Today I've got a teaser from a spooky young adult historical I'm currently reading. Verity Boone leaves the bustle of city life in Worcester, Massachusetts to return to the rural town where she was born in Pennsylvania, where her father still lives, where an arranged marriage awaits her, where there's a mystery surrounding her mother's tragic death, and where whispers of witchcraft and buried treasure abound. This is from page 80:"'Tis the Devil's child," he yelled, his fist still raised. Alarmed, Verity let go of Cissy and moved between him and the baby. "The child has no earthly father. My daughters carry the family stain. This one lay with the Devil in the Shades and bears his child!"
"No, Eli, she lay with Tommy Hicks behind Cahill's granary," Aunt Clara snapped. "Half the town knows that, including Tommy's wife."
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I still don't know if I will love to read Victorian novels (I am new to book reading, really), but the teaser was so intriguing, makes me hope I can read it, too.
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Oh Good Lord!!! That's funny sounds just like my family actually=)
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Very interesting teaser. Good one.
ReplyDeleteAh, gotta love small-town thinking. In many ways, it really hasn't changed much over the past 100 years... *g* My teaser: Disney in Shadow by Ridley Pearson.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's an intense teaser. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteMy teaser is from THE HAUNTING SEASON by Michelle Muto.