Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, V.E. Schwab - Pre-Order For Publication 30th July 2026

Three women share one desire: to break the rules men use to bind them. 1532.

Santo Domingo: María is wild and wily, and knows beauty is her only currency. So when an alluring stranger offers a dark alternate path, Maria makes a desperate choice. 1827.

London: Charlotte lives a cloistered life, her heart full of impossible wants. Swept away by a beautiful widow's invitation, Charlotte discovers she could buy her freedom – if she sells her soul. 2019.

Boston: Alice moved across the world to escape her past. But a one-night stand gives her a thirst for answers, and retribution. Defying time and all odds, these three women’s stories become tangled like roots.

This is a story about life. How it ends, and how it starts again.