Anne Rivers Siddons
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It is summer, 1961, and Lila Lee Bayliss, motherless since birth and now 13, doesn't quite know what to make of Nora Findlay. Nora smokes, swears, wears short shorts, and when she listens, she looks at you as if she's never heard a human voice before. She also laughs a lot, something that's been missing for a long time in the Bayliss household, and she seems to have done just about everything fun there is to do in the world. Soon, even Lila's somber...
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Elegant Kate, walking a tightrope over an abyss of lies...sensitive, sensible, self-contained Cecie...Ginger, the heiress, sexy, vibrant, richer than sin...and poor, hopeless, brilliant Fig they came together as sorority sisters on a Southern campus in the '60s. Four young women bound by rare, blinding, early friendship they spend two idyllic spring breaks at Nag's Head, North Carolina, the isolated strip of barrier islands where grand old weatherbeaten...
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A spellbinding tale of unearthly terror that vibrates with tension, passion, and suspense. When a new house is built in a peaceful Southern neighborhood, terrifying things begin to happen. Slowly, with cold calculation, the house drives its inhabitants to scandal, madness, and death-until one woman summons the courage to stop its evil power. Filled with richly crafted characters and evocative suspense, this is a darkly haunting tale from one of America's...