Books with title The old house

Delilah and Gavin’s new love is threatened by a force uncomfortably close to home in this haunting novel from New York Times bestselling duo Christina Lauren, authors of Beautiful Bastard.His shirt is black, jeans are black, and shaggy black hair falls into his eyes. And when Gavin looks up at Delilah, the dark eyes shadowed with bluish circles seem to flicker to life. He lives in that house, the one at the edge of town. Spooky and maybe haunted. Something worse than haunted. And Gavin is trapped by its secrets. Delilah and Gavin can’t resist each other. But staying together will exact a price beyond their imagining.

From three-time Edgar Award–winning author Willo Davis Roberts comes the “instantly compelling” (Kirkus Reviews) classic mystery, originally published as Buddy Is a Stupid Name for a Girl, about a young girl who unravels her family’s deepest, darkest secrets.All Buddy ever wanted was a normal family. But with her mother dead, her father missing, and her brother on the road searching for him, Buddy has a hard time believing it will ever happen. Instead she’s living with relatives she hardly knows who resent her for reasons she can’t figure out. They think everything about her is strange, especially her name. Despite all this, Buddy clings to the hope that her father is out there, somewhere, and that her brother will find him so they can be a family again. Until then will Buddy find a way to accept her new life and figure out the mystery behind her relatives’ disapproving stares?

Jean wakes up from a nightmare about an old hag in a burial shroud with long, sharp nails and a skeletal face. No wonder! She’s about to have an interview for a summer job in archaeology digging at the site of the Oldest House in St. Augustine, Florida. The lady who is supposed to hire her, Dr. Whitney, is tops in her field of New World Columbian archaeology. But when Jean lands the job and starts work at the house, a cleaning lady lets her in and shows her around. Jean is astounded by her face full of wrinkles. She looks like the oldest person Jean has ever seen. In fact, she resembles the hag in the nightmare. Is it her imagination? What could be going on? Jean had better figure it out or one of these humid Florida summer nights she might just die of fright.

The old, abandoned house at the end of Grace's street is a local legend. All the neighbors say it's haunted, but every Halloween someone leaves candy on the front porch. Grace and her friends decide to investigate, hoping to find out once and for all if someone―or something―really is haunting the place. But what if there is more to the house than there seems?

In 1979, a terrible crime was committed which shocked the small, seaside town of Audlington-on-sea. In 2012, Trevor Wardleby returns to Audlington - having been acquitted of murder and released from prison - to sell up and plan his retirement. No one stands in Trevor's way, but, then again, he's yet to meet young Isla Blandford...Life has always been pretty ordinary for Isla and her best friend, Max, but when she stumbles across a mysterious old house hidden away in the woods, things soon begin to change. Little does she realise that within those four walls lies the truth behind that fateful night over thirty years ago, and she soon finds herself caught up in a tale of double-crossing, revenge and murder. But, as Isla begins to realise, what she sees and what other people see are two very different things.I really hope you enjoy this book as much as I enjoyed writing it. Writing a book is something that I have always wanted to do and I would really appreciate any constructive thoughts/comments that may help me in the future. Please leave me a review and tell me what you think!Best wishes, George.

The old, abandoned house at the end of Grace's street is a local legend. All the neighbors say it's haunted, but every Halloween someone leaves candy on the front porch. Grace and her friends decide to investigate, hoping to find out once and for all if someone―or something―really is haunting the place. But what if there is more to the house than there seems?