Every Dark Corner
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Rowan Abernathy loses her parents in a mysterious fire, leaving her and her sister to the care of their next of kin, Mrs. Abernathy's cousin Lareina Warren. Ten years later, Rowan pickpockets clueless tourists around New York City for extra cash while Lareina picks up odd jobs and Bellamy, deafened by a fever just as mysterious as the fire that killed her parents, spends most of her time at home in her garden.
Everything changes when a strange young man appears to Rowan. He seems friendly enough but if only Rowan knew how much danger her connection with him will mean for her and her sister...
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