First Line Friday – Cursed Bones
We’re seeing a lot of Isobel for these posts. She’s interesting and a little crazy and her secrets are run deep…
Later, Isobel could never say what kept her in the kitchen as the sun was setting. The wolves hadn’t yet started howling and the air felt cooler than was comfortable. She should have locked the kitchen door and retreated up to her tower to settle in for the night.
Instead, she crept to the cracked window looking out over the back garden and pressed her cheek against the glass.
There was change in the air. The weather would turn soon and she’d have to put extra layers on to stay warm.
Isobel blinked. Or had that already happened?
No. There was no snow on the ground yet. She’d spent the afternoon dragging wood in for her fire. Desperate to burn off some of her restless energy, she’d brought in everything she could find. The once-great entrance hall was stacked high with piles of wood and kindling.
Her mother would hate the mess she’d made.
Cursed BonesRelease Date: September 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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