Author: Virginia King
Publisher: Celestial Hedgehog
ISBN: 1393228712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 667
Book Description
“These books are fascinating, mysterious, imaginative, creative and intricate … Amazing writing. Loved them. The way everything comes together is breathtaking.” Goodreads reviewer. Secrets. Lies. Visions? If you think you know your history … think again. When Selkie Moon escapes her abusive marriage and reclaims the name her dead mother gave her, she lands in Hawaii with a little red suitcase and not much else. As she rebuilds her life, her new friends amuse her with stories from the local folklore. But when a vision appears to Selkie in a kahuna's mirror and threatens her life, it unleashes a series of events so strange and frightening they begin to lift the lid on long-buried secrets. What really happened on the beach thirty three years ago? Why did her step-mother rename her Elkie? And why won't her father talk about it? As her reality crumbles around her, Selkie must learn to trust her psychic twinges and investigate every belief her life is built upon. And time is running out. What she discovers begins a journey that will take her around the globe to uncover one secret after another … and summon the courage and resourcefulness to survive each one. The First Lie: Hawaii The Second Path: France The Third Note: Ireland If you love complex mysteries with lightning pace, twists and turns you never see coming, quirky clues and a sprinkling of the supernatural – then you'll love The Secrets of Selkie Moon. Get it now.
The Secrets of Selkie Moon
Author: Virginia King
Publisher: Celestial Hedgehog
ISBN: 1393228712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 667
Book Description
“These books are fascinating, mysterious, imaginative, creative and intricate … Amazing writing. Loved them. The way everything comes together is breathtaking.” Goodreads reviewer. Secrets. Lies. Visions? If you think you know your history … think again. When Selkie Moon escapes her abusive marriage and reclaims the name her dead mother gave her, she lands in Hawaii with a little red suitcase and not much else. As she rebuilds her life, her new friends amuse her with stories from the local folklore. But when a vision appears to Selkie in a kahuna's mirror and threatens her life, it unleashes a series of events so strange and frightening they begin to lift the lid on long-buried secrets. What really happened on the beach thirty three years ago? Why did her step-mother rename her Elkie? And why won't her father talk about it? As her reality crumbles around her, Selkie must learn to trust her psychic twinges and investigate every belief her life is built upon. And time is running out. What she discovers begins a journey that will take her around the globe to uncover one secret after another … and summon the courage and resourcefulness to survive each one. The First Lie: Hawaii The Second Path: France The Third Note: Ireland If you love complex mysteries with lightning pace, twists and turns you never see coming, quirky clues and a sprinkling of the supernatural – then you'll love The Secrets of Selkie Moon. Get it now.
Publisher: Celestial Hedgehog
ISBN: 1393228712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 667
Book Description
“These books are fascinating, mysterious, imaginative, creative and intricate … Amazing writing. Loved them. The way everything comes together is breathtaking.” Goodreads reviewer. Secrets. Lies. Visions? If you think you know your history … think again. When Selkie Moon escapes her abusive marriage and reclaims the name her dead mother gave her, she lands in Hawaii with a little red suitcase and not much else. As she rebuilds her life, her new friends amuse her with stories from the local folklore. But when a vision appears to Selkie in a kahuna's mirror and threatens her life, it unleashes a series of events so strange and frightening they begin to lift the lid on long-buried secrets. What really happened on the beach thirty three years ago? Why did her step-mother rename her Elkie? And why won't her father talk about it? As her reality crumbles around her, Selkie must learn to trust her psychic twinges and investigate every belief her life is built upon. And time is running out. What she discovers begins a journey that will take her around the globe to uncover one secret after another … and summon the courage and resourcefulness to survive each one. The First Lie: Hawaii The Second Path: France The Third Note: Ireland If you love complex mysteries with lightning pace, twists and turns you never see coming, quirky clues and a sprinkling of the supernatural – then you'll love The Secrets of Selkie Moon. Get it now.
Secrets of Selkie Bay
Author: Shelley Moore Thomas
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 0374367507
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
In their present-day tourist trap of an Irish seaside town, famed for its supposed involvement with selkies in the past, three sisters are faced with the sudden disappearance of their mother. Crushed by the loss, their father is struggling to carry on. To make matters worse, there are rumors afloat in the village that their mother herself is a selkie who has now shed her human form and gone back to sea. As Cordie Sullivan, the oldest daughter, tries to learn more about her mother's vanishing, she must find the strength to help her family move ahead, even as she discovers an increasing number of clues that point to a hidden island off the coast—a mythical kingdom of the selkies.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 0374367507
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
In their present-day tourist trap of an Irish seaside town, famed for its supposed involvement with selkies in the past, three sisters are faced with the sudden disappearance of their mother. Crushed by the loss, their father is struggling to carry on. To make matters worse, there are rumors afloat in the village that their mother herself is a selkie who has now shed her human form and gone back to sea. As Cordie Sullivan, the oldest daughter, tries to learn more about her mother's vanishing, she must find the strength to help her family move ahead, even as she discovers an increasing number of clues that point to a hidden island off the coast—a mythical kingdom of the selkies.
