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A FOREST. A BOOK. A MISSING GIRL.Charles Hayden has been fascinated by a strange Victorian fairy tale, In the Night Wood, since he was a child. When his wife, Erin – a descendant of the author – inherits her ancestor’s house, the couple decide to make it their home. Still mourning the recent death of their daughter, they leave America behind, seeking a new beginning in the English countryside.But Hollow House, filled with secrets and surrounded by an ancient oak forest, is a place where the past seems very much alive. Isolated among the trees, Charles and Erin begin to feel themselves haunted – by echoes of the stories in the house’s library, by sightings of their daughter, and by something else, as old and dark as the forest around them.A compelling and atmospheric gothic thriller, In the Night Wood reveals the chilling power of myth and memory.

He took one look and fell in loveFrom the moment Rudy Vaccaro saw her, he was a goner. Never mind that his twelve-year-old daughter hated the house on sight. Rudy could see the place’s potential. So could Violet Kildare… The house was supposed to be hers! Now Violet would have to find another place for her and her two sons to live.Then Rudy made an offer the struggling single mother couldn’t refuse. Rudy needed Violet’s help – actually, he needed Violet, period. Somehow he had to show the once-burned mum that what was his was hers – and vice versa!