The Clockwork House

ISBN: 1688712941

Author: Saunders, Wendy

Condition: New

Some secrets refuse to remain buried...When Ava Cortez inherits a beautiful, old tumbling down Victorian house on Midnight island, Maine, she figures shell renovate and flip it. An easy job, six months and shell be on her way with a tidy profit.But she shouldve known nothing is ever that easy, the moment she steps on the island her life is turned upside down. Strange lights in the house at night, inexplicable noises and the uncomfortable feeling that the house is not as empty as it seems. Despite the strange happenings, little by little Ava begins to fall in love with the house and the island, and when gorgeous and slightly awkward local man Kelley Ryan trips into her life she falls a little harder.As she and Kelley dig further into the history of the house, it leads them back to one fateful night in 1919, to the worst storm on record and the disappearance of dozens of children and when a shocking discovery comes to light, they realize that sometimes, the deepest foundations hide the darkest secrets.