Clara has a secret.

She is obsessed with the mysterious Countess Antonia Arco, a woman Clara has never even met.

When Clara is hired to work in the remote Arco castle as a live-in librarian, the two women enthral in a passionate romance. But the castle hides sinister secrets within its walls, and Clara soon realises that nothing is as it seems.

When Antonia is revealed as an immortal monster, Clara is thrown into a world of ancient rituals and perverse eroticism. The deeper she descends into the lower levels of the castle, the darker the secrets she uncovers, each one placing her in mortal danger. When faced with unimaginable evil, Clara is forced to make a choice. How far is she willing to go for her obsession?

The Curse of Antonia Arco is a poetically beautiful tale about obsessive love and the abuse of power, while questioning the existence of right and wrong.

Maxima Runo