Graveyard of Lost Children - by Katrina Monroe (Paperback)

About the Book

""The best kind of story-one that will both break your heart and scare the hell out of you." -Jennifer McMahon, New York Times bestselling author for They Drown Our Daughters ONCE SHE HAS HER GRIP ON YOU, SHE'LL NEVER LET YOU GO. At four months old, Olivia Dahl was almost murdered. Driven by haunting visions, her mother became obsessed with the idea that Olivia was a changeling, and that the only way to get her real baby back was to make a trade with the "dead women" living at the bottom of the well. Now Olivia is ready to give birth to a daughter of her own...and for the first time, she hears the women whispering. Everyone tells Olivia she should be happy. She should be glowing, but the birth of her daughter only fills Olivia with dread. As Olivia's body starts giving out, slowly deteriorating as the baby eats and eats and eats, she begins to fear that the baby isn't her daughter at all and, despite her best efforts, history is repeating itself. Soon images of a black-haired woman plague Olivia's nightmares, drawing her back to the well that almost claimed her life-tying mother and daughter together in a desperate cycle of fear and violence that must be broken if Olivia has any hope of saving her child...or herself. Baby Teeth meets The Invited in a haunting story of the sometimes-fragile connection between a woman's sense of self and what it means to be a "good" mothher"--

Book Synopsis

She escaped the well once. Now, it's calling her back.

New mother Olivia Dahl should feel joy. Instead, she feels terror. Exhaustion weighs on her bones. Her daughter won't stop feeding. And in the silence between cries, Olivia hears them--the dead women. The same ones that drove her mother to the brink. Now they're calling to her. And they want her to come home.

Graveyard of Lost Children is a gothic horror novel that sinks into the marrow of postpartum fear, generational trauma, and the bone-deep dread that your baby isn't your own. In a story where motherhood becomes myth and identity unravels, Katrina Monroe delivers a haunting blend of psychological suspense and supernatural folklore.

Perfect for readers of Baby Teeth and The Invited, this atmospheric descent explores fractured family lines and the monsters that live in silence. With dual timelines and a chilling emotional core, Monroe invites readers to question what it means to protect a child--especially from yourself.

Praise for Graveyard of Lost Children:

"A haunting, unflinching portrait of new motherhood infused with bone-chilling terror and staggering empathy." -- Rachel Harrison, author of Such Sharp Teeth

"This harrowing tale of what it means to be a good mother will keep you up at night, whether you have kids or not." -- Good Housekeeping, The Best Books of 2023

"Dark legends, haunting visions, the dead lurking in the bottom of a well -- just the kind of gothic tale I love curling up with on a rainy night." -- Wendy Webb, #1 Amazon Charts best-selling author of The Stroke of Winter

Review Quotes

"[An] honest and thoughtful contemplation of the horrors of postpartum depression is as big a draw as the visceral dread of the suspenseful thriller/horror hybrid storyline. A perfect choice for fans of motherhood-framed psychological horror like Such a Pretty Smile by Kristi DeMeester and Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel." -- Library Journal

"A haunting, unflinching portrait of new motherhood infused with bone-chilling terror and staggering empathy. With nimble pacing, genuine scares, and a riveting central mystery, Graveyard of Lost Children is a bonafide page-tuner that will have your heart racing and breaking, that will linger long after the final chapter. Magnificent." -- Rachel Harrison, author of Such Sharp Teeth

"Dark legends, haunting visions, the dead lurking in the bottom of a well -- just the kind of gothic tale I love curling up with on a rainy night. Graveyard of Lost Children has all that ... but Katrina Monroe had me at "changeling."" -- Wendy Webb, #1 Amazon Charts best-selling author of The Stroke of Winter

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"This harrowing tale of what it means to be a good mother will keep you up at night, whether you have kids or not." -- Good Housekeeping, The Best Books of 2023