Kennedy Cannon

Our Sacred Bonds

"One for sorrow, two for joy. Three for a Flower Girl, four for a boy. Five for their lips, painted red. Six for their kisses, which kill you dead." The de la Fleur women have always had bad experiences with men. That is to say, the men that they fall in love with always end up dying. Lux's great-grandfather was found with a dozen miniature roses blooming in his lungs; her father was discovered dead in Providence with traces of nightshade in his bloodstream. Because of this, her aunts were known throughout town as the Flower Girls, wild and beautiful and deadly. To upset them meant that you would have horrible abdominal pain and hallucinations from foxglove that mysteriously ended up in your nighttime tea. To mistreat them or harm them in any way meant poison ivy rashes and withered gardens and never being able to eat blackberries again without them tasting of dirt. Unlike her late grandmother, who met the love of her life when she was fifteen, or her Aunt Perrie, who falls head over heels for some man or another at least three times a week, Lux is not particularly interested in love. That is, until she meets Ari Decoteau. When Lux moves back into the house at the end of Coquelicot Lane, the house where everything happened, she will have to unravel the past if she has any hope of saving her future.

How to Kiss a Flower Girl (and Live)

"They called us a murder, as in crows." Tannyn Carter has always had a thing for nightmares. Other people's nightmares, that is. She can smell them on people's skin, taste them on her tongue. Lightning, the sight of blood, fire, darkness. She's been surrounded by nightmares her entire life. But nothing could have prepared her for the day her best friend, Eve, turned up dead in an oak tree with her heart carved from her chest. Tannyn's friends, known throughout town as the crows, decide to take matters into their own hands. Investigating into Eve's death attracts the attention of the killer, who begins leaving them sinister messages, taunting them. In the midst of her friend's absence, Tannyn begins spending more and more time with Eve's twin brother, Theodore. She finds herself drawn to him in the same way she was drawn to Eve-but it is a dangerous and alarming attraction. She trusts Theodore with her life, but she isn't sure if she should. Theodore's fears are like broken glass between her teeth. He's afraid of thunderstorms-and of someone finding out his secret. As Tannyn navigates a world of heartbreak and dead crows and boys with razor-sharp fears, she must face the worst nightmare of all: her own. If it doesn't kill her first. From the author of How to Kiss a Flower Girl (and Live) comes another strange and hauntingly beautiful story that blurs the boundaries between fantasy and reality.

A Girl Called Murder

Once upon a time, there was a family of women who lived in the forest . . .The forest is the only home Sylvie has ever known, ever since her mother found her as an infant beneath an oak tree. She knows that she should be content with her simple life, but she can't help wonder what the world outside has to offer.So when a group of strangers find their way into the forest, Sylvie is entranced. A chance encounter brings her face to face with a boy named Peter Glass, and Sylvie finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew. Her mother and grandmother have always tried to protect her-but what could be so terrible about grape soda and boys with laughter like starlight?But as her curiosity and her friendship with Peter Glass grow, Sylvie also begins to learn of the dangers that the world can hold.And it isn't long before her family-and the entire forest-learn as well.

What Happens in the Forest

Six years ago, Willa closed the door on the Morrowlands forever. Or so she thought.As she struggles to find her place in her own world, still mourning the loss of her mother and bearing the weight of caring for her younger sister, she cannot shake the memories of what happened to her--or the promises she broke. Because even after all these years, the Morrowlands still calls to her.With one foot stuck in each world, Willa must decide once and for all where she belongs.But how can she choose, when she isn't even sure who she is anymore?

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