The Cursed Inn
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Ages: 12-15, 18+
Be careful what you wish for. Be very careful...
Jamaica Inn, Bodmin Moor. December 1811.
'I have seen him. He came in the night. His face was blackened with peat, his eyes like the hollows of the earth. Diabolus incarnatus . First as a child, then as a man. I have seen him.'
Poverty was a blight that tightened its grasp around family throats everywhere,
from the rolling breakers of the Lizard to the tranquil banks of the Tamar. High taxes on brandy, tobacco and lace had turned many good God-fearing men into smugglers and evaders, while disease and despair drifted across the moor from coast to coast.
Running the inn had become near impossible for Thomas and Jenna Hawkey. So when an unexpected visitor arrived late, one December night,whispering of ancient gods and black magic from the East, the Hawkeys found themselves caught between a blessing and a curse. What follows is a tale of faith and blasphemy, grief and resurrection; a haunting parable of love twisted by desperation,and a curse destined to echo through generations.
The Cursed Inn is a fireside gothic Christmas ghost story you won’t forget. A modern mashup of The Monkey's Paw and Jamaica Inn, in the chilling tradition of W. W. Jacobs, Daphne du Maurier and Susan Hill.











