Monday, 2 February 2026

House of Unquiet Spirits - Matilda's Retreat

 


What reviewers are saying:

'Matilda’s Retreat is a wonderfully chilling tale of a house that has witnessed too much, and with recent renovations, its history has begun bleeding into the present. Horror fans of slow(ish)-burn horror, haunted house elements, and intensely atmospheric fiction will fall right into the pages of this one!' - Erica Robyn Reads

'Matilda's Retreat is a house haunted by more than stories and long-dead history. It’s a repository of dark power and unquiet presences. And when they find a locked door hidden behind a wall in the library and decide to pass through it, will they find the answers to long standing mysteries or simply unleash an ancient evil? Matilda’s Retreat is an enjoyable dose of the gothic horrors and supernatural dreads that Cavendish has made her career from....with two seemingly separate storylines that nevertheless draw togethe
r in a tidy but unexpected fashion.' - Considering Stories
 
Coming out in ebook and paperback
February 10th
from Crossroad Press.
Pre-order now available!

Matilda's Retreat

The house kept its secrets – until someone disturbed it

Alone and isolated on a windswept moor, the centuries’ old building had seen its fair share of owners and more than its quota of dark legends when Lynn Schofield and her husband visited their friends there. From the moment they cross the threshold, it’s clear there is something very wrong here. Behind the walls is a house unlike any other and the horrors it has witnessed are embedded in its very fabric, ready and waiting for the next victim.

Decades later, another couple own the now ruinous house. For Diana, her initial reluctance to move in soon takes a leap forward when she sees something that shouldn’t be there. But as major renovations proceed – and the library starts to reveal its secrets – her mounting fears prove to be only the beginning of her nightmare.

Soon, she will discover the legends of Matilda’s Retreat are not consigned to the annals of history, as her life changes forever.






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