Description
A Southern girl. A wounded soldier. A chilling force deep in the forest. All collide at night’s darkest hour.
Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey has been left at home in Mississippi
with a laudanum-addicted stepmother and love-crazed stepsister while her
father fights in the war—a war that has already claimed her twin
brother.
When she comes across a severely injured Union
soldier lying in an abandoned lodge deep in the woods, things begin to
change. Thomas is the enemy—one of the men who might have killed her own
brother—and yet she's drawn to him. But Violet isn't Thomas's only
visitor; someone has been tending to his wounds—keeping him alive—and it
becomes chillingly clear that this care hasn't been out of compassion.
Against the dangers of war and ominous powers of voodoo, Violet must fight to protect her home and the people she loves.
From the author of Strands of Bronze and Gold comes a haunting love story and suspenseful thriller based on the ancient fairy tale of “Tam Lin.”
About the Author
For many years, JANE NICKERSON and her family lived in a big old house in Aberdeen, Mississippi, where she worked as the children's librarian at the local public library. She has always loved the South, "the olden days," gothic tales, houses, kids, writing, and interesting villains. Her first novel was Strands of Bronze and Gold, a retelling of the Bluebeard fairy tale. Jane and her husband now make their home in Ontario, Canada.