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Brother missing,
Gargoyles watching,
Protectors or predators?
A different sort of paranormal creature stalks Paris as the 20th century peeks over the horizon – first novel I’ve read with gargoyles as central characters!
Read this one for
- a new paranormal hero/villain
- interesting family dynamics
- a look into 1899 Paris
Book two in the series, The Lovely and the Lost, is scheduled for May 2014 publication – more gargoyle intrigue impacting the human world, no doubt!
Hoping its cover is more like the UK cover of The Beautiful and the Cursed.
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Book info: The Beautiful and the Cursed / Page Morgan. Delacorte Press, 2013. [author site] [publisher site] Review copy and cover images courtesy of the publisher.
My book talk: Searching for her missing brother in 1899 Paris, Gabrielle finds gargoyles come to life, mysterious alliances, and danger at every turn as time runs out for his safe return.
Grayson was overseeing repairs at the gargoyle-bedecked old abbey that Mama had bought as an art gallery, but he wasn’t there when she arrived in dead of winter with his teen sisters – how unthoughtful!
But Gabby and Ingrid soon discover that his disappearance has interested not only the police, but also the warring factions of unworldly beings – the Dispossessed in human guise and the masters of Underneath, whose hellhounds have burst into the Paris nights.
For the gargoyles are indeed the Dispossessed, forced to stay in the world after their death because of their crimes in life, forever guarding and protecting the humans residing in their building, able to assume human form as needed, yet never letting people see them so.
And as for the hellhounds… their dark masters require more human blood and have broken a long-standing treaty with the Dispossessed to acquire it more quickly.
How can the gargoyle Luc protect Gabby and Ingrid when they keep leaving the abbey grounds?
Did one of the Dispossessed turn traitor and open the way for the hellhounds?
Where does Grayson fit into all this?
First in a series featuring a new type of paranormal hero, The Beautiful and the Cursed brings the dark corners of the City of Light into sharp focus as two sisters risk much to find their brother. (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com)
