Books with title The Necklace

A beautiful woman imagines she is married below her station. In an effort to make her happy, her husband brings home an invitation to a ball attended by the upper crust of Paris society. To his chagrin, she is only disappointed, and explains she has nothing to wear to the ball. The husband sacrifices his savings to buy her a dress. She has no jewelry, but she has a wealthy friend who will lend her a beautiful accoutrement to accompany the beautiful dress. She dances madly, drunk with pleasure: her time has come. She is the belle of the ball. It is the happiest night of her life, until they arrive at home and the necklace is missing…

A mysterious gypsy boy, Yann Margoza, and his guardian, a dwarf, work for the magician Topolain in 1789. On the night of Topolain's death, Yann's life truly begins. That's when he meets Sido, an heiress with a horrible father. An attachment is born that will determine both their paths. Revolution is afoot in France, and Sido is being used as a pawn. Only Yann will dare to rescue her from a fearful villain named Count Kalliovski. It will take all of Yann's newly discovered talent to unravel the mysteries of Sido's past and his own and to fight the devilish count.

When 12-year-old Reese finds an old necklace at a construction site, things in his life suddenly begin to change. First he learns that the necklace is quite old and may have possibly belonged to an old explorer in colonial times, and then strange things begin to happen. First he starts having dreams that gives him an idea of who this explorer may have been, then he notices that his own personality starts to change as well as his relationship with his parents and sister, as well as his parents' relationship with each other. This culminates into the most unspeakable act of all, one that will change Reese's life forever. Through perseverance and determination he will have to navigate his way through a labyrinth of mystery to ultimately learn the true secret of the necklace.

When 12-year-old Reese finds an old necklace at a construction site, things in his life suddenly begin to change. First he learns that the necklace is quite old and may have possibly belonged to an old explorer in colonial times, and then strange things begin to happen. First he starts having dreams that gives him an idea of who this explorer may have been, then he notices that his own personality starts to change as well as his relationship with his parents and sister, as well as his parents' relationship with each other. This culminates into the most unspeakable act of all, one that will change Reese's life forever. Through perseverance and determination he will have to navigate his way through a labyrinth of mystery to ultimately learn the true secret of the necklace.

Fourteen-year-old Ashlyn Conner is plagued by the visions of a young girl being abducted. After her mother is killed by the same dark mysterious figure, Ashlyn’s father decides to move them as far away as possible to what was once her mother’s childhood home. While roaming the gardens, she discovers a necklace and starts to uncover the mystery of her mother’s past and what will soon be her future. Soon the world of fairies becomes very real to her and not just a bedtime story.This is Book 1 in the series and contains bonus chapters from Book 2 in the series.

The story of a remarkable boy called Yann Margoza; Tetu the dwarf, his friend and mentor; Sido, unloved daughter of a foolish Marquis; and Count Kalliovski, Grand Master of a secret society, who has half the aristocracy in thrall to him, and wants Yann dead.Yann is spirited away to London but three years later, when Paris is gripped by the bloody horrors of the Revolution, he returns, charged with two missions: to find out Kalliovski's darkest deeds and to save Sido from the guillotine. With a tangle of secrets, a thread of magic and a touch of humour, the follies of the aristocracy and the sufferings of ordinary people are unfolded as their lives move relentlessly towards the tragic and horrific days of the Terror. THE RED NECKLACE is not only a tremendous adventure story but a vibrant and passionate picture of Paris in turmoil and of a large cast of memorable characters.