Suzy Vitello

"Vitello presents an intriguing, believable portrait of two young women caught up in events and circumstances beyond their control, as well as a painfully sympathetic portrayal of OCD. "—​PUBLISHERS WEEKLY​ In this dazzling novel from the author of THE MOMENT BEFORE, one courageous girl seeks keys to the past to unlock the future… When city girl Liz is banished to a rural goat farm on the outskirts of Portland, the 15-year-old feels her life spiraling out of control. She can’t connect to her father or his young girlfriend, and past trauma adds to her sense of upheaval. The only person who seems to keep her sane is a troubled boy who is fighting his own demons. But all of this changes in one historical instant. One-hundred fifty years earlier, Elisabeth of Bavaria has troubles of her own. Her childhood is coming to a crashing end, and her destiny is written in the form of a soothsaying locket that has the ability to predict true love. But evil is afoot in the form of a wicked enchantress who connives to wield the power of the locket for her own destructive ends. When Liz finds a timeworn diary, and within it a locket, she discovers the secrets and desires of the young Bavarian princess who will one day grow up to be the legendary Empress of Austria. It is in the pages of the diary that these two heroines will meet, and it is through their interwoven story that Liz will discover she has the power to rewrite history—including her own... Readers of books like Rachel Harris’s MY SUPER SWEET SIXTEENTH CENTURY will love THE EMPRESS CHRONICLES.

The Empress Chronicles

After Brady's sister dies in a horrific cheerleading accident, grief unravels Brady and her family. And the boy everyone blames for the accident seems to be her only ally in the search for answers in the wake of her sister's death.

The Moment Before

Liz and Sisi continue their intertwined journey through time with help from a diary and magical locket. Things quickly spiral out of control, and with the world's future hanging in the balance, the two heroines must work together to thwart Lola, whose ambition to rule the Empire will rewrite history, leading to a terrifying new version of reality.

An Empress Chronicles Book

The Keepsake

Faultland

"The Sparrow family is falling apart, and now their city is too. Being a Sparrow child has never been simple. Olivia, Sherman and Morgan have their faults, and they cope with their tumultuous childhood in their own unstable ways-Olivia with her excessive lifestyle, Morgan cycling through risky behaviors, and Sherman dabbling in morally-precarious business practices. They have kept their family from completely crumbling until now, but the cracks in their relationship are about to be unearthed. As their shaky foundations collide, the earthquake levels their city. Olivia treks across now-mutilated Portland to reach her family, Sherman finds it in himself to protect his siblings from militia looters and thugs, and Morgan deals with the uncovering of past wrongs of her parents. To make matters worse, their shelter is in the path of a mass of loose earth repeatedly shaken by aftershocks. With the siblings finally reunited, their task becomes surviving long enough to be medevaced from their childhood home at the base of the impending landslide. Previously separated by secrets and resentment, they realize they are now united by survival. If resources don't run out, if sickness doesn't overtake them, if alt-right militia members don't intervene, and if the wet mass of land speeding towards their childhood home and makeshift shelter doesn't bury them, they will have to navigate past traumas and the mistakes of their parents in order to honor those they lost, and survive as a family"--

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