First Line Friday – Cursed Bones
Ladies and Gentlemen… May I present Isobel Grimm…
Even on the best of days, the old house was chilly.
It hadn’t always been like that. Once upon a time, fires had burned in the great hearths and the sounds of servants had filled the halls.
Once upon a time there had been others here to keep Isobel company.
They’d fled or died, one by one, until it was only her.
Isobel didn’t blame them for their abandonment. When the dark lines had first appeared on her skin, she’d been horrified. As they spread, she’d seen the looks the servants gave her. She’d noticed how they went out of their way to keep from touching her.
She’d done nothing as they slipped away one after another in the dark of the night. The old housekeeper had suggested going to the closest village and finding some to fill the empty spots, but the thought of the pitying looks she’d have to endure with a new batch of servants had struck Isobel like a knife through the heart and she’d gruffly told the old woman they’d make do with who was left.
Cursed BonesRelease Date: August 2016
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Twisted Fairytale
Once upon a time, Isobel Grimm had been the favored daughter of one of the oldest families in Grimwood. Prideful, arrogant, and vain, she found out the hard way that not all those she saw as beneath her are weak. Fleeing to her family manor hidden in the depths of the great forest seemed her only option when a powerful curse stole her looks and made her a monster in the eyes of most.
When an intruder invades her sanctuary, Isobel is forced to face some painful truths—she’s lived in solitude far longer than she realized and her problems are only the precursor for something far more deadly. For the trees in the forest are dying, stricken by a mysterious disease rotting them slowly from the inside.
In the manor hidden away from prying eyes, a pact has fallen and the entire forest is paying the price. As a Grimm, it’s Isobel’s duty to right this wrong and reverse the curse spreading across the land.
If she can’t, all of Grimwood may fall.
Until next week!
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