May 2026 Fantasy Book Club | Frankie recommends... Weavingshaw - Heba Al-Wasity

Frankie says... An indisputably perfect all-consuming fantasy that absolutely left me clawing the book number two. Full of intrigue, secrets, politics and skin-tearing tension - like nails-down-face slow burn - Al-Wasity is a new master-voice in gothic romance. Leena Al-Sayer, desperate to save her brother, is thrust into a world of deceit and danger when she makes a deal with the Saint of Silence, who won't let her break her contract despite the lies and violence that lie ahead... Gothic country house, period drama manners (think Gothic Darcy), brooding MMC, an extremely clever fantasy world, and deals with demons to top it all off. I absolutely loved this book - my perfect fantasy!!!

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The Saint of Silence trades coins for every sordid divulgence uttered to him.

The darker the secret, the higher the price. Leena has a secret, one that has haunted her since she was seventeen – she can see the dead. When her brother falls ill, she knows what she must do: seek the Saint.

But Leena's secret is more valuable to him that she could have imagined. To save her brother, she must make a deal with him to find the ghost he's searching for. All paths lead to Weavingshaw, a cursed estate on the moors.

As Leena grows closer to the Saint, and is plunged into his world of danger, deceit and desire, she learns that he is hiding his own secrets – ones that have the power to destroy them all.