The Third Note
Author: Virginia King
Publisher: Celestial Hedgehog
ISBN: 0994592353
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A mysterious parcel. An unsolved crime. A spell from beyond the grave. After returning from her last strange quest, Selkie Moon is more than ready to settle down. So when she receives a parcel from her great grandmother 35 years after her death, opening it seems like such a bad idea. But curiosity wins and the objects it contains plunge Selkie into long-buried family secrets. Suddenly an old mystery begins to echo with the present and she's wrapped in a spell that won't let go: frightening visions, deadly encounters and a pull from the past that she can't ignore. What happened down by the old stone well in 1896 – and why does it matter to Selkie after more than a hundred years? Armed with only her wits and psychic twinges that are hardly reliable, Selkie is drawn into a web of cryptic clues that delve deep into the folklore of Ireland where superstition still weaves a powerful – and fatal – spell. If you love mysteries with lightning pace, twists and turns you never see coming, quirky clues and a sprinkling of the supernatural, then you'll love The Third Note. Join Selkie Moon on a quest that will threaten not only her sanity, but her life. Get it now.
Publisher: Celestial Hedgehog
ISBN: 0994592353
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A mysterious parcel. An unsolved crime. A spell from beyond the grave. After returning from her last strange quest, Selkie Moon is more than ready to settle down. So when she receives a parcel from her great grandmother 35 years after her death, opening it seems like such a bad idea. But curiosity wins and the objects it contains plunge Selkie into long-buried family secrets. Suddenly an old mystery begins to echo with the present and she's wrapped in a spell that won't let go: frightening visions, deadly encounters and a pull from the past that she can't ignore. What happened down by the old stone well in 1896 – and why does it matter to Selkie after more than a hundred years? Armed with only her wits and psychic twinges that are hardly reliable, Selkie is drawn into a web of cryptic clues that delve deep into the folklore of Ireland where superstition still weaves a powerful – and fatal – spell. If you love mysteries with lightning pace, twists and turns you never see coming, quirky clues and a sprinkling of the supernatural, then you'll love The Third Note. Join Selkie Moon on a quest that will threaten not only her sanity, but her life. Get it now.
The First Lie
Author: Virginia King
Publisher: Celestial Hedgehog
ISBN: 0994592310
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"A masterful blend of psychological thriller, mystery, and the paranormal." Readers' Favorite "A dizzying array of events, mysteries, supernatural intrigue, and action." Midwest Book Review Selkie Moon is a woman on the run Hawaii is her refuge … Until the ghosts of the past come knocking. Escaping her abusive husband to start over in Hawaii, Selkie Moon thinks she's safe at last. Until a voice in a dream warns: Someone is trying to kill you. Not that Selkie's psychic. No way. But the messages escalate and the threats mount. Is a ghostly woman stalking her? Tangled in local superstition and folklore, the mystery becomes so bizarre and frightening Selkie's instinct is to keep running. But is she running from her past or her future? Are these 'otherworldly' visions really all they seem? And can she piece together the fragmented clues before time runs out? Cancel a couple of night's sleep and join Selkie Moon on the roller-coaster ride of her life, because this modern psychological puzzle with a hint of the supernatural will keep you guessing until the final page. Get it now. WINNER OF A BRAG MEDALLION AND READERS' FAVORITE SILVER MEDAL Follow Selkie Moon on her journey around the world to uncover one secret after another: Laying Ghosts (back story, Australia) Planting Pearls (Hawaii), The First Lie (Hawaii), The Second Path (France), The Third Note (Ireland), The Fourth Door (Hong Kong).
Publisher: Celestial Hedgehog
ISBN: 0994592310
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"A masterful blend of psychological thriller, mystery, and the paranormal." Readers' Favorite "A dizzying array of events, mysteries, supernatural intrigue, and action." Midwest Book Review Selkie Moon is a woman on the run Hawaii is her refuge … Until the ghosts of the past come knocking. Escaping her abusive husband to start over in Hawaii, Selkie Moon thinks she's safe at last. Until a voice in a dream warns: Someone is trying to kill you. Not that Selkie's psychic. No way. But the messages escalate and the threats mount. Is a ghostly woman stalking her? Tangled in local superstition and folklore, the mystery becomes so bizarre and frightening Selkie's instinct is to keep running. But is she running from her past or her future? Are these 'otherworldly' visions really all they seem? And can she piece together the fragmented clues before time runs out? Cancel a couple of night's sleep and join Selkie Moon on the roller-coaster ride of her life, because this modern psychological puzzle with a hint of the supernatural will keep you guessing until the final page. Get it now. WINNER OF A BRAG MEDALLION AND READERS' FAVORITE SILVER MEDAL Follow Selkie Moon on her journey around the world to uncover one secret after another: Laying Ghosts (back story, Australia) Planting Pearls (Hawaii), The First Lie (Hawaii), The Second Path (France), The Third Note (Ireland), The Fourth Door (Hong Kong).
