Haunting Miss Trentwood (illustrated hardcover) signed

Enjoy these signed and illustrated editions of Haunting Miss Trentwood!

The dust jacket hardcover features character art of Mary and Hartwell on the hardcover case, and a dust jacket designed by yours truly. One side is more whimsical and emphasizes the illustrations, the other is more ornate and like a classic library edition.

This edition features 12 full-color illustrations with 7 full-color acknowledgement pages, and are ONLY available direct from the author-illustrator, Belinda Kroll.

For fans of illustrated fantasy romance from Ireen Chau, Hanna Sandvig, and Tessonja Odette.

Excerpt

As soon as the door was shut, Mary threw her hands to her face. “I did not see my father’s ghost.” She shivered despite being drenched with sweat. “I must be mad.”

“A bit dramatic, I suppose, but mad? Would I allow you to run my household if you were mad?”

Mary screamed. She grabbed her skirts and scrambled atop her headboard.

At the foot of her bed stood her father. At least, she thought it was her father. It certainly looked just like him. Trentwood stood as he always had when lecturing her, hands clasped behind his back with a stern look on his face. 

“So you didn’t see me, eh?”

Read the first four chapters.

Synopsis

Resigned to spinsterhood in her English manor house, Mary Trentwood is horrified when her father’s ghost crawls from his grave, and struggles as he spouts opinion after opinion about the most mundane things.

Mistaking the newly-arrived and quietly handsome Alexander Hartwell as her father’s solicitor—for who else would interrupt her mourning?—Mary soon realizes her father is adding matchmaking to his repertoire. Neither Mary nor her father realize Hartwell hunts a blackmailer, and shouldn’t waste time seeking Mary’s smiles…

Content

Romantic rating: No or low heat content with a focus on emotion and kissing.

Tropes: Annoyances to lovers, found family, stuck in one house, sunshine hero, grumpy heroine, ghost dad, old retainer battle butler

Exclusives

Signed and illustrated editions are exclusive to Belinda's store!

These printed products are made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes a bit longer to deliver. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions.

Thank you for enabling the creation of future works by buying direct, and respecting the immense energy expended to create the beloved work in your hands. Please pay special attention to the full-color acknowledgement pages, where I thank my Kickstarter backers for their support.