<p><b>In the vein of riveting historical novels such as Hamnet and Circewith a touch of Draculaa propulsive, feminist reimagining of the story of Erzsébet Báthory, the infamous sixteenth-century Hungarian aristocrat known as the Blood Countess, who was rumored to have murdered hundreds of peasant girls and bathed in their blood.</b> </p><p>In 1573, Countess Erzsébet Báthory gives birth to an illegitimate child. Secretly taken to a peasant family living in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, the infant girl is raised as their own. Years later, a young woman called Borókaignorant of her true historyis sent to join the Countesss household.</p><p>Terrified of the Countesss murderous reputation and the brutally cruel women who run the castle, Boróka struggles to find her place. Then plague breaches the castles walls, and a tentative bond unexpectedly forms between the girl and the Countess. But powerful forces are moving against the great lady whose wealth and independence threatens