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A Library Journal Best Book of the Year
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After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, NoemA\xad Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. Shea�TMs not sure what she will find a�" her cousina�TMs husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger. Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the familya�TMs youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help NoemA\xad, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his familya�TMs past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. NoemA\xad, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.