The Colony of Lost Souls (eBook)

Kelsey James (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
304 Seiten
A John Scognamiglio Book (Verlag)
978-1-4967-4296-4 (ISBN)

Infos

A young woman searching for her missing sister in 1930s California is drawn into a dark and dangerous cult in this intoxicating binge of sacrifice and obsession, strange rituals, alluring promises, and a beautiful prison for readers of Emma Cline'sThe Girls, California Goldenby Melanie Benjamin,andThe Final Act of Juliette Willoughbyby Ellery Lloyd.Born a year apart, May and June Anderson were once as close as twins. Time and a loveless marriage changed the once vibrant May into June's timid counterpart. Now, two years after June abruptly disappeared, May receives a letter from her sister, inviting her to visit a mysterious colony in southern California. Eager to match June's boldness for once, May doesn't hesitate.The Colony is located in a magnificent Spanish Revival-style mansion perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific, and is presided over by the group's charismatic leader, Rex. Colony members believe in an afterlife where departed souls mingle, and that the truly enlightened can even summon back the spirits of lost loved ones. May is told that June has recently left on a mission, and she's intrigued enough to accept Rex's invitation to stay until her sister's return.Drawn deeper into the group, and under Rex's seductive spell, May undergoes their initiation ceremony. Yet her questions grow more urgent with June's continued absenceand the warnings of a presumptuous but charming undercover investigator. May has longed for the daring, adventurous life her sister pursued, but her arrival has sparked a dangerous unraveling within the Colony, where nothing and no one is quite as it seems.Gripping and atmospheric,The Colony of Lost Soulsimmerses readers in a world of secrets, deception, and unexpected redemption.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.6.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Schlagworte: 1930s california • Alternate History • Amanda Skenandore • books fiction • books historical fiction • creepy fiction • cult leader • Daphne DuMaurier • Drama • Fiction • fiction books • Historical • historical fiction • historical fiction books • historical fiction novels • historical literary fiction • historical mysteries and thrillers • historical novels • Historical Romance • historical romance books • historical suspense • Julian Fellowes • Kate Morton • Kristina McMorris • literary fiction • Los Angeles • Love • Mexican Gothic • missing woman • modern gothic • mysteries and thrillers • Mystery • mystery and thriller • mystery thriller suspense • Newport Beach • northern california • Novels • paulette kennedy • Phyllis a. whitney • Prohibition • Romance • romance books • romance novels • secret cult • Shana Abe • Suspense • suspense books • suspense fiction • suspense thriller books • The Gilded Age • The House at Riverton • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo • Thriller • thriller books • Thrillers • war • wendy webb • Women’s Fiction
• ISBN-10: 1-4967-4296-6 / 1496742966
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4967-4296-4 / 9781496742964