Werlin, Nancy

"Sylvie and her mother and grandmother are beloved, trusted healers in their medieval French village, though some whisper that fifteen-year-old Sylvie and her grand-mere deal in more than herbs and medicines. After her grandmother dies, and an attempt to use magic to heal her mother's grief brooks tragic consequences, Sylvie leaves her village in search of a teacher"--Provided by publisher.

"A straitlaced overachiever with established career and marital ambitions discovers her boyfriend's disdain for her pop-culture fandom, before a flirtation at a fantasy convention challenges her to reevaluate her happiness"--Provided by publisher.

Matt and his sisters, abused by their volatile mother, see a spark of hope when she begins dating Murdoch, but when he leaves, Matt knows it is time to take action if he and his siblings are going to survive.

Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother.

"When five high school students are brought together under mysterious circumstances, they begin to piece together a theory that their parents are working together to kill them all"--.

"Fenella, the first of cursed Scarborough girls, is challenged to accomplish three tasks of destruction against her family in order to finally leave her miserable life of purgatory in the faerie realm and return to the human world"--Provided by publisher.

"When five high school students are brought together under mysterious circumstances, they begin to piece together a theory that their parents are working together to kill them all"--Provided by publisher.

When seventeen-year-old Lucy discovers her family is under an ancient curse by an evil Elfin Knight, she realizes that she must perform three impossible tasks before her daughter is born to break the curse and to save them both.