Autumn Woods Nightshade 2025 Pan Macmillan 2025

Synopsis

<p><b>'Immensely fun and sexy . . . everything I love about dark academia. Autumn Woods wrote a winner!' - ALI HAZELWOOD <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>PROBLEMATIC SUMMER ROMANCE</i></b><br> <br> <b>MYSTERY. MURDER. REVENGE. WELCOME TO SORROWSONG UNIVERSITY. . .</b><br> <br> <b><i>He'd burn the world down for her . . . but she plans to burn his to the ground.</i></b><br> <br> Isolated in the Scottish Highlands, Sorrowsong University only welcomes students from the most powerful families. Ophelia Winters doesn't belong, but a rare scholarship grants her the perfect opportunity to investigate her parents' "accidental" death near the castle grounds.<br> <br> Things get off to a rocky start when she runs afoul of the mysterious Alex Corbeau-Green - son of her prime suspect. As far as she's concerned, he is just a younger version of his billionaire father. A monster hiding beneath a beautiful façade.<br> <br> When an unknown tormentor begins to stalk Ophelia, she realizes she may not be able to survive Sorrowsong on her own. Alex becomes her unexpected ally - and alibi for murder. And as she begins to fall for the soft heart that hides beneath his hard exterior, her hunger for revenge wavers for the first time.<br> <br> <b>Can she really bring herself to destroy everything he's ever known?</b><br> <br> <b>The <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling dark academia TikTok sensation packed with romantic suspense, murder and addictive, enemies-to-lovers tension.<br> <br> Print edition includes an exclusive bonus chapter from Alex's POV!</b><br> <b>__________<br> <br> <i>NIGHTSHADE</i> WILL BECOME YOUR NEW OBSESSION . . .</b><br> <br> 'I need a therapist because this book <b>emotionally destroyed me</b> . . .'<br> 'I am <b>genuinely mind blown</b> at how phenomenal this is.'<br> 'It <b>completely took over my life,</b> and I have zero regrets . . .Think dark academia, eerie Scottish highlands and secrets lurking around every corner.'<br> 'You will want to <b>devour and savour</b> this book all at once!'<br> 'Literally no words right now. <b>10 stars</b>.'<br> '6 stars. I'm obsessed. Why is this the most perfect book ever'<br> 'Nightshade is not only one of my favourite books of the year but is now also <b>one of my favourite books <i>ever</i></b>.'<br> 'I will never recover. Also, a man like Alex please . . .'<br> '<b>How can a book be so perfect?</b> The tension, the slow burn, the characters, the setting everything was immaculate'<br> 'EVERYTHING I needed and more - <b>5 stars, no hesitation.</b>'<br> <b>__________</b><br> <br> <b><i>NIGHTSHADE</i> IS BOOK ONE IN THE SORROWSONG DUOLOGY.</b></p>