Author: April Genevieve Tucholke
Publication Date: August 15th 2013
Publisher: Dial
You stop fearing the devil when you’re holding his hand…
Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town… until River West comes along. River rents the guest house behind Violet’s crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard.
Is River just a crooked-smiling liar with pretty eyes and a mysterious past? Or could he be something more?
Violet’s grandmother always warned her about the Devil, but she never said he could be a dark-haired boy who takes naps in the sun, who likes coffee, who kisses you in a cemetery... who makes you want to kiss back.
Violet’s already so knee-deep in love, she can’t see straight. And that’s just how River likes it.
You stop fearing the devil when you’re holding his hand…
Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town… until River West comes along. River rents the guest house behind Violet’s crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard.
Is River just a crooked-smiling liar with pretty eyes and a mysterious past? Or could he be something more?
Violet’s grandmother always warned her about the Devil, but she never said he could be a dark-haired boy who takes naps in the sun, who likes coffee, who kisses you in a cemetery... who makes you want to kiss back.
Violet’s already so knee-deep in love, she can’t see straight. And that’s just how River likes it.
All her life Violet White has heard stories about the Devil
from her grandmother Freddie, they're rich, live on this big mansion on top of
a mountain, but money goes only so far and they're not as rich as you think.
Freddie's dead, Violet and her twin brother Luke, are living alone as their
painter parents who care more about paint than their own flesh and blood are
off in Paris after drying up most of the money that's left. Violet and Luke are
running out on money and have no option but to rent the guesthouse, and in
comes River, all cocky and arrogant and kind and strange and things start
happening.
Troubles stirred and the Devil's just around the corner.
Well, that was...disturbing. Disturbing? Yes, I think I'll
stick with that. I'll stick with that. Yes. Disturbing. Can I burn my eyes out
now? Please? I had to bribe myself with white chocolate pretzels.
