The Crystal Heart (28 page)

Careful what you wish for …

 

When Rose creates a blog for an English assignment, she doesn't realise it will change her life. An elegant stranger arrives to announce that Rose has an aristocratic French grandfather who would like to meet her.

Rose arrives in France to find that her grandfather lives in a magnificent castle. Utterly enchanted, she grows to love her new life – and Charlie, a charming boy who is equally besotted with Rose.

But as Rose begins to delve deeper into her family's past, her fairytale turns into a nightmare. Who is friend? Who is foe? Someone wants her dead. And she must find out who before their wish comes true!

 

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A ticket to a millionaire lifestyle … or a one-way trip to the underworld?

 

It's a simple twist of fate that catapults Australian teenager Lucie Rees from her ordinary life in an ordinary town to a strange, exciting job in Paris as friend to ultra-famous but troubled young pop star Arizona Kingdom. But it is more than a simple twist of fate that will see Lucie entangled in mysterious happenings that soon put her in terrible danger.

Who can she trust? Will the holiday of a lifetime in Paris turn into her last days on earth?

 

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Love at first sight has never been so terrifying.

 

It's been a while since 16-year-old Fleur Griffon has had one of the weird and scary dreams that used to plague her childhood. So she's really creeped out when she starts dreaming of being hunted through a dark forest by an unseen, sinister archer.

But when her bookseller mother unexpectedly inherits the magnificent library of a famous French author, Fleur forgets all about her fears. Excitedly, mother and daughter travel to Bellerive Manor, near the ancient French town of Avallon, reputedly the last resting place of the ‘real' King Arthur. And it is there, in the magical green forest near Bellerive, that Fleur meets a handsome, mysterious boy called Remy Gomert. It seems to be love at first sight, beautiful as a dream.

But Fleur's nightmare is just about to begin …

 

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Sylvie is in the wrong place at the wrong time …

 

When Sylvie and her older sister Claire survive a horrific encounter with a gunman, they're sent to stay with their aunt in the south of France for a change of scene. There, Sylvie meets a  charming, enigmatic little boy called  Gabriel, who tells her he can see an angel sitting on her shoulder. Not so charming is Gabriel's fiercely protective older brother, Daniel, who's just plain rude. But it's love at second sight when Sylvie gets to know Daniel better – until Gabriel disappears and Sylvie starts to wonder if Daniel is telling the whole truth about his family. And then there's Mick, the geeky guy who has a major crush on Sylvie …

Why does life have to be so complicated? And how can such a beautiful village hide such dark and dangerous secrets? Sylvie will need all her courage, the skills of the mysterious Houdini – and the blessing of the angels – to see her friends and family again.

 

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