Set behind the heavy wrought-iron fence surrounding it, Hillfield Manor has sat empty for decades. Rumors of ghostly sightings and sudden disappearances plague the manor, and those who have dared step foot inside have sworn never to do so again. But Hillfield is opening its doors once more, and when Emma Beckett is invited to copy type the family journals, she’s eager to live and work at the haunted manor, a place she has longed to explore, especially after her sister’s recent death. Emma isn’t prepared for Alexander Eason, though, or the way he makes her feel—even if he’s been dead for three hundred years. Upon reading a journal entry stating a secret room exists where she and Alexander can appear to one another as more than mere shadows, Emma has to find it. But will the room—and Alexander—be all that they claim, or will Emma find that some things are better left buried in the past? Although loosely related to The House on the Lake , Within These Walls is a completely stand-alone novel. " Within These Walls strikes the perfect balance between a mystery, a ghost story, and a romance for an unforgettable and original read." -Liz Konkel for Readers' Favorite Holly Hill Mangin is an English literature teacher at an international school in the south of France, a freelance copy editor at Fresh as a Daisy Editing, and the author of The House on the Lake , a gold medal winner in the 2021 Wishing Shelf Book Awards and a finalist for the 2021 American Fiction Awards. The House on the Lake has also been translated into French. Always ready to laugh, Holly can be serious when the need calls for it. She lives with her husband and their two kids a stone's throw away from the French Riviera, and she finds that reading and writing go a long way in procrastinating learning French.