Pearl Bound: A Servant. A Target. A Reckoning.

About This Audiobook

She came to serve the rich. She awakened to burn them down. In the waning days of the Gilded Age, Irish immigrant Eve Kelly accepts a coveted position at Greythorne, a mansion built on wealth, excess, and ruthless power. Behind its glittering façade, the Rennard family preys on the vulnerable-especially the women who serve them. As Eve is drawn into the house's seductive, dangerous orbit-and into a forbidden intimacy with the daughter of the family-she begins to uncover a legacy of violence hidden beneath chandeliers and silk. But the house is not the only thing with a history. Something ancient stirs in Eve's blood-a power inherited from generations of women who survived by becoming something more than obedient. As predation tightens its grip, the servant they meant to consume becomes the reckoning they never saw coming. Pearl Bound is a gothic historical horror novel steeped in female rage, class tension, queer desire, and the terrifying cost of autonomy. Perfect for readers of dark horror such as The Lamb, Dark Sisters, A Dowry of Blood, and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.

Details

Author: Natalie G. Bergman
Narrator: Kristen DiMercurio
Runtime: 09:22:30
ISBN: 9798999627162

About the Author

Natalie G. Bergman writes the kind of stories she spent her youth searching for: queer women at the center, danger in the walls, longing in every room, and a past that refuses to stay buried. An award-winning screenwriter turned novelist, she builds worlds where beauty and brutality sit side by side and where the heroines carry both scars and fire. Born in Sydney, Australia, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, and now splitting her life between California and New York, Natalie draws from a lifetime of observing how people love, fear, hide, and survive. Her work often explores the quiet terrors and quiet strengths of women—especially those navigating class divides, forbidden desire, and the weight of lineage.

Reviews

This riveting sapphic gothic horror novel is imbued with exquisite detail and a sense of locale that deftly amplifies the terror taking place in a wealthy New England estate at the turn of the century. The author adroitly upends us in the best sort of way as the novel twists and swerves through lush landscapes and sitting rooms, heavenly scented bathtubs, tea parties, and a forbidden affair between members of the different classes while shocking us with visceral, magical, unforgettable horror. Hooked from the first chapter, this novel delivers from start to finish with the unexpected and the incredible weaved into a richly spun tale of an upper class home that hides particular cruelties. Nature, magic, misplaced affection, and the resilience of a young woman who carries an incredible legacy all lead to an explosive, satisfying finish. Readers who've enjoyed works like Sarah Waters' Fingersmith and Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth will love Pearl Bound.

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