Captivating historical romantic suspense from the author of the award-winning Sea of Secrets! Includes book club discussion questions. Can a curse strike twice in a woman's life? In 1854, teenaged chambermaid Clara Crofton was dismissed...
Blessing and cursing
- Author:DeWees, AmandaSummary:
- Author:Lane, AmySummary:
"I am not beautiful ..." Knife's entire existence has been as twisted as his flesh and his face. The only thing beautiful in his life is his sister. When Gwennie is obliged to turn a suitor down because she fears to leave her brother to...
- Author:Houck, ColleenSummary:
After battling the villainous Lokesh, Kelsey and the Indian princes Ren and Kishan return to India, where Kelsey learns that Ren has amnesia, and five cunning dragons try to keep the trio from breaking the curse that binds them.
- Author:Houck, ColleenSummary:
Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan race against time and the evil sorcerer, Lokesh, on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal as they seek Durga's final gift, the Rope of Fire, that will finally break the tiger's curse.
- Author:Child, LincolnSummary:
- Author:Mah, MelanieSummary:
Cosmopolitan and curious seventeen-year-old Chrysler Wong suffers from debilitating fear brought on by belief in a family curse, whereby she and her siblings will each die at age eighteen when they leave their small hometown. Three...
- Author:Medieval MurderersSummary:
This fourth collaboration between six of Britain's finest mystery authors follows the Black Book of Brân through the centuries. In 574, an infant and a book of prophesies wash ashore in Ireland. From that point forward, the book has a...
- Author:Doyle, Sir Arthur ConanSummary:
At Baskerville Hall on the grim moors of Devonshire, a legendary curse has apparently claimed one more victim. Sir Charles Baskerville has been found dead. There are no signs of violence, but his face is hideously distorted with terror...
- Author:Delacroix, ClaireSummary:
Cheated of his inheritance and burdened by the legacy of his Fae blood, Garrett MacLachlan believes he is doomed to be an outcast forever--until he meets Annelise of Kinfairlie, a gentle maiden with the power to turn his curse to gift....
- Author:Hughes, ViSummary:
When the dogs in town lose their barks, Mike and Annie set out to solve the mystery. With the scary secrets and clues they uncover from the past, can they stop the deadly curse of the graveyard hounds?
- Author:Poe, Edgar AllanSummary:
First published in a 1839 edition of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, The Fall of the House of Usher is the story of the declining physical and psychological health of the residents of the House of Usher-and the way in which the house...
- Author:Oates, Joyce CarolSummary:
Princeton, New Jersey, at the turn of the twentieth century: a tranquil place to raise a family, a genteel town for genteel souls. But something dark and dangerous lurks at the edges of the town, corrupting and infecting its residents....
- Author:Schlitz, Laura Amy.Summary:
When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's...
- Author:Stolarz, Laurie FariaSummary:
I know you're alone... Shattered by her boyfriend's tragic death, Stacey is struggling in her first year of college, hoping that somehow, somewhere, Jacob is still alive. Now her nightmares are back, haunted by ghosts and misery....
- Author:Bracken, AlexandraSummary:
Three hundred years ago, fate bound Prosper Redding and Prince Alastor of the Third Realm together. Now the human boy and fiend heir to the demon kingdom must put aside a centuries-old blood feud to save everything they love. Alastor...
- Author:Gray, ClaudiaSummary:
Nadia a sauvé la ville de Captive’s Sound d’une apocalypse explosive et elle a vaincu Elizabeth, l’enchanteresse… Du moins, c’est ce qu’elle pensait. Mais une fi ssure s’est ouverte vers l’enfer et une grande menace approche. En tant qu...
- Author:Strickland, AdrianneSummary:
When Tavin Barnes escaped Eden City with Khaya, the Word of Life, he became a most-wanted fugitive overnight. But he never expected his flight would end with the ultimate curse: becoming the next Word of Death. Now he’s a prisoner...
- Author:Houck, ColeenSummary:
La dernière chose que Kelsey Hayes croyait faire cet été-là, c’était de tenter de conjurer une malédiction indienne vieille de 300 ans. En compagnie d’un mystérieux tigre blanc nommé Ren À l’autre bout du monde. Mais c’est exactement ce...
- Author:Houck, ColeenSummary:
Cinq dragons mythiques chinois et la haute mer appellent Kelsey! À dix-neuf ans, elle doit s’embarquer dans un troisième voyage ― cette fois-ci pour trouver le collier de perles noires de la déesse Durgâ et libérer son bien-aimé Ren à...
- Author:Houck, ColeenSummary:
Trois des quêtes de la déesse Durgâ se trouvant maintenant derrière eux, il ne reste plus à Kelsey, Ken et Kishan qu’une seule prophétie à réaliser pour conjurer la malédiction du tigre. Mais le plus difficile des défis les attend : une...