Name: The House at Watch Hill
Price: 495.00 ZAR
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Author: Karen Marie Moning
ISBN: 9780063249219

Type

Physical Book

Author

Karen Marie Moning

Publisher

William Morrow and Company

Language

English

Pages

384

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780063249219

Synopsis "The House at Watch Hill"

#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning is back with a gripping, imaginative, and seductive new series in which a young woman moves to Divinity, Louisiana, to inherit a large fortune and a Gothic mansion full of mysteries and ominous secrets...Zo Grey is reeling from the sudden death of her mother when she receives a surprising call from an attorney in Divinity, Louisiana, with the news she has been left an inheritance by a distant relative, the terms of which he will only discuss in person. Destitute and alone, with nothing left to lose, Zo heads to Divinity and discovers she is the sole beneficiary of a huge fortune and a monstrosity of a house that sits ominously at the peak of Watch Hill--but she must live in it, alone, for three years before the house, or the money, is hers.Met with this irresistible opportunity to finally build a future for herself, Zo puts aside her misgivings about the foreboding Gothic mansion and the strange circumstances, and moves in, where she is quickly met by a red-eyed Stygian owl and an impossibly sexy Scottish groundskeeper.Her new home is full of countless secrets and mystifying riddles, with doors that go nowhere, others that are impossible to open, and a turret into which there is no visible means of ingress. And the townspeople are odd...What Zo doesn't yet know is that her own roots lie in this very house and that in order to discover her true identity and awaken her dormant powers, she will have to face off against sinister forces she doesn't quite comprehend--or risk being consumed by them.

Karen Marie Moning

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Karen Marie Moning is an American author born on November 1, 1964 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She grew up on a self-sufficient farm in Indiana, where she cultivated tobacco, corn, and raised livestock with her siblings. She studied Law and Sociology at Purdue University, with specializations in Philosophy, Creative Writing, and Theater. Before dedicating herself to writing, she worked as a waitress, computer consultant, and insurance specialist.

In 1999, she debuted as a novelist with Beyond the Highland Mist, the first book of the Highlander series, which combines historical romance and supernatural elements. The series was a success and earned her recognition in the field of paranormal romance. Later, she ventured into urban fantasy with the Fever series, set in Dublin and inspired by Celtic mythology, which catapulted her to international fame.

Moning has been awarded the RITA Award and the Goodreads Choice Award, and her books have been translated into more than 30 languages. Currently, she divides her time between the mountains of Georgia and the beaches of Florida, while working on new literary projects.

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