The Lantern's Ember

The Lantern's Ember

<b><b>A bold and ghostly stand-alone from </b><b><i>New York Times </i></b><b>bestselling author Colleen Houck, with all the moodiness of Sleepy Hollow and all the romance her fans love. </b></b><br><br>Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme.<br><br>Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It's difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern--one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal--or not-so-mortal--soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O'Dare. <br><br>Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack's warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane with the help of a mysterious and debonair vampire--and the chase through a dazzling, dangerous world is on. Jack must do everything in his power to get Ember back where she belongs before both the earthly and unearthly worlds descend into chaos.<br><br>Colleen Houck,<i> the New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Tigers Curse series and Reawakened series, breathes new life into classic folklore in this wild, twisting adventure propelled by the spirit of Halloween.<br><b></b><br><b>"[Houck] offers a fresh spin on </b><b><i>The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</i></b><b>...with some genuine surprises in store."--</b><b><i>Kirkus</i></b><b></b><br><b></b><br><b>"A wild and seductive adventure...a must-have for YA collections."--</b><b><i>SLJ</i></b>