The Blackmere Letters, Book Three
The Black Seal of Blackmere Point
The Black Seal of Blackmere Point is Book Three of The Blackmere Letters, a slow-burn, closed-door gothic romance mystery by Eleanor Vale. A packet sealed in black, a bride who was never married, and twelve sun pictures of 1841. The ebook is $2.99.
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A packet sealed in black. A bride who was never married. And an order that has waited a hundred and eighty-seven years: Not to be opened while Blackmere is ours.
Paper conservator Iris Cole is to be married in the summer, to the last of the Blackmeres, in the church where the parish still tells the story of the bride of 1841: the dog-roses, the parson waiting until past noon, the gentleman who never came. Miss Clemency sealed in black, they say, from that day to her last.
Then Iris finds the packet, in the dullest bundle in the house. It is not a letter. Wrapped in black paper against the light is a sun picture, made when photography was two years old: the white shadow of the foot of a deed, a ring laid beside it, and a date, Midsummer Day, 1841. It was never fixed. Every second it is looked at spends it.
There are eleven more. A museum wants them, and would pay enough to save the falling end of the house, if Iris will put her name to who made them. The parish wants its story. Julian wants to give her the one thing she would rather he kept. And to learn what happened on a headland on the day of a wedding that did not take place, Iris must do what a conservator is trained never to do: use up the thing she is keeping.
Book details
- Series
- The Blackmere Letters, Book Three
- Genre
- Gothic romance mystery, slow-burn and closed-door
- Format
- Ebook (EPUB) in English
- Price
- $2.99, or local currency outside the United States
- Where
- Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble and other ebook stores, and library apps
Questions readers ask
Can I read Book Three without the others?
Yes. The mystery is complete in this book. Reading the series in order gives you the full story of Iris and Julian, which ends here with a wedding on the page.
How much romance is there, and is it explicit?
Slow-burn and closed-door, with no explicit content. The book ends with a wedding on the page.
Is it a horror novel?
No. There is no murder and no gore, and the one haunting is never quite proved.
Where can I buy it, and how much is it?
The ebook is $2.99 at Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble and other ebook stores, and libraries can offer it through OverDrive, cloudLibrary and BorrowBox. Stores outside the United States show the price in local currency.
Was it written with AI?
Written with the assistance of AI tools and edited by the author.
More in The Blackmere Letters
- The Last Letter from Blackmere House (Book One)
- The Drowned Bells of Saltmarsh (Book Two)