Vanished is a must read for fans of suspenseful thrillers, paranormal fiction and haunted settings with Gothic flavor.
Nothing is as it seems. 16-year-old Claire McKenna and her sister, Lauren, have been stuck in a group foster home for teens for nine miserable months. When a prominent family in Gallows Point, MA requests guardianship, it gives Claire hope that her life will be semi-normal again. Those hopes are shattered soon after arriving to their new home, Bloodsworth Manor, when her sister disappears.
Evidence suggests Lauren ran away, but when Claire learns of a similar disappearance that occurred in the town five years earlier, she suspects her sister was taken. Her foster parents don’t believe her and neither do the police. It’s up to Claire alone to uncover the truth and save her sister. Uncertain whom she can trust in the strange town, Claire follows a grim trail of clues and discovers an ancient connection between the cruel witch who once served Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary and the founders of Gallows Point. As frightening events start to occur at Bloodsworth Manor, Claire can’t help but wonder if the mansion is haunted, or if she’s losing her mind—just like her biological mother did. She soon discovers that things are not at all what they seem in the creepy town of Gallows Point. Dark secrets … deadly betrayals … and ancient curses are only the beginning.
To complicate matters, Evan Bradford, the hottest guy in school, seems to have his sights firmly set on Claire. He offers his help, and their friendship evolves into something deeper. But are his feelings for her sincere, or are his attentions merely one more part of the dangerous web of lies that is rapidly closing in on Claire?
Categories: young adult fantasy, teen paranormal romance, murder mystery, Gothic, thriller mystery.
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