Nore Roberts didn't ask for a new life, but now that her mom is gone and her dad is newly married, she has to settle in at Shadow Grove, the old Civil War mansion her stepfamily calls home. When she meets her stepmother, Lisette, Nore is shocked by her youth and beauty that gives her chills- and a hint of something sinister. There's hope of becoming friends with her stepbrother and sister, until Nore realizes they're hiding something. When she begins to feel like the target of a deadly plan, Nore starts digging into her stepfamily's past. The skeletons in their closet are more real than she ever imagined. Can Nore expose her stepmother's dark secret before an old and evil magic swallows her up?

 

This book has been graded for interest at 11-15 years.

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Little, Brown & Company .

Lois was the author of over 50 books, ranging from children's picture books to adult novels, but she was best known for her young adult suspense novels. Lois Duncan passed away in 2016.