{"product_id":"9780751572971-love-is-a-curse","title":"Love is a Curse","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA spellbinding, gothic love story for 2025, from the Richard and Judy bestselling author of A Boy Made of Blocks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the Richard \u0026amp; Judy bestseller \u003ci\u003eA Boy Made of Blocks\u003c\/i\u003e and the BBC Two \u003ci\u003eBetween the Covers\u003c\/i\u003e hit \u003ci\u003eThe Frequency of Us\u003c\/i\u003e comes an imaginative, soaring story, told over 150 years, of a family cursed to always lose their true love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A modern Gothic novel unlike any other\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, about love and loss echoing through the ages. Sad, sweet, funny and hopeful' \u003c\/b\u003e- Emilia Hart, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWeyward \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Sirens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Did your mother ever tell you about the curse?'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpoken by her dying aunt, these were the words that would come to define Cammy's life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a teenager, Cammy dismissed the warning that the women in her family were doomed to lose the ones they love, writing it off as nothing more than a family myth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  But when, in her late twenties, her new boyfriend is struck by a car, guilt consumes Cammy, and she begins to wonder: could the curse be real?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Desperate for answers, she returns to her aunt's secluded house and begins to uncover the tangled history of her ancestors - a tragic lineage of women marked by love and loss. As she sifts through diaries, letters, and paintings, \u003cb\u003eCammy must decide: is she doomed by a fate she can't escape, or are there answers buried in the secrets of the women who came before her?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An original yet entirely universal story - sweeping in its scale, yet sweet-tempered, moving, and just the right amount of spooky. I loved it'\u003c\/b\u003e - Samuel Burr author of T\u003ci\u003ehe Fellowship of Puzzlemakers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eLove Is a Curse\u003c\/i\u003e uses Gothic so cleverly. I binged the ending in one sitting and was absolutely gripped\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (and may have had a tear or two in my eye!)'\u003c\/b\u003e - Sarah Brooks author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wasteland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53578350985590,"sku":"9780751572971","price":7.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33028257.jpg?v=1738827459","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780751572971-love-is-a-curse","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}