Song Beyond Walls

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A grand Victorian house has been abandoned for decades…and so has its resident spirit, Claire... That is, until a young man named Dorian, who loves every inch of cobweb and dust, moves into the home and finds within its decrepit remains everything he has ever needed—including the companionship of the spirit Claire. The two of them communicate through dust and music as the veil between their worlds thins in favor of Samhain. How near to the world of the living can Claire go? How human can she become when her phantom form begins taking on the details of her once-living body? How can Dorian resist falling in love with her when her lifelike form may not last? And what fate is there for a spirit bound to the walls of her home? Could there be anything for Claire beyond loss?

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Is Song Beyond Walls appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

A melancholy Victorian ghost romance with no violence or explicit content; the central tension is emotional and existential as a young man falls for a spirit whose hold on the living world is fragile and uncertain.