October 1, 2008
Phillips launches a trilogy about the Corwin cousins and a long-standing curse. Derek Corwin is determined not to fall in love andtrigger thecurse against all Corwin men, so he rejects his high-school sweetheart, Gabrielle, and marries a woman he got pregnant on a one-night stand. Years later, divorced and seeking to reconnect with his preteen daughter, he is stunned to discover his enduringfeelings for Gabrielle when she returns to Stewart, Massachusetts, as a well-known author famed for debunking paranormal claims. But evil forces are at work in the town, and Gabrielle must determine whether they are truly paranormal, or simplythe result of human malevolence.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)