Neferet's Curse
A House of Night Novella
Reeks: House of Night Novellas
P. C. Cast ; Kristin Cast
- The
- White
- City,
- 1893:
- In
- turn-of-the-century
- Chicago,
- with
- the
- World's
- Fair
- bringing
- bustle
- and
- excitement
- to
- her
- home
- city,
- sixteen-year-old
- Emily
- Wheiler
- should
- be
- reveling
- in
- her
- youthful
- beauty
- and
- the
- excitement
- around
- her.
- But
- her
- whole
- life
- changed
- when
- her
- mother
- died,
- leaving
- her
- to
- be
- the
- Lady
- of
- Wheiler
- House.
- Her
- father,
- a
- powerful
- bank
- president,
- is
- at
- the
- center
- of
- an
- important
- social
- hub
- for
- the
- booming
- young
- city,
- and
- he
- needs
- Emily
- to
- do
- everything
- her
- mother
- would
- have
- –
- to
- be
- a
- good
- hostess
- and
- make
- sure
- the
- mansion
- runs
- smoothly.As
- Emily
- uneasily
- tries
- to
- replace
- her
- mother,
- she
- also
- longs
- for
- more…
- for
- love
- and
- a
- life
- of
- her
- own.
- When
- a
- handsome
- young
- man
- notices
- her
- at
- one
- of
- her
- father's
- parties,
- it
- seems
- that
- her
- hopes
- may
- finally
- be
- coming
- true.
- Until
- her
- father
- forbids
- her
- to
- see
- him
- –
- or
- any
- other
- man
- –
- and
- starts
- revealing
- a
- darkly
- violent
- side
- that
- even
- he
- can't
- understand.At
- last,
- afraid
- for
- her
- life
- and
- with
- nowhere
- to
- turn,
- Emily
- is
- Marked
- by
- a
- vampyre
- and
- brought
- to
- the
- Chicago
- House
- of
- Night,
- where
- she
- begins
- a
- magickal
- new
- life
- that
- should
- allow
- the
- wounds
- from
- her
- past
- to
- heal.
- But
- as
- she
- gains
- strength,
- and
- a
- powerful
- new
- name,
- she
- carries
- a
- dark
- need
- to
- wreak
- vengeance
- on
- the
- man
- she
- trusted
- most.From
- victim
- to
- High
- Priestess,
- beautiful
- young
- woman
- to
- powerful
- seductress,
- Neferet's
- journey
- begins
- in
- NEFERET'S
- CURSE...from
- authors
- P.C.
- Cast
- and
- Kristin Cast.
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