Book Spotlight: The Shadow Year by Hannah Richell

Yesterday, the May selection was announced for the She Reads book club and it is The Shadow Year
by Hannah Richell. I haven’t read the book yet, but it’s next up in my reading pile and I’m looking forward to digging in to it! In the meantime, enjoy this book
spotlight
and be sure to read all the way to the bottom where you can find out
where you can go to win copies of this book for yourself!!!

Title: The Shadow Year   

Author: Hannah Richell       

Published: May 2014, Grand Central Publishing  

Format: Paperback, 400 pages   

Source: Publisher/She Reads 

On a sultry summer’s
day in 1980, five friends stumble upon an abandoned lakeside cottage
hidden deep in the English countryside. For Kat and her friends, it
offers an escape; a chance to drop out for a while, with lazy summer
days by the lake and intimate winter evenings around the fire. But as
the seasons change, tensions begin to rise and when an unexpected
visitor appears at their door, nothing will be the same again.

Three
decades later, Lila arrives at the same remote cottage. With her
marriage in crisis, she finds solace in renovating the tumbledown house.
Little by little she wonders about the previous inhabitants. How did
they manage in such isolation? Why did they leave in such a hurry, with
their belongings still strewn about? Most disturbing of all, why can t
she shake the feeling that someone might be watching her?

The Shadow Year
is a story of secrets, tragedy, lies and betrayal. It’s a tale that
explores the light and dark of human relationships and the potential the
past has to not only touch our present, but also to alter our future.

So, are you interested in reading this book yourself? Well, here is how you can try to get a copy:

• Head over to the She Reads site
  – they are giving away 5 copies of the book. Giveaway is open until the end of the month.

• Join

  our She Reads twitter chat on May 14 @ 8pm EST with Hannah Richell –
  there just might be a book up for grabs during the chat. The hashtag to join
  in
  is #srbkchat.