Dive into the secret, ancient, powerful world of two New Orleans families, the Deschanels and the Sullivans…
The Storm and the Darkness is a prequel novel in the House of Crimson & Clover Series. It can be enjoyed as a standalone story, or as a complement to the series. Don’t miss the follow-up novella, Shattered.
Ana Deschanel has made a terrible mistake. The only chance of protecting … terrible mistake. The only chance of protecting the other people involved is to flee New Orleans, the only home she has ever known, for the quiet solitude of Summer Island.
Summer Island, Maine (population 202) is not the tranquil escape Ana imagined. The locals are distant and cold, especially her neighbor, the reclusive veterinarian Jonathan St. Andrews. Her only lifeline is the kind but odd caretaker Alex Whitman. Showing up at all the right moments, he warns her she is completely unprepared for a Maine winter. As the first winter storm approaches to whispers of an island shutdown- Ana realizes that she may soon be cut off from the rest of the world.
After a surprising encounter with Jonathan’s brother, Finn, Ana finds herself braving the storm to return something to him. Unprepared for the Maine storm, she slips and falls onto the jagged rocks along the shore. The St. Andrews brothers find her in the nick of time, but she remains unconscious. As the storm worsens, the St. Andrews brothers learn there are other, more sinister forces at work closer than they ever imagined.
With no help from the outside world, they must find a way to protect themselves from both the storm, and the growing darkness that looms across the island.
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Really enjoyed this! I’ve been meaning to check out this series for a while, and I really liked Sarah M. Cradit’s voice in this a lot. She’s very good at setting a gothic, atmospheric tone, and going deep into characters in a way that slowly sucks you in, until you are completely immersed in her world. The addition of the mystery around the island …
The Storm and the Darkness: A New Orleans Witches Family Saga (The House of Crimson and Clover Book 1) Kindle Edition
by Sarah M. Cradit (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
There was all kind of promise with the premise. There are witches in the world and Ana, the protagonist, is the daughter of a witch family that carries a healing power. But Ana …
Oh my goodness!
Reading this after the 1970’s series out so far is great because I was already familiar with the Deschanel’s . This one being present time is great and now I have to hurry and get Shattered cuz even though this didn’t leave off on exactly a cliff hanger is does leave me wanting more and more!
I initially put off reading this book as it really isn’t in the current genre I’ve been reading lately. I’m glad that I finally read it though. It was a well written story that helps shed background on a few characters in a series about two families. In this book you meet Ana, Finn, Jonathan, Ana’s cousin Nicolas, Nicolas’ best friend Oz, and …