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Ali Hazelwood
The House at Watch Hill: A Novel
by Karen Marie Moning
About this book
1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning is back with a gripping, imaginative, and seductive new series in which a young woman moves to Divinity, Louisiana, to inherit a large fortune and a Gothic mansion full of mysteries and ominous secrets...
Zo Grey is reeling from the sudden death of her mother when she receives a surprising call from an attorney in Divinity, Louisiana, with the news she has been left an inheritance by a distant relative, the terms of which he will only discuss in person. Destitute and alone, with nothing left to lose, Zo heads to Divinity and discovers she is the sole beneficiary of a huge fortune and a monstrosity of a house that sits ominously at the peak of Watch Hill—but she must live in it, alone, for three years before the house, or the money, is hers.
Met with this irresistible opportunity to finally build a future for herself, Zo puts aside her misgivings about the foreboding Gothic mansion and the strange circumstances, and moves in, where she is quickly met by a red-eyed Stygian owl and an impossibly sexy Scottish groundskeeper.
Her new home is full of countless secrets and mystifying riddles, with doors that go nowhere, others that are impossible to open, and a turret into which there is no visible means of ingress. And the townspeople are odd…
What Zo doesn’t yet know is that her own roots lie in this very house and that in order to discover her true identity and awaken her dormant powers, she will have to face off against sinister forces she doesn’t quite comprehend—or risk being consumed by them.
“This book has everything! A witchy, sexy read that made me sleep with the lights on…Karen Marie Moning at her best!”
-Sophie Jordan, New York Times bestselling author
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- B0CQ2ZBLTJ
Reader Reviews
October 1, 2024
The House at Watch Hill is book 1 in Karen Marie Moning’s new trilogy. It follows Zo Grey, a twenty-four year old woman who has done her best with the life she has been dealt. She works numerous jobs as her mom battles cancer. When tragedy strikes, and her mom passes suddenly, she is at a loss. Then she receives notice that she has been left a sizeable inheritance, but she must appear in person to learn the details. With nobody to stay for and no home to speak of, Zo travels to Divinity,...
February 24, 2025
KMM is one of my all-time favorite authors, so I go into this review with a little bit of bias. This book is different from the author’s previous works mostly in tone and writing style. Though she has a very feisty FMC and some attractive Irish and Scottish men around her, the overall style is different. The almost formal style of the book, whereas previous works were full of flare, and sarcasm, and less like I need a dictionary to read the story. KMM has been through a lot personally over the...
October 4, 2024
Before social media help make readers obsessed with certain authors and their books, all we readers had was word of mouth, or to be inspired by a book cover and buy the book. The later is how I was first introduced to the writing of Karen Marie Moning, plus we share a first and middle name, which I kind of found cool buying the first Fever series book. Moning’s writing has always been a thinking readers style, and it is very evident in her latest book The House on Watch Hill. The House on Watch...
May 11, 2026
I haven't read a new Karen Marie Moning book for such a long time! Her Fever series is one of my all time favorites! I'm so excited and happy to have a new series by her! This took is so good! It's one of those books you don't want to put down. You need to know what happens next, and a lot happens. The story is about Zo. Her life is an extreme case of sadness, pain and poverty. Suddenly, she's contacted about a life changing inheritance. All she has to do is live in a creepy house for three...
May 30, 2025
I would love to have given this a 5 because when I started it it felt like one. I was so excited to be starting a really good book . But it just didn't go anywhere, especially with the Kindle price. It was more like an introduction or novella. I like the characters and setting and premise, but it just was getting started when it stopped. One of the things I've always liked about Ms moning's books is that even when a series, each book feels full and has a certain conclusion. Not just an intro...
