Book overview
For centuries, every daughter of the Sans Monte bloodline has died before turning seventeen. Amanda Sans Monte is seventeen.
Has the curse finally been broken, or has it merely been waiting for her?
Amanda once believed curses were stories people told when ordinary explanations failed. But strange visions, ghostly encounters, and a sinister presence lurking in the shadows suggest that her family's three-hundred-year legacy is far more than a story. Something is watching her, and the danger is beginning to reach beyond Amanda to threaten everyone she loves.
Determined to uncover the truth, Amanda and her close-knit group of friends search the forgotten history of Midrean. Their investigation leads them beyond the town's archives and deep into Witch's Brew Forest, where the remains of an abandoned hearth conceal a journal written centuries earlier by Amanda's ancestor, Guinevere Sans Monte.
Guinevere's pages tell the story of a gifted young healer falsely accused of crimes she did not commit, the darkness that destroyed her family, and the events that gave rise to the Sans Monte curse. Her account may hold the answers Amanda desperately needs. But as Amanda becomes immersed in the journal, the boundary between past and present begins to blur, and Guinevere's warnings become frighteningly real.
Now a killer is closing in, determined to seize the Leiothe, an ancient power at the heart of the Sans Monte legacy. Amanda must discover why every Sans Monte daughter was marked for death, what Guinevere tried to protect, and how events set in motion centuries ago are connected to her own life.
With time running out and the curse threatening her friends, Amanda must confront the truth about her family before the darkness finishes what it began.
The Sans Monte Curse is an atmospheric young adult gothic paranormal novel featuring a centuries-old family curse, supernatural mystery, ghostly encounters, dark fantasy, friendship, romance, an ancestral journal, and a dual-timeline story in which the past refuses to remain buried.
With crossover appeal for both teen and adult readers, it is perfect for those who enjoy mysterious small towns, haunted family histories, dark forests, ancient powers, and stories about young people standing together against an inherited darkness.
Book One in the More Than Human series.
