ABOUT THE HIDDEN LIBRARY:
Sometimes, the rabbit hole is deeper than expected . . .
Alice Reeve and Finn Van Brunt have tumbled into a life of secrets. Some secrets they share, such as their employment by the clandestine organization known as The Collectors’ Society. Other secrets they carry within them, fighting to keep buried the things that could change everything they think they know.
On the hunt for an elusive villain who is hell-bent on destroying legacies, Alice, Finn, and the rest of the Society are desperate to unravel the mysteries surrounding them. But the farther they spiral down this rabbit hole, the deeper they fall into secrets that will test their loyalties and pit them against enemies both new and old.
Secrets, they come to find, can reveal the deadliest of truths.
Alice Reeve and Finn Van Brunt have tumbled into a life of secrets. Some secrets they share, such as their employment by the clandestine organization known as The Collectors’ Society. Other secrets they carry within them, fighting to keep buried the things that could change everything they think they know.
On the hunt for an elusive villain who is hell-bent on destroying legacies, Alice, Finn, and the rest of the Society are desperate to unravel the mysteries surrounding them. But the farther they spiral down this rabbit hole, the deeper they fall into secrets that will test their loyalties and pit them against enemies both new and old.
Secrets, they come to find, can reveal the deadliest of truths.
Excerpt:
Before he can say anything else, I tap End Transmission,
both drained and worried I’ll tear apart the hub.
I expected another round of pathetic apologies. Another
round of Sawyer trying to reestablish whatever it is he thought we were to one
another. I didn’t expect this.
I stand up, sliding the tablet onto the control panel. And
suddenly, I’m thirteen years old, and I’m on the Widow Douglas’ couch listening
to her and her spinster sister lecture me about everything under the sun.
“Sit up, dear. Slouchin’ isn’t proper.”
Slouching was comfortable. Sitting up was a pain in the ass.
“Did you make sure you washed behind your ears?”
I scratched at the skin Miss Watson referenced; nope, I
must’ve forgotten that one again. Bathing was a right pain. Swimming in the
river could cure all this, couldn’t it?
The widow asked, “I’m thinking about us having some pie made
for after church on Sunday. You like pie, don’t you?”
I did, actually. But any I’d ever eaten were stolen. Pies
were luxuries far and few between.
They went on and on with their instructions of societal
proprieties. Each time either issued a new one, or, heck, said one they’d
spouted off before, I itched to run right through the door. I’d had over a
dozen years mostly on my own; I’d done just fine, hadn’t I?
I was suffocating in here. They were suffocating me with all
their good intentions.
I didn’t fit into that world of theirs.
I didn’t fit in anywhere.
Don’t miss the first book in this series, THE COLLECTORS’ SOCIETY!
Heather Lyons writes epic, heartfelt love stories and has always had a thing for words. In addition to writing, she’s also been an archaeologist and a teacher. She and her husband and children live in sunny Southern California and are currently working their way through every cupcakery she can find.
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I'd like to read a different take on Jack & Jill. Or maybe Aladdin.
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time picking a classic for retelling. Those books are classics for a reason. But if pressed, I'd probably pick something science fiction to see how our advanced knowledge further shapes the story. Maybe The Time Machine or 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to read a modern retelling of something Greek, like The Odyssey or Oedipus
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