The Monstrous Mercy
In this gripping Gothic Fantasy audiobook, a desperate voice-thief must con her way into a sentient, haunted estate to marry a cursed lord. But in Crowsilk Court, the walls are listening.

A devastating debt. A stolen identity. A living, breathing mansion where the walls listen to your every lie.
Echo Eclipse is a master voice-thief, surviving the brutal harbor slums of Saltgrave by erasing her identity and becoming whoever desperate, grieving people want her to be. But when her ruthless underworld creditor demands an impossible payoff, Echo is forced into her deadliest con yet. She must travel to the isolated, cliffside estate of Crowsilk Court and impersonate Seraphina Vey, a vanished heiress. Her mission: sign a lucrative marriage contract with Victor Guerra, the brooding, heavily scarred master of the estate, and steal a fortune. But Crowsilk Court is no ordinary home. The architecture itself is alive—a terrifying, sentient swarm intelligence bound to Victor's flesh. Trapped between a canon lawyer waiting for a single misstep to execute her, an underworld boss demanding the gold, and a haunted house that feeds on secrets, Echo must pull off the ultimate deception or be swallowed whole.
Why you will love this: This dark Gothic Fantasy is packed with immense atmosphere, high-stakes deception, and spine-chilling suspense. Perfect for fans of haunted estates, cursed bloodlines, morally grey protagonists, and sinister romance tropes. The deep world-building of Saltgrave, teeming with gothic horror elements, marrow-ink laws, and eerie mysteries, will keep you completely spellbound.
John Newbill weaves a cinematic, fiercely original tale in The Monstrous Mercy. His unique voice brilliantly balances chilling, visceral descriptions with razor-sharp psychological tension, drawing you inescapably into a masterpiece of dark fantasy fiction.