The Second Path
Author: Virginia King
Publisher: Celestial Hedgehog
ISBN: 0992487072
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Naked and confused. Selkie Moon can't remember. When Selkie Moon finds herself naked on a Hawaiian beach, she has no memory of the past two weeks. Recovering at a friend's house, she wakes to find a bizarre collection of items scattered across the floor, items she apparently gathered in her sleep: a rock, a spoon, a message scrawled in lipstick … What do they all mean? Only her subconscious knows. A dark fairy tale journey takes Selkie around the globe, from Honolulu to Sydney to Paris. Filled with mythical clues, fear and laughter, The Second Path has Selkie unravelling the mystery behind the strangest clue of all – the word that keeps haunting her: home. Join Selkie Moon and a cast of quirky characters through a maze of mythical clues and psychological suspense to a conclusion you'll never see coming. Get it now.
Publisher: Celestial Hedgehog
ISBN: 0992487072
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Naked and confused. Selkie Moon can't remember. When Selkie Moon finds herself naked on a Hawaiian beach, she has no memory of the past two weeks. Recovering at a friend's house, she wakes to find a bizarre collection of items scattered across the floor, items she apparently gathered in her sleep: a rock, a spoon, a message scrawled in lipstick … What do they all mean? Only her subconscious knows. A dark fairy tale journey takes Selkie around the globe, from Honolulu to Sydney to Paris. Filled with mythical clues, fear and laughter, The Second Path has Selkie unravelling the mystery behind the strangest clue of all – the word that keeps haunting her: home. Join Selkie Moon and a cast of quirky characters through a maze of mythical clues and psychological suspense to a conclusion you'll never see coming. Get it now.
Planting Pearls
Author: Virginia King
Publisher: Celestial Hedgehog
ISBN: 0992487013
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
A new name and a new home. A scary ex-husband ... And a ghost. When Selkie Moon escapes her controlling husband to start a new life in Hawaii, she’s under pressure to support herself, while keeping hidden from her ex. But when she encounters a so-called haunting, Selkie delves into the mystery surrounding an old Honolulu house. Are there dark forces at work and is a child in danger? Or is something else going on? As Selkie gets caught up in something that’s way beyond her skillset, the disturbing events not only hint at secrets buried in her own past, but she unwittingly makes herself a target for the man she’s fleeing from. Will her mad dash for freedom end in disaster? Or can she discover the inner strength needed to win? If you love mysteries with lightning pace, twists and turns you never see coming, quirky clues and a sprinkling of the supernatural, then you'll love Planting Pearls. Get it now. Join Selkie Moon as she travels around the world on a personal journey, untangling psychological mysteries with a mystical twist: Laying Ghosts (back story, Australia), Planting Pearls (Hawaii), The First Lie (Hawaii), The Second Path (France), The Third Note (Ireland) The Fourth Door (Hong Kong).
Publisher: Celestial Hedgehog
ISBN: 0992487013
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
A new name and a new home. A scary ex-husband ... And a ghost. When Selkie Moon escapes her controlling husband to start a new life in Hawaii, she’s under pressure to support herself, while keeping hidden from her ex. But when she encounters a so-called haunting, Selkie delves into the mystery surrounding an old Honolulu house. Are there dark forces at work and is a child in danger? Or is something else going on? As Selkie gets caught up in something that’s way beyond her skillset, the disturbing events not only hint at secrets buried in her own past, but she unwittingly makes herself a target for the man she’s fleeing from. Will her mad dash for freedom end in disaster? Or can she discover the inner strength needed to win? If you love mysteries with lightning pace, twists and turns you never see coming, quirky clues and a sprinkling of the supernatural, then you'll love Planting Pearls. Get it now. Join Selkie Moon as she travels around the world on a personal journey, untangling psychological mysteries with a mystical twist: Laying Ghosts (back story, Australia), Planting Pearls (Hawaii), The First Lie (Hawaii), The Second Path (France), The Third Note (Ireland) The Fourth Door (Hong Kong).
