About this Event
Please join us and author Linda Hamilton as she discusses her new book: THE FOURTH WIFE
Important Info:
- This event is free but please RSVP
- Event Details: Author talk, Q&A, followed by a signing.
- Location: Poppy Books & Gifts.
- Book Sales: Books will be available for sale at the event. However, to guarantee a copy of THE FOURTH WIFE, please choose the Ticket + Book option when purchasing your ticket.
- No-Shows: Any orders/books not picked up at the event must be picked up from Poppy Books within two weeks.
Ticket Options:
- Ticket + Book: Admission for 1 person and 1 copy of the featured book.
- RSVP: Admission for 1 person.
For questions, please email: [email protected]
ABOUT THE BOOK:
THE FOURTH WIFE is a deliciously chilling, darkly romantic, historical gothic horror with a feminist slant, as a young Mormon woman is haunted by a malevolent presence in the decrepit Salt Lake City mansion she shares with her new husband and his other wives…
Hazel Russon’s life in 1882 Utah territory is defined by three things: the Mormon church, polygamy, and the men who control both. She knows she’s supposed to suppress her sinful dreams of a monogamous life with her sweetheart, and her desire for the freedom to play her beloved piano. Every Mormon woman’s duty is to live obediently and meekly, devoted to her husband and her calling as a sister wife. Her eternal salvation depends upon it.
Commanded to become the fourth wife of a man she’s never met, Hazel is relieved that Jacob Manwaring is attentive and handsome. However, she is shocked to discover that instead of living separately as is custom, all of Jacob’s wives and children live in the same house—a large, dilapidated manor that inexplicably fills Hazel with dread.
Despite Jacob’s tenderness, Hazel senses dark secrets and resentments among her sister wives. She hears strange music, sees blood oozing from the very walls, and glimpses apparitions that grow more terrifying every day. And as her nightmares worsen, Hazel can’t be sure if she has more to fear from the living—including her mysterious husband—or from a sinister presence that seems to animate the house itself . . .
Drawing on little-known Mormon folklore and the author’s own polygamous ancestors, this fascinating, suspense-filled historical novel debut is by turns darkly romantic, spine-tingling, and wholly unforgettable.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Linda Hamilton is an author and historian from Southern California. She has a bachelor’s degree in history and secondary education, and used to be a history teacher. Now she channels her passion for the past into writing historical fiction and independent study. Her debut novel, The Fourth Wife (Kensington, 2026), is rooted in the real lives of women from her own family history and religious heritage. She blogs for Exponent II and serves as their social media manager. Linda is also currently completing her Master’s in history at Sam Houston State University. Her thesis focuses on Mormon women, polygamy, and identity in the 19th century.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Poppy Books & Gifts, 56 N 200 W, Spanish Fork, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 22.45
