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A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall

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A Killing Cold

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Visiting her fiancé’s wealthy family provides answers to her forgotten past. But the truth always comes at a cost.

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    Psychological

  • Illustrated icon, Family_Drama

    Family drama

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    Nonlinear timeline

  • Illustrated icon, Graphic_Content

    Graphic violence

Synopsis

A whirlwind romance.

When Theodora Scott met Connor—wealthy, charming, and a member of the powerful Dalton family—she fell in love in an instant. Six months later, he’s brought her to Idlewood, his family’s isolated winter retreat, to win over his skeptical relatives.

Stay away from Connor Dalton.

Theo has tried to ignore the threatening messages on her phone, but she can’t ignore the footprints in the snow outside the cabin window or the strange sense of familiarity she has about this place. Then, in a disused cabin, Theo finds something impossible: a photo of herself as a child. A photo taken at Idlewood.

I’ve been here before.

Theo has almost no recollection of her earliest years, but now she begins to piece together the fragments of her memories. Someone here has a shocking secret that they will do anything to keep hidden, and Theo is in terrible danger. Because the Daltons do not lose, and discovering what happened at Idlewood may cost Theo everything.

Content warning

This book contains scenes that depict a miscarriage, child abuse, and mentions of domestic abuse.
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A Killing Cold
A Season of Light
The House of My Mother
What Happened to the McCrays?
Definitely Better Now
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The Night We Lost Him
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House of Bone and Rain
Hum
The Lion Women of Tehran
A Summer Affair
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Just for the Summer
Family Family
Northwoods
Mercury
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Astor
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The Leftover Woman
While You Were Out
Evil Eye
Just Another Missing Person
Family Lore
Little Monsters
The Connellys of County Down
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
Paper Names
Divine Rivals
Hang the Moon
Maame
White Horse
The Fortunes of Jaded Women
When We Were Bright and Beautiful
Part of Your World
Don't Cry for Me
Olga Dies Dreaming
The Book of Magic
Everything We Didn't Say
Apples Never Fall
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
We Are the Brennans
Firekeeper's Daughter
Good Company
What's Mine and Yours
The Kindest Lie
The Removed
The Half Sister
In a Holidaze
White Ivy
The Girl in the Mirror
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The Guest List
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Saving Zoë
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