Bøger af Tamara Thorne

SPITE ISLANDThere's an island up in Gold Country at the northern end of Snapdragon Lake. It's named Manchester for the family that owns it, but the locals call it Spite Island. There's a single lonely mansion on that island and a group of authors have been invited to write about its ghosts and its mysteries. But the real mystery is, who will survive this luxurious but deadly retreat?A CURSED FAMILYWhen a powerful storm cuts Spite Island off from civilization, the mansion's guests are trapped, and the ghost stories that once amused them become a deadly reality. Spite House is alive with bloodthirsty entities, and now, only power-mad matriarch, Agnes Manchester, is amused.As the island and its ghosts weave a deadly web around its victims, lives are lost and danger lurks in every sinuous black shadow. Those who survive must face the dark power that propels the legion of cursed creatures that walk the halls -- the living and the dead alike.When Agnes' estranged grandson, Cody Manchester, faces the shocking secret that destroyed his childhood, he realizes that he must confront not only the horrors of his past, but of the island itself, its ghosts, and his own tainted bloodline. The only way to survive is to uncover his grandmother's perverse secrets and the horrifying mysteries that the island holds close to its malignant dark heart.PRAISE FOR THE SPITE HOUSE CHRONICLES"Thorne & Cross weave such delicious nightmares that you almost forget to be afraid. Almost. SPITE HOUSE may be their most terrifying delight yet." -- Peter Atkins, Author of All Our Hearts are Ghosts, and Screenwriter of Hellraiser II-IV"What I always love ... is that their glee is so apparent, their sheer joy of scaring the crap out of people ... With SPITE HOUSE, I'm happily back in Tamara and Alistair Land once more." -- Glen Hirshberg, author of Infinity Dreams and The Two Sams"As I raced through the pages of SPITE HOUSE, the first book in the trilogy, I realized that this is much more than a ghost story. Spite House itself brings to mind a predator with sharp talons that sink deeply into the flesh of the island and draw blood. My thoughts for those visitors? Get out while you still can. I can't wait for book two!" -- QL Pearce, author of Spine Chillers and Scary Stories for Sleepovers

Family SecretsThe Brimstone Grand Hotel, owned by reclusive former movie star, Delilah Devine, looms high on Hospital Hill, harboring long-buried family secrets that whisper of unimaginable horrors. Horrors that will echo down through generations.Twisted History When Delilah's granddaughter, Holly Tremayne, who has seen ghosts for most of her eleven years, first comes to live in the Brimstone Grand in the summer of 1968, she's delighted by its majestic western beauty - and its chilling history. But as she settles in, making friends and enemies alike, the nightmares begin.Terror in the Night Within the walls of the Brimstone Grand, the past has come back to life, and Holly and Delilah are faced with an ancient familial evil that rages just below the old hotel's serene facade. An evil that won't rest until it possesses Holly - body, mind, and soul.

The Devil Comes to Ravencrest The Jazz Age In the 1920s, Henry Manning ruled Ravencrest with an iron fist. He held debauched parties that would have inspired Jay Gatsby himself. From the Manning fortune to a beautiful wife, the silent film star known as the White Violet, Henry had it all ... including a loyal cult that worshipped the demon Forneus. Deal with the Devil Violet lost her life putting a stop to the demented perversions that Henry and his demonic familiar visited upon Ravencrest ... but now that evil has returned. The Soulless Child In the night, an innocent maid is seduced by a demon lover. A child is born, but it is not of this earth. Father Antonio DeVargas is summoned as ghostly parties light up the old poolhouse and phantom screams rip open the night. Meanwhile, the White Violet wanders the halls of Ravencrest warning the inhabitants of death and disaster to come. And the current master of Ravencrest, Eric Manning, is decidedly not himself. Midnight. The witching hour. Watery echoes in an empty building. The grand Greek Pool at Ravencrest Manor babbles and gurgles as chlorine-scented water flows like cool blood in veins and arteries. The moon, full and high above the arched glass ceiling, shines its light into the cobalt pool, casting splintered rays across the water. A spring and thunk from the tall diving board, then somehow, water explodes into the air. The sound ebbs and flows with movement.But if no human ear is present to hear it, no eye to see it, can these things be real? Or are they merely tricks of light and sound, magic courtesy of Mother Nature? Soft golden lamps flicker to life. And then, music, faint but unmistakable, rises and echoes. Eddie Cantor. If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie.Laughter. The sounds of a party, of voices, of champagne glasses clinking.Then something white and serpentine slithers and stirs beneath the water like glistening cold silk, there and gone again in an instant.

WELCOME TO SPITE HOUSE There's an island up in Gold Country at the northern end of Snapdragon Lake. It's named Manchester for the family that owns it, but the locals call it Spite Island. There's a single lonely mansion on that island and a group of authors have been invited to write about its ghosts and its mysteries. But the real mystery is, who will survive this luxurious but deadly retreat?A Cursed HouseNot long after the Civil War, Ruthia and Solomon Manchester bought a lonely island in northern California where they built a magnificent home and a resort that became a renowned Gilded Age getaway.But the locals shunned the place, calling it Spite Island. They said it was cursed.Today, only Agnes Manchester and her companion occupy the property. Having fallen on hard times, Agnes has agreed to reopen the resort on the condition that she and her ancestral ghosts remain undisturbed in their private home.Before renovations begin, she invites a group of authors to stay in the house and write about its history.As the guests explore the secrets of the mansion, they never suspect what awaits them in the shifting shadows. Spite House has deadly plans of its own ...