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Skye: in the middle
The little lost girl with no memory of her past continues her life journey at haunted Sheffield Academy. Formerly a lunatic asylum where tortured ghosts still roam and soon make contact with the new arrival, it now houses the wayward daughters of the nouveau riche whose malicious pranks make Skye feel like an unwanted misfit….something they soon come to regret when they find out the little mountain girl can more than hold her own.
Just before graduation while still under her grandmother’s guardianship, she receives a letter summoning her to Sea Cliffe House to oversee her care. Though supposedly an invalid now, Skye is all too aware that she had killed before and might well be planning her own demise. Despite the risk, she decides to comply in hopes of finding proof of her crimes and justice for the dead.
When she arrives at the sprawling, seaside house with its widow’s walk and distant lighthouse view, she feels like she has just stepped between the pages of a Gothic thriller. Was she strong enough now to survive the profound evil waiting for her within its walls? It is a question she asks herself again and again hoping… rather desperately…the answer is ‘yes’.
Just before graduation while still under her grandmother’s guardianship, she receives a letter summoning her to Sea Cliffe House to oversee her care. Though supposedly an invalid now, Skye is all too aware that she had killed before and might well be planning her own demise. Despite the risk, she decides to comply in hopes of finding proof of her crimes and justice for the dead.
When she arrives at the sprawling, seaside house with its widow’s walk and distant lighthouse view, she feels like she has just stepped between the pages of a Gothic thriller. Was she strong enough now to survive the profound evil waiting for her within its walls? It is a question she asks herself again and again hoping… rather desperately…the answer is ‘yes’.
149 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 2, 2017
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About the author
Merabeth James
36 books27 followers I began my actual writing career as a journalist and then a TV scriptwriter, but loved putting words together to form images/thoughts/feelings almost as soon as I could grasp a pencil.
There are six things important to me...well, most important to me: To love unconditionally, to always keep a sense of 'wonder', to always be kind, to find joy in simple things, to never take myself too seriously, and to make sure I don't leave this earth with a list of "if only I hads" trailing behind me.
I've taken many 'leaps of faith' in my time and, so far, have landed on my feet or, in one case, on a dilapitated houseboat with my dog, and a lot of enthusiasm. I named her 'Sanctuary Annie' and hoped for the best. I knew nothing about boats, couldn't swim and wondered how long she would stay afloat.
In the middle of the night, when my dog jumped up to join me on the antique Victorian bed I had moved on board, I would check to see if he was wet, knowing, if so, we were both in big trouble. But Sanctuary Annie hung in there, even surviving a hurricane, when others around her were not so fortunate.
Living in the small marina, with the sea as my back yard, I found a profound sense of peace..and the love of my life....my Jim, captain of 'Wings', a beautiful racing sloop that flies across the water, when the wind fills her sails.
I often think how much I would have missed out on, if I hadn't taken that leap of faith and followed my heart. Life is meant to be lived and I intend to keep on doing just that.
There are six things important to me...well, most important to me: To love unconditionally, to always keep a sense of 'wonder', to always be kind, to find joy in simple things, to never take myself too seriously, and to make sure I don't leave this earth with a list of "if only I hads" trailing behind me.
I've taken many 'leaps of faith' in my time and, so far, have landed on my feet or, in one case, on a dilapitated houseboat with my dog, and a lot of enthusiasm. I named her 'Sanctuary Annie' and hoped for the best. I knew nothing about boats, couldn't swim and wondered how long she would stay afloat.
In the middle of the night, when my dog jumped up to join me on the antique Victorian bed I had moved on board, I would check to see if he was wet, knowing, if so, we were both in big trouble. But Sanctuary Annie hung in there, even surviving a hurricane, when others around her were not so fortunate.
Living in the small marina, with the sea as my back yard, I found a profound sense of peace..and the love of my life....my Jim, captain of 'Wings', a beautiful racing sloop that flies across the water, when the wind fills her sails.
I often think how much I would have missed out on, if I hadn't taken that leap of faith and followed my heart. Life is meant to be lived and I intend to keep on doing just that.
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August 18, 2020
This series has quickly become a favorite. Some parts of this book just rips my heart out and then mends it. Then it has me sitting on the edge of my seat. I've been on an emotional rollercoaster since book 1.
July 8, 2017
Thank you for the tears
What a story! Merabeth James is an extremely talented writer! Book 3 is next! These books are great, but they will make you cry!
What a story! Merabeth James is an extremely talented writer! Book 3 is next! These books are great, but they will make you cry!
February 14, 2023
Another piece of the puzzle
Thanks to grandpa Amos we now know who Skye really is. Our girl has gone through a lot in her young life but thanks to her family and friends from both realms she made it safely back home. Can't wait to see where she goes from here.
Thanks to grandpa Amos we now know who Skye really is. Our girl has gone through a lot in her young life but thanks to her family and friends from both realms she made it safely back home. Can't wait to see where she goes from here.
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