The China Garden
By: Liz Berry
Clare is oddly drawn to Ravensmere, London. Maybe it is the fact that her mother grew up there or maybe it is the beauty of the place and its people or maybe it is Mark, the maddeningly attactive biker who lives there. What ever the reason she is there and the strangness of the place must be getting to her. She keeps waking up at night to dance in the closed off China Garden for no other reason than compulsion. There is an secret in this place. Can she find out what it is before it draws her in too?
Exerpt:
"Dark of the moon. Near dawn. Starlight shimmered along the dragon walls. Nothing stirred in the China Garden. No breeze. No night sound. The only waking creature was a tortoiseshell cat sitting on the step of the First Moon Gate like a creature from a pharoah's tomb, watching and waiting.
It was many years since anyone had walked here, but now the grass was bending in the still air. Invisible feet were passing to and fro, leaving a winding track.
There was a drift of sound, ancient pipe music, then a strange shifting, something coming alive, and a whisper, like a breath, moving through the shadows, 'She's coming ... She's coming...' "
More Info:
Type of Book: Mystery, Magic, and Romance
Setting: Ravensmere, London
Rating: PG-13
Length: 285 pages
My Opinion: An intensly detailed portrayal of a place of complete peace and beauty. A mystery that you will never be able to figure out until the end. The girls will like the romance, but guys will enjoy the mystery of it all. Read at you own risk for this book contains sexual content.