When seventeen-year-old Violet Sterling returns to Burleigh House after years in exile, Burleigh's magic is tormented, ravaging the countryside, and she must strive to save her house before it destroys her.

Overview: Alexandre Dumas's novel of justice, retribution, and self-discovery - one of the most enduringly popular adventure tales ever written - appears here in a newly revised translation. "This novel tells the story of Edmond Dantes, wrongfully imprisoned for life in the supposedly impregnable sea fortress the Chateau d'If. After a daring escape, and after unearthing a hidden treasure revealed to him by a fellow prisoner, he devotes the rest...

"When Teddy Fay receives a freelance assignment from a gentleman he can't refuse, he jets off to Paris on the hunt for a treasonous criminal. But as Teddy unearths more information that just doesn't seem to connect, his straightforward mission becomes far bigger--and stranger--than he could imagine. The trail of breadcrumbs leads to secrets hidden within secrets, evildoers trading in money and power and a global threat on an unprecedented scale. Under...

Violet Sterling, daughter of the caretaker of Burleigh House, one of five sentient Great Houses in England, returns from exile after her father dies to find her beloved estate crumbling; the magic that had once protected the house and surrounding landscape has turned dark and destructive. The king will burn the estate to the ground unless Vi can reverse its effects by the end of summer. Her only hope is to find the deed and remove the magic that binds...

Lured to Umbersea Island to attend the engagement party of one of her late husband's fellow officers, Verity mingles among the men her husband once fought beside, and discovers dark secrets--along with a murder clearly meant to conceal them. Relying on little more than a coded letter, the help of a dashing stranger, and her own sharp instincts, Verity is forced down a path she never imagined--and comes face to face with the shattering possibility...

A story of treason and adventure set in the early years of the 19th century, which begins as Anthony Lammas and his comrades set out to save a young man's life, only to discover that his plight is merely one strand in a web of deceit and treachery that threatens the very security of the nation.