If you love her, then you have to trust her.

Nia has met the man she wants to marry. Marcus is kind, clever and handsome, with a beard so dark it is nearly blue-black. Nia demands a single promise from him – that Marcus will never enter her study, her private space.

Malorie Blackman brings her unparalleled understanding of human nature to the story of Bluebeard. Will Marcus betray Nia? Can a woman ever have a room of her own?