Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Why these tropes fit

Three women across nearly five centuries are bound to a story of immortality and hunger. In 1532 Santo Domingo, a wild girl named María, knowing she can only be a prize or a pawn for men, seizes an alternate path offered by an alluring stranger and makes a desperate choice she vows never to regret. In 1827 London, Charlotte's cloistered life on her family's estate is shattered by a moment of forbidden intimacy that sees her sent to London, where a beautiful widow draws her in at a price higher than she imagined. In 2019 Boston, college student Alice, unsettled by an out-of-character one-night stand, questions her past and throws herself into a hunt for answers and revenge. The novel braids these lives across time, exploring how each woman's hunger and choice shape what comes next.