eDarling\u003c\/i\u003e. This Southern Gothic tour de force is the first novel in the interconnected world of The Hunger Garden, where demons and delights both await you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mercedes M. Yardley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1968143114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781968143114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruadan Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Mercedes M. Yardley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874829611263,"sku":"9781968143114","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/darling-mercedes-m-yardley-9781968143114","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}