Book description
Sylvie is in the wrong place at the wrong time . . . hen Sylvie and her
older sister Claire survive a horrific encounter with a gunman, they're
sent to stay with their aunt in the south of France. There, Sylvie meets
a little boy called Gabriel, who says he can see angels. Gabriel's
fiercely protective older brother, Daniel, although initially rude and
dismissive, grows a lot more charming and Sylvie finds herself falling
for him. But when Gabriel gets kidnapped, dark and dangerous secrets
start to emerge, and Sylvie will need all her courage, the skills of
Houdini and the blessing of the angels to see her friends and family
again. The first stories Isabelle Merlin remembers are the traditional
fairy tales told to her by her French grandmother. Later, she heard
family stories, which proved to her that magic and romance and terror
don't only appear in fairytales: like the romantic story of the
beautiful ancestor who caught the eye of the Sun-King, Louis XIV; or the
amazing story of the wily ancestor who went from being a poor peasant to
a multi-millionaire; or the tragic story of the curse of madness and
misfortune that pursued other ancestors; or the spooky story of the
chain-rattling ghost that haunted the family home deep in the green
countryside of France. It's no wonder that she grew up with a head full
of stories and a burning desire to become a writer. Isabelle lives in
Australia with her family. Isabelle is the author of four books: Three
Wishes, Pop Princess, Cupid's Arrow and Bright Angel.
