Cette auteure tisse des récits sombres et mystiques, mêlant le gothique, la fantasy et le paranormal à des touches de romance et d'horreur. Son style, souvent inspiré par des interprétations plus obscures de contes classiques, plonge les lecteurs dans des narrations captivantes et d'un autre monde. Avec un profond respect pour les voix uniques et une narration entraînante, elle crée des œuvres qui transportent les lecteurs et résonnent à travers les genres.
Set in an isolated Irish estate, a young woman named Felicity Lonsdale has spent years posing as an elderly dowager while raising her late brother's daughters. Her life takes a turn when the estranged son of the estate's former owner threatens to reveal her true identity. Torn between the desire to protect her nieces and the haunting secret of the castle, Felicity faces a dilemma that could unravel her carefully constructed life. The story weaves themes of identity, family, and the weight of the past.
For use in schools and libraries only. Alyssa Gardner has been down the rabbit hole. She was crowned Queen of the Red Court and faced the bandersnatch. She saved the life of Jeb, the boy she loves, and escaped the machinations of the disturbingly appealing Morpheus. Now all she has to do is graduate from high school. That would be easier without her mother, freshly released from an asylum, acting overly protective and suspicious. And it would be much simpler if the mysterious Morpheus didn't show up for school one day to tempt her with another dangerous quest in the dark, challenging Wonderland-where she (partly) belongs. Could she leave Jeb and her parents behind again, for the sake of a man that she knows has manipulated her before? Will her mother and Jeb trust her to do what's right? Readers will swoon over the satisfying return to Howard's bold, sensual reimagining of Carroll's classic.
Set against the backdrop of a mysterious holiday resort, the story follows Willow Antoniette, an Italian orphan who finds solace after a circus tragedy. Raised alongside the owners' children, including her beloved Julian, she faces the pressure of societal expectations as she approaches adulthood. With aspirations to escape finishing school and confess her feelings for Julian, Willow navigates the complexities of friendship and love, striving to transform her dreams into reality.
Juliet Emerline, a deaf hat maker, faces the threat of losing her home to Lord Nicolas Thornton, an enigmatic architect. Her life takes a turn when she witnesses him in a fit of rage at a grave, prompting her to investigate. She discovers a headstone marked "Hawk" and encounters the ghost of a young nobleman who can only be seen and heard by her. As he struggles with amnesia, the name "Thornton" lingers in his memory, intertwining their fates and revealing secrets from the past.
Alyssa Gardner has been down the rabbit hole, crowned Queen of the Red Court and saved the life of the boy she loves. Now she just has to graduate. That would be simple if the mysterious Morpheus didn't show up to tempt her with another quest. Could she leave Jeb and her parents behind again, for the sake of a man who has manipulated her before?
Alyssa Gardner, directly descended from Alice Liddell, the real life inspiration for Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, hears the whispers of bugs and flowers, precisely the problem that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. When her mother becomes worse and the whispers grow too strong to bear, Alyssa realises she must find the origins of the family curse, a search that leads her through a cracked mirror into the real Wonderland, a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. There she must decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland who may have dark motives all of his own
Author A.G. Howard launches a dark new YA fantasy series about a girl whose family is cursed by HalloweenPhoenix “Nix” Loring knows her family is under a Halloween curse. When she was three, her parents tragically died on October 31st. Eleven years later, her twin sister Lark suffered a similar fate. Ever since, Nix has battled survivor guilt. She can't even find comfort in Clarey, Lark's boyfriend and the one person who understands her pain, because Nix's hidden feelings for him go far beyond friendship. All that remains are her sketches, where she finds solace among the goblins and faeries in her imaginary world of Mystiquel. When her depression starts affecting her ability to see color, Nix all but gives up on her art, until her uncle goes missing on Halloween day. Hot on his trail, Nix and Clarey step through a portal, becoming trapped inside a decaying version of their town filled with Nix's own sketches come to life. As Nix and Clarey search for her uncle within the sinister and dangerous world of Mystiquel, Nix discovers there's more to her family curse and otherworldly artwork than she ever imagined-and unless she can solve the Goblin King's maze before the clock strikes midnight, her life won't be the only one the curse claims next.
Rune, whose voice has been compared to that of an angel, has a mysterious affliction linked to her talent that leaves her sick and drained at the end of every performance. Convinced creative direction will cure her, her mother ships her off to a French boarding school for the arts, rumored to have a haunted past. Shortly after arriving at RoseBlood conservatory, Rune starts to believe something otherworldly is indeed afoot. The mystery boy she's seen frequenting the graveyard beside the opera house doesn't have any classes at the school, and vanishes almost as quickly as he appears. When Rune begins to develop a secret friendship with the elusive Thorn, who dresses in clothing straight out of the 19th century, she realizes that in his presence she feels cured. Thorn may be falling for Rune, but the phantom haunting RoseBlood wants her for a very specific and dangerous purpose. As their love continues to grow, Thorn is faced with an impossible choice: lead Rune to her destruction, or save her and face the wrath of the phantom, the only father he's ever known
Exploring the essence of humanity, this book delves into the lives of characters who challenge traditional notions of what it means to be human. Through their unique experiences and perspectives, it examines themes of empathy, connection, and the capacity for kindness beyond physical form. The narrative invites readers to reflect on the qualities that define humanity and the relationships that transcend species, ultimately revealing profound insights about compassion and understanding in a diverse world.
