COVER REVEAL AND GIVEAWAY: Sweet Madness by Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie!
Lizzie Borden took an axe
And gave her mother forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done,
She gave her father forty one.
There is a book I have been keeping my eye on ever since I found out that these two authors were writing it. It's called SWEET MADNESS, and it's by fellow YA Scream Queens, Trisha Leaver (The Secrets We Keep, Creed, and Hardwired) and Lindsay Currie (Jammed, Creed, Hardwired). This novel is going to be SO GOOD, because it's a retelling of the Lizzy Borden story, one I have found endlessly fascinating over the years.
I really can't wait to see what they have done with it!
From Goodreads:
Seventeen-year-old Bridget Sullivan is alone in Fall River, a city that sees Irish immigrants as nothing more than a drunken drain on society. To make matters worse, she's taken employment with the city’s most peculiar and gossip-laden family—the Bordens. But Bridget can’t afford to be picky—the pay surpasses any other job Bridget could ever secure and she desperately needs the money to buy her little sister, Cara, passage to the states. It doesn’t hurt that the job location is also close to her beau, Liam. As she enters the disturbing inner workings of the Borden household, Bridget clings to these advantages.
However, what seemed like a straightforward situation soon turns into one that is untenable. Of course Bridget has heard the gossip around town about the Bordens, but what she encounters is far more unsettling. The erratic, paranoid behavior of Mr. Borden, the fearful silence of his wife, and worse still…the nightly whisperings Bridget hears that seem to come from the walls themselves.
The unexpected bright spot of the position is that Lizzie Borden is so friendly. At first, Bridget is surprised at how Lizzie seems to look out for her, how she takes a strong interest in Bridget’s life. Over time, a friendship grows between them. But when Mr. Borden’s behavior goes from paranoid to cruel, and the eerie occurrences in the house seem to be building momentum, Bridget makes the tough decision that she must leave the house—even if it means leaving behind Lizzie, her closest friend, alone with the madness. Something she swore she would not do.
But when Bridget makes a horrifying discovery in the home, all that she thought she knew about the Bordens is called into question…including if Lizzie is dangerous. And the choice she must make about Lizzie’s character could mean Bridget’s life or death.
SWEET MADNESS is a retelling of the infamous Borden murders from the point of view of Lizzie’s Irish maid, Bridget Sullivan.
And the blurb:
Who was Lizzie Borden? A confused young woman, or a coldhearted killer? For generations, people all over the world have wondered how Andrew Borden and his second wife, Abby, met their gruesome deaths. Lizzie, Andrew’s younger daughter, was charged, but a jury took only 90 minutes to find her not guilty. In this retelling, the family maid, Bridget Sullivan, shines a compassionate light on a young woman oppressed by her cheap father and her ambitious stepmother. Was Lizzie mad, or was she driven to madness?
And this is the gorgeous cover!! I LOVE IT!
SWEET MADNESS is out, September 18 2015 from Merit Press
GIVEAWAY TIME!
To have a chance to win four titles from Merit Press, enter using the Rafflecopter below! If you'd like to do something nice for the authors who are doing this awesome giveaway, why not add SWEET MADNESS to your TBR shelf on Goodreads? Or better yet, pre-order it on Amazon or Barnes & Noble! :)
Congrats to Trisha and Lindsay! This cover is the BOMB.
Dawn, out.