storiet v.2

theme

voice

language

sign in
Cover of Mansion of smiling masks

a novel ·

Mansion of smiling masks

by

One little candle was all that was left. A single flame to flicker over a dead body. Legend said it was Old Dandy's candle-the monument to love kindled by the ghost of the long-dead slave long ago. But that love …

start reading + shelf
  • ● 86% match for you
  • ● literary fiction, mystery & thriller

the long version

One little candle was all that was left. A single flame to flicker over a dead body. Legend said it was Old Dandy's candle-the monument to love kindled by the ghost of the long-dead slave long ago. But that love changed. The light now cast a new eerie glow. A glow of fear and foreboding. And now that candle was lit for Mari, the new bride...for Mari, Leigh's second wife...Mari doomed to die by the Douglass curse.

M

Margaret's verdict

"One little candle was all that was left. A single flame to flicker over a dead body. Legend said it was Old Dandy's candle-the monument to love kindled by the …"

— Margaret

highlights

what readers held onto

No highlights yet. Be the first.

discussion

what readers said

No reviews yet. Finish it; tell us what you found.