Amber House (Amber House, Book 1)

by Moore, Kelly; Reed, Tucker; Reed, Larkin

• ISBN13: 9780545434164
• ISBN10: 0545434165
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-10-01
• Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books

Summary

"I was sixteen the first time my grandmother died . . ." Sarah Parsons has never seen Amber House, the grand Maryland estate that's been in her family for three centuries. She's never walked its hedge maze nor found its secret chambers; she's never glimpsed the shades that haunt it, nor hunted for lost diamonds in its walls. But all of that is about to change. After her grandmother passes away, Sarah and her friend Jackson decide to search for the diamonds--and the house comes alive. She discovers that she can see visions of the house's past, like the eighteenth-century sea captain who hid the jewels, or the glamorous great-grandmother driven mad by grief. She grows closer to both Jackson and a young man named Richard Hathaway, whose family histories are each deeply entwined with her own. But when the visions start to threaten the person she holds most dear, Sarah must do everything she can to get to the bottom of the house's secrets, and stop the course of history before it is cemented forever.

Author Biography

Kelly Moore wrote the beginnings of THE AMBER HOUSE years ago, but it wasn't until her daughters Tucker and Larkin Reed found the manuscript and convinced her to work on it with them that it became a full-fledged book. Tucker attends the University of Souther California, while Larkin is a freshman at St. John's College. All three reside in Jacksonville, Oregon. Kelly Moore wrote the beginnings of THE AMBER HOUSE years ago, but it wasn't until her daughters Tucker and Larkin Reed found the manuscript and convinced her to work on it with them that it became a full-fledged book. Tucker attends the University of Souther California, while Larkin is a freshman at St. John's College. All three reside in Jacksonville, Oregon. Kelly Moore wrote the beginnings of THE AMBER HOUSE years ago, but it wasn't until her daughters Tucker and Larkin Reed found the manuscript and convinced her to work on it with them that it became a full-fledged book. Tucker attends the University of Souther California, while Larkin is a freshman at St. John's College. All three reside in Jacksonville, Oregon.

Excerpts

From Amber House

Wild with relief, I turned. The attic door was closed. Jackson left it open; I know Jackson left it open. I could sense, could feel, that whoever had climbed the stairs was now standing just beyond that closed door.
Standing; not moving; not speaking. Not helping.

Behind me, the sound of chain sliding over wood.

I felt so cold, so squeezed, I could hardly draw in breath. A tear oozed like blood from the corner of my eye.

I made myself turn. I made myself look.

A woman stood in the shaft of moonlight. She was all darkness to me, back-lit by the window. I could see thick curls of black hair, the curves of muscled arms, a shapeless drape of translucent gown. All motionless. A spider ran down a lock of her hair, and air escaped me in the smallest gasp. I wanted to shove my fist in my mouth to stop the scream rising in my throat.