The Captivating Story of an Artist Born With a Rare Condition Which Means She Can't Feel Fear


The House Along the Way, by Elysa Summers, is a captivating story of artist, Ella, who is born with a rare genetic condition which means she can't feel fear. Embedded in a village that strives to keep her 'safe', all Ella wants is to be free to live her life. One day, in a desperate moment, she runs up to 'that house along the way' everyone warns her away from and meets the man everyone's afraid of...
Release date: 14th May


Early reviews are starting to trickle in on Goodreads:


"...quite an emotional tale."

Vanessa Wild (Early Reader Review)


"...captivated me from the very first page..."

Nancy Allen, The Avid Reader (Magick of Books) 


"...a sweet romance story, with mystery and suspense masterfully woven into it."

 Book Reviews by Lynn 


READ SAMPLE


Everyone feared him; she feared nothing. The house off the single road between the edge of the village and the nearest town belongs to the last of the McIntosh brothers. For years, the McIntosh family have been rumoured to be violent and possibly psychotic. Possibly murderers. And Kenneth – now a complete recluse – has not escaped the whispered stories that have veiled his kin for generations. Ella Tennant is loved and looked after by her whole village, for she was born with a rare genetic condition that means she cannot feel fear. Her free-spirited, optimistic nature and her obsessive need to sketch everything she sees have carried her through her challenges. "Stay away from that house along the way," she's always been told. But her curiosity has finally snared her – it's the one thing in her village she's never sketched. Pen and paper in hand, Ella strides towards the forbidden... When a terrifying man and a woman who can never know terror meet, a fuse is lit and sparks fly. In each other lies the understanding that has always been out of reach. But the villagers aren't ready to hear a different story. And for the first time, Ella's sunny disposition may not be enough to win them over. Touching and beautifully told, this is a romance like no other.


About the Author

Elysa Summers writes thought-provoking, fun, emotional, and feel-good contemporary romance and women's fiction with some spice. She lives in the south of England with her fiancé, their daughter, and their two cats.

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