The Lantern's Ember

A bold and ghostly stand-alone from New York Times bestselling author Colleen Houck, with all the moodiness of Sleepy Hollow and all the romance her fans love.

Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme.

Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It's difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern--one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal--or not-so-mortal--soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O'Dare.

Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack's warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane with the help of a mysterious and debonair vampire--and the chase through a dazzling, dangerous world is on. Jack must do everything in his power to get Ember back where she belongs before both the earthly and unearthly worlds descend into chaos.

Colleen Houck, the New York Times bestselling author of the Tiger's Curse series and the Reawakened series, breathes new life into classic folklore in this wild, twisting adventure propelled by the spirit of Halloween.

Houck] offers a fresh spin on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. --Kirkus Reviews

A wild and seductive adventure. . . . A must-have for YA collections. --SLJ

The Lantern's Ember has something for everyone. From an old-timey village to ghost stories to pirates to steampunk influences, nobody is left unsatisfied. --TeenReads.com

Author: Colleen Houck
Publisher: Ember
Published: 09/10/2019
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780399555756
ISBN10: 0399555757
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | Dark Fantasy
- Young Adult Fiction | Romance | General
- Young Adult Fiction | Steampunk

About the Author
Colleen Houck is the four-time New York Times bestselling author of the Tiger's Curse series, which has appeared on the USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Walmart bestseller lists, among many others. She has been a Parents' Choice Award winner, and the reviewer for Romantic Times called Tiger's Curse one of the best books I have ever read. Colleen lives in Salem, Oregon, with her husband and a huge assortment of plush tigers. Find her online at colleenhouck.com or follow her on Twitter at @ColleenHouck.