The rite has existed
for as long as anyone can remember: when the prince-who-will-be-king
comes of age, he must venture out into the gray lands, slay a fierce
dragon, and rescue a damsel to be his bride. This is the way things have
always been.
When Ama wakes in the arms of Prince Emory,
however, she knows none of this. She has no memory of what came before
she was captured by the dragon, or what horrors she has faced in its
lair. She knows only this handsome prince, the story he tells of her
rescue, and her destiny to sit on the throne beside him. Ama comes with
Emory back to the kingdom of Harding, hailed as the new princess,
welcomed to the court.
However, as soon as her first night falls,
she begins to realize that not all is as it seems, that there is more
to the legends of the dragons and the damsels than anyone knows–and that
the greatest threats to her life may not be behind her, but here, in
front of her.
Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow…
Where,
two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery.
Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep
waters surrounding the town.
Now, for a brief time each summer,
the sisters return, stealing the bodies of three weak-hearted girls so
that they may seek their revenge, luring boys into the harbor and
pulling them under.
Like many locals, seventeen-year-old Penny
Talbot has accepted the fate of the town. But this year, on the eve of
the sisters’ return, a boy named Bo Carter arrives; unaware of the
danger he has just stumbled into.
Mistrust and lies spread
quickly through the salty, rain-soaked streets. The townspeople turn
against one another. Penny and Bo suspect each other of hiding secrets.
And death comes swiftly to those who cannot resist the call of the
sisters.
But only Penny sees what others cannot. And she will be forced to choose: save Bo, or save herself.
Twin sisters Jack and
Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off
to Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children.
This is the story of what happened first…
Jacqueline
was her mother’s perfect daughter—polite and quiet, always dressed as a
princess. If her mother was sometimes a little strict, it’s because
crafting the perfect daughter takes discipline.
Jillian was her
father’s perfect daughter—adventurous, thrill-seeking, and a bit of a
tom-boy. He really would have preferred a son, but you work with what
you've got.
They were five when they learned that grown-ups can’t be trusted.
They
were twelve when they walked down the impossible staircase and
discovered that the pretense of love can never be enough to prepare you a
life filled with magic in a land filled with mad scientists and death
and choices.
