Books with title Midnight

SYNOPSIS Ben Sterling has a very strange inheritance... Though now a happy family man, and a successful writer of children s stories, as a child Ben was tragically orphaned by a mysterious car crash. Raised by a loving aunt who refused to discuss his father s eccentric family, he nevertheless develops a strange fascination with the lonely Yorkshire house they inherited. On his aunt's death, Ben unexpectedly acquires this ancestral home, and the family decide to move into it...ignorant of the strange stories concerning those who stray too close to the woods at night. Ben himself is increasingly drawn to nearby Sterling Forest extensive pinewoods planted by his family around the ancient oak grove where his great-grandfather was found dead so many years before. Edward Sterling had been exploring the icy wastes of the far north, where shamans were said to practise ancient rituals to keep the midnight sun shining over their desolate land. Found naked and snowblind in this distant wilderness, he had been returned to his wife...but died soon afterwards in bizarre circumstances. Now, three generations later, Ben unwittingly sets loose an awesome power, and soon the entire countryside falls into the grip of ice and blizzards. But what must be the sacrifice that can transform eternal winter back into spring? A truly disturbing novel, Midnight Sun underlines Ramsey Campbell s talent for creating a modern supernatural tale that maintains the best spine-tingling standards of classic horror.

She failed her friend and risked his safety. Will Libby’s mistake destroy their mission?The Christina steams south while Caleb and Jordan finalize their plans. But someone overhears Libby talking about the scheme—will they tell the authorities that Jordan is a runaway slave?Sick at heart, Libby knows she has let down her friends. She risked Jordan's freedom, and she endangered the mission to rescue his family. Will Caleb and Jordan trust her to help in the Underground Railroad? Everything seems to be going against the rescue. Will they find a way to salvage the life-and-death mission? From the golden age of steamboats, the rush of immigrants to new lands, and the dangers of the Underground Railroad come true-to-life stories of courage, integrity, and suspense in the Freedom Seekers series.

John Raleigh Gates has been raised on stories of mysterious treasure and the elaborate tricks used to hide the wealth. But with the colonies on the verge of a revolution, John is too busy--and scared--to bother with make believe. That is, until he discovers a clue that could lead to an immense treasure. With war on the horizon, it will be up to John to follow the clues and take the ride of a lifetime.

Pub Date: 2010-10-26 Pages: 384 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US The constraints of quiet widowhood have become too much for Lady Caroline Pearson to bear-especially now that her brother-in law has idiotically. and illegally. gambled away her house. Boldly. she confronts the new owner in person. But not only does the dashing rogue. James Ferrington. refuse to return Carolines deed. he tries to take scandalous advantage of her as well. Sheepish and repentant. James arrives on Carolines doorstep to make amends- unaware that the young widow and her eccentric aunt are intent on retaliation. James merely meant to seduce a bewitching minx and have done with it-and. suddenly. hes a kidnapped prisoner in Carolines cellar. But most shocking of all. James realizes that he has no desire whatsoever to be free-for the audacious Caroline has inflamed his senses. destroyed his...

A ‘Canterbury Tales’ medieval mystery - As Chaucer’s pilgrims shelter for the night, it’s the physician’s turn to enthral his fellow travellers with a terrifying tale. When Brother Anselm and his novice Stephen are summoned to the Church of St Michael’s, Candlewick, to perform an exorcism, the demons that plague the church appear to have been summoned by an infamous sorcerer known as the Midnight Man. But what has he unwittingly unleashed – and why? Is there any link to the disappearance of young women in the area? Before Anselm can get to the truth, he must first uncover the identity of the mysterious Midnight Man.

Someone's out there on the Back Bay in Virginia Beach among the marshes with the banjo frogs, mosquitoes, and poisonous snakes. Leslie hears him rowing through the silent waters at midnight, sending chills up her spine. One night when she’s taking a walk he rows up to her, beckons with his finger, and in a gravelly voice beckons her to take a ride in his kayak. She backs up shaking her head. Whoever climbs in and paddles away is never seen again. Her best friend has already disappeared. Leslie doesn't want to be next in this young adult mystery thriller novel, Midnight.

The vampire love triangle that spawned hundreds of thousands of fans-and inspired a major new dramatisation shown on ITV2 -concludes in this powerful final volume of The Vampire Diaries. In Midnight, golden girl Elena Gilbert is back from the Dark Dimension, having successfully freed her vampire boyfriend Stefan Salvatore from imprisonment. Saving Stefan had an unlikely consequence: his vampire brother Damon Salvatore has become a mortal. While the trio reels from this latest twist, they must still deal with the demons that have taken over Elena's hometown, Fell's Church. As in every L.J. Smith novel, no matter how dark the night, there is always a happy ending. MIDNIGHT takes Elena, Stefan, and Damon to their darkest moments yet...

Book 13 in the bestselling "Vampire for Hire" series!In Midnight Moon, private investigator Samantha Moon returns in an all-new adventure when she's hired to look into a haunting. A female house ghost is wreaking havoc on the life of her new client—except this isn't a normal house ghost and her new client, Charlie Reed, isn't what he seems either. There's something strange going on in Charlie's house, something truly not of this world.Meanwhile, Sam's teen daughter, Tammy, is coming into her own as a mind reader—abilities that attract the devil himself. And with evil incarnate having set his sights squarely on her children, Sam enlists Allison, her psychic witch friend, to go with her where she's never gone before: a surreal pursuit between worlds.