Magnus Fin and the Selkie Secret
Author: Janis Mackay
Publisher: Floris Books
ISBN: 0863158927
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
On his eleventh birthday, schoolboy Magnus Fin found out that he is half selkie, part human, part seal. Although he looks like a boy and lives on land, he can breathe underwater. When a rusty metal chest is flung ashore in a storm, Magnus Fin decides to investigate. But he injures his hand on the strange box, and his sealskin starts to show through. His teacher realises that there's something very unusual about Magnus Fin -- and rumours start to spread. Deep in the ocean, the great sea god Neptune has problems of his own. The treasures of wisdom have been stolen, and his memory and powers are fading fast. Could his missing treasure be inside the chest that's been washed ashore? Magnus Fin is the only one who can find out and restore order under the sea. But a young journalist is investigating the rumours about 'fish people'. Can Magnus Fin complete his mission before the selkie secret is revealed and his selkie family are forced to leave the bay forever? Janis Mackay also wrote the Kelpies Prize-winning Magnus Fin and the Ocean Quest, and Magnus Fin and the Moonlight Mission. This is the third book in the series.
Publisher: Floris Books
ISBN: 0863158927
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
On his eleventh birthday, schoolboy Magnus Fin found out that he is half selkie, part human, part seal. Although he looks like a boy and lives on land, he can breathe underwater. When a rusty metal chest is flung ashore in a storm, Magnus Fin decides to investigate. But he injures his hand on the strange box, and his sealskin starts to show through. His teacher realises that there's something very unusual about Magnus Fin -- and rumours start to spread. Deep in the ocean, the great sea god Neptune has problems of his own. The treasures of wisdom have been stolen, and his memory and powers are fading fast. Could his missing treasure be inside the chest that's been washed ashore? Magnus Fin is the only one who can find out and restore order under the sea. But a young journalist is investigating the rumours about 'fish people'. Can Magnus Fin complete his mission before the selkie secret is revealed and his selkie family are forced to leave the bay forever? Janis Mackay also wrote the Kelpies Prize-winning Magnus Fin and the Ocean Quest, and Magnus Fin and the Moonlight Mission. This is the third book in the series.
Full Moon
Author: Jennifer St. Clair
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
ISBN: 1921314850
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Werewolves change into wolves when the moon is full. But Edward's curse only allows him to be human when the moon is full. Alone and despairing, Edward hides himself away from the world. He's scraped out a meager existence for himself for almost a century in the forest he's grown to love and call home. But in the depths of a terrible winter, he stumbles across clues from the life his mother left behind in Faerie. The truth may give him the answers he needs about the source of his birthright...and the curse that holds him captive.
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
ISBN: 1921314850
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Werewolves change into wolves when the moon is full. But Edward's curse only allows him to be human when the moon is full. Alone and despairing, Edward hides himself away from the world. He's scraped out a meager existence for himself for almost a century in the forest he's grown to love and call home. But in the depths of a terrible winter, he stumbles across clues from the life his mother left behind in Faerie. The truth may give him the answers he needs about the source of his birthright...and the curse that holds him captive.
The Secret Country
Author: Jane Johnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 141693815X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Having learned from a talking cat that he and his sisters are the half-elfin royalty of a parallel world called Eidolon, twelve-year old Ben Arnold attempts to stop his evil uncle from smuggling magical creatures between the two worlds to sell on the black market.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 141693815X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Having learned from a talking cat that he and his sisters are the half-elfin royalty of a parallel world called Eidolon, twelve-year old Ben Arnold attempts to stop his evil uncle from smuggling magical creatures between the two worlds to sell on the black market.
A Scrap of Silk
Author: Virginia King
Publisher: Celestial Hedgehog
ISBN: 0994592329
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
A surprise inheritance. A locked cellar. A shocking secret from her family’s past. When 30-year-old mystery author Tiggy Jones inherits an old boathouse in Devon from the grandmother she never knew, her shock turns to excitement. But she’s walking into a labyrinth of clues that hint at a long-hidden secret. A series of anonymous threats become more menacing. Who is trying to stop her investigations? As her new life unravels, what horrors will she uncover from her family's past? And will she survive them? A Scrap of Silk is Book 1 in the addictive new Tiggy Jones Mystery Series. Cancel a couple of night's sleep and get it now.
Publisher: Celestial Hedgehog
ISBN: 0994592329
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
A surprise inheritance. A locked cellar. A shocking secret from her family’s past. When 30-year-old mystery author Tiggy Jones inherits an old boathouse in Devon from the grandmother she never knew, her shock turns to excitement. But she’s walking into a labyrinth of clues that hint at a long-hidden secret. A series of anonymous threats become more menacing. Who is trying to stop her investigations? As her new life unravels, what horrors will she uncover from her family's past? And will she survive them? A Scrap of Silk is Book 1 in the addictive new Tiggy Jones Mystery Series. Cancel a couple of night's sleep and get it now.