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Book : Dark Shadows Heiress Of Collinwood (dark Shadows, 4).

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-Titulo Original : Dark Shadows Heiress Of Collinwood (dark Shadows, 4)

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Tor Books

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Dark Shadows: Heiress of Collinwood is the continuing the story of the classic TV show, Dark Shadows by series star, Lara Parker.“My name is Victoria Winters, and my journey continues . . . .”An orphan with no knowledge of her origins, Victoria Winters first came to the great house of Collinwood as a Governess. It didn’t take long for the Collins family’s many buried secrets, haunted history, and rivalries with evil forces to catch up to Victoria and cast the newcomer adrift in time, trapped between life and death.At last returned to the present, Victoria is called back to Collinwood by a mysterious letter. Hoping to fill in the gaps of her memories by meeting with the people who knew her best, Victoria returns to the aging mansion. However, she soon discovers that the entire Collins family is missing except for Barnabas Collins, a vampire whose own dark curse is well known. Victoria discovers that she has been named sole heir to the estate, if only she can prove her own identity.Beset by danger and dire warnings, Victoria must discover what dread fate has befallen Collinwood, even as she finally uncovers a shocking truth long hidden in the shadows . . . Review Parker has captured the characters, the dialogue and the spirit of the show perfectly. RT Book Reviews on Dark Shadows: The Salem BranchWolf Moon Rising is a suspenseful, scary, superbly crafted addition to the Dark Shadows saga--once you begin reading, you cant put it down. John Farris, author of The FuryLara Parker is as bewitching and cunning an author as she was when she portrayed the sexy enchantress Angelique on Dark Shadows John Beifuss, Memphis Commercial Appeal, on Dark Shadows: Wolf Moon Rising About the Author LARA PARKER, whose real name is Lamar Rickey Hawkins, played the role of Angelique on Dark Shadows. She grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, attended Vassar College, majored in Drama at the University of Iowa, and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University at Los Angeles. Her books include the Dark Shadows Trilogy: Angeliques Descent, The Salem Branch, Wolf Moon Rising, and others. She lives in Topanga Canyon, California, with her husband and daughter. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Dark Shadows Heiress of Collinwood By Lara Parker Tom Doherty Associates Copyright © 2016 Dan Curtis Productions, LLC All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-0-7653-7776-0 CHAPTER 1 Collinsport, 1797 Even though I had promised Peter never to leave the cottage without him by my side, nor to wander into the village alone - people were still suspicious and many persisted in the belief that I was the witch - that afternoon I found myself in the woods on the other side of the stream from the gypsy camp, peering through the trees and trying to get a glimpse of the settling in. I had heard the wagons passing before dawn, the snorts of the tired horses whose hooves had been padded with straw, and the squeaking of wheels in the ruts. I crept to the window and pushed open the shutter to watch the vardoes with their rounded roofs lumber down the road like giant snails silhouetted against the brightening sky. Peter woke and mumbled into his pillow, Stay away from the commons, Victoria. Those wretched people are not to be trusted. I withdrew and closed the latch thinking I should heed his words, but there was so little excitement in sleepy Collinsport, a fishing village where the only topic of conversation was whether the sea was calm or violent, or who had drowned in the last storm. Watching the caravan pass in the mist had flushed a longing in me to catch sight of the earliest gypsies, to see how they managed, these roaming travelers who called no country their own. I thought I would only observe them from a distance, and I would be back in my kitchen before dark. The day was warm and windy with thin streaks of cloud painted across the sky, and I breathed in the rank odor of the m
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