1689 – Cross Amy (2025)

Richard Hadlow longs only for a happy family and a peaceful home. Deep in the Kent countryside, he has built a perfect house, and now he only lacks a wife. However, he will soon discover that even the best-laid plans can go terribly wrong.

It is the year 1689, England is in turmoil, and a pretender is vying for the throne, but Richard has no interest in political events. He focuses solely on finding the best possible wife, whom he wants to provide with a perfect life. But someone – or something – in his newly built house has other intentions. Will Richard's life be forever ruined?

The Hadlow house is brand new, yet whispers echo through its corridors, and unexplained noises can be heard at night. Is Richard simply unlucky, and does his new wife Rebecca have just a vivid imagination, or has a dark secret from the past arisen that will plunge Richard into the worst nightmare? Who will prevail when the past confronts the present?

1689 is the first book in the Hadlow Estate series, which tells the story of a single haunted house over the centuries from its founding to the present day. About all the lives, all the souls, all the misfortunes… and all the ghosts.