The Wives of Herrick Hall

De: Julie Lew

Narrado por: Katherine Littrell

Herrick Hall doesn’t let anything go without a fight. Least of all its masters’ dead wives …

After a dalliance with another woman leaves her reputation in shambles, Josephine Carter is banished to the isolated manor to serve as lady’s companion to Herrick’s mistress. Lady Nora Blake is a headstrong, capricious woman who spends her days convalescing from a mysterious illness—and her nights witnessing her imminent death over and over. Shackled to her side, Josephine is certain life could not get worse. But then she meets the Herrick wives. Ghosts veiled in shadow stalk the halls and trespass into Josephine’s dreams, trapped forever in the fury of their last dying wish: to destroy Herrick and everyone beneath its roof. Josephine is determined to escape by any means necessary.

Until she and Nora fall in love.

Together, Josephine and Nora must confront Herrick’s curse to battle their way to freedom. But Herrick has already claimed them as its next ghostly brides, and neither the house nor its vengeful wives will relinquish them without bloodshed …

©2026 Julie Lew. Original English language edition published by Quill & Crow Publishing House 8497 Chippewa Trail, Brecksville OH 44141, USA. Arranged via Licensor's Agent: DropCap Inc. All rights reserved. (P)2026 Blackstone Publishing

Great performance. Victorian era mystery and romance.

Mix of mystery, romance and Victorian era challenges. Great narrator so an enjoyable listen. Perhaps lacks verisimilitude but otherwise fun.

Brilliant

tl;dr: highly recommended!

I'm not a big horror fan, but I'm glad I gave this story a shot because it was well worth the listen. This Gothic romance takes male toxicity to a whole new level, and the way the female characters band together to stand against it was beautiful. I'll admit, after kind of a typical slow day-to-day during the beginning chapters, which were very necessary to frame the shift in dynamics within Herrick, the later chapters were WILD. We went from romance to mystery to paranormal activity in an instant and it was riveting. I'm looking forward to this author's next book, which I saw listed on Audible already!


Littrell did an excellent job of narration, as always. Her voices, from the romance interests to the former wives, were great, and her delivery spot-on.