by Elizabeth C. Bunce
publisher’s synopsis
Charlotte Miller has always scoffed at talk of a curse on her family’s woolen mill, which holds her beloved small town together. But after her father’s death, the bad luck piles departing workers, impossible debts, an overbearing uncle. Then a stranger named Jack Spinner offers a tempting He can turn straw into gold thread, for the small price of her mother’s ring.
As Charlotte is drawn deeper into her bargains with Spinner-and a romance with the local banker-she must unravel the truth of the curse on the mill and save the community she’s always called home.
A Curse Dark as Gold balances the art of feeling like a familiar fairy tale all while being its own story. The pacing is perhaps a little slower than normal, but it fits with the fairy tale, cozy fantasy feel of the story. All of the characters, even the side mill workers, add to and round out the story world.
Cautions: nine blasphemies; seven kisses; light/moderate romance; brief, vague reference to a newlywed couple enjoying their honeymoon; three instances of British swearing; superstitions; *
SPOILER: Jack Spinner is a ghost who’s been haunting the Millers since he cursed them
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*it’s been a bit since I finished A Curse Dark as Gold, so I may have missed a caution
Hailey Huntington 
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