Shadows on The Wall
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Last published Tue, May 29, 2012
Victoria Winters has grown up in a foundling home her entire life. She has no idea who her parents are, but when a mysterious job opportunity as a governess for a disturbed, nine-year-old boy is offered her, Vicky thinks it might be a chance to finally found out where she came from. But when she arrives at the mansion where she is to work, all is not as it seems. Revenge, murder, and the supernatural are on the horizon for Vicky as she manages her loyalties, befriends her disturbed student, and attempts to dig up her past in this literature adaption of Dark Shadows, The Beginning.
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