The Dead Travel Fast

The Dead Travel Fast
Deanna Raybourn

A husband, a family, a comfortable life: Theodora Lestrange lives in terror of it all.With a modest inheritance and the three gowns that comprise her entire wardrobe, Theodora leaves Edinburgh—and a disappointed suitor—far behind. She is bound for Rumania, where tales of vampires are still whispered, to visit an old friend and write the book that will bring her true independence.She arrives at a magnificent, decaying castle in the Carpathians, replete with eccentric inhabitants: the ailing dowager; the troubled steward; her own fearful friend, Cosmina. But all are outstripped in dark glamour by the castle's master, Count Andrei Dragulescu.Bewildering and bewitching in equal measure, the brooding nobleman ignites Theodora's imagination and awakens passions in her that she can neither deny nor conceal. His allure is superlative, his dominion over the superstitious town, absolute—Theodora may simply be one more person under his sway.Before her sojourn is ended—or her novel completed—Theodora will have encountered things as strange and terrible as they are seductive. For obsession can prove fatal…and she is in danger of falling prey to more than desire.

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Cast of Characters

A letter from Theodora Lestrange

Mmlig Recipe

Extended scene of Theodora’s journey to Transylvania

A sneak peek excerpt of Dark Road to Darjeeling, book four in Deanna Raybourn’s award-winning Lady Julia Grey series

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The Dead Travel Fast

Deanna Raybourn

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For my husband. For everything. For always.

Contents

Cover (#ubc7f5d06-4318-5bef-acd1-973b29bf4342)

Title Page (#u25aae89a-d973-5941-88f1-48e182b5ae5f)

Dedication (#uff8fb9c8-0305-5c6f-b413-c6a3374c11d5)

Characters

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Readers’ Guide Questions

Acknowledgments

Deleted Scene from The Dead Travel Fast

Letter from Theodora Lestrange

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Recipe

Excerpt from Dark Road to Darjeeling