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A compulsive feminist reworking ofCarmilla, the queer novella that inspiredDracula.

Hungerstoneis a delicious tribute to the inherent horrors of womanhood and the desperate and exquisite vulgarity of desire. This is everything I dream of in a novel.Ava Reid, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofA Study in DrowningandLady Macbeth

Its the height of the industrial revolution and ten years into Lenores marriage to steel magnate Henry, their relationship has soured. When Henrys ambitions take them from London to the remote British moorlands to host a hunting party, a shocking carriage accident brings the mysterious Carmilla into their lives. Carmilla, who is weak and pale during the day but vibrant at night. Carmilla, who stirs up something deep within Lenore. And before long, girls from the local villages fall sick, consumed by a terrible hunger . . .

As the day of the hunt draws closer, Lenore begins to unravel, questioning the role she has been playing all these years. Torn between regaining her husbands affection and the cravings Carmilla has awakened, soon Lenore will uncover a darkness in her household that will place her at terrible risk.