{"product_id":"where-the-dark-things-bloom-a-em-9798280342460","title":"Where the Dark Things Bloom","description":"\u003cb\u003ePrequel Novella for All the Things We Buried\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark psychological gothic romance, taboo, step-siblings trope. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe was never supposed to leave, he was never supposed to stay.\u003cp\u003eWhen her estranged father dies, Lenore Thorn returns to the one place she swore she'd never set foot in again- a crumbling gothic mansion on the edge of a town that whispers her family's name in fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer only intention is to sell it and leave for good. But someone is already there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorian Thorn, her stepbrother, never left. Raised beside her but never truly her brother, he has always been possessive, cruel, and unreadable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe tells her the house is still theirs, that she belongs here and to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe resists his cold touch, his hungry gaze, and the way he speaks of their past in riddles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when she discovers the darkest secrets that hide behind the walls; blood rituals, missing children, a locked room her father forbade her to enter- she realizes Dorian isn't the one keeping her here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe house won't let her leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd neither will he.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. Em\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798280342460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d","brand":"A. Em","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48454144393471,"sku":"9798280342460","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dddf4417-f7e8-428e-a980-892d3b9afa70.jpg?v=1777304437","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-the-dark-things-bloom-a-em-9798280342460","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}