Compulsion (The
Heirs of Watson Island #1)
Release Date:
10/28/14
Narrated
by: Joell
A.
Jacob
Length: 11
hrs and 29
mins
Simon Pulse/Tantor
Audio
448 pages
Summary from Goodreads:
Three
plantations. Two wishes. One ancient curse.
All her life, Barrie Watson has been a virtual prisoner in the house where she lives with her shut-in mother. When her mother dies, Barrie promises to put some mileage on her stiletto heels. But she finds a new kind of prison at her aunt’s South Carolina plantation instead--a prison guarded by an ancient spirit who long ago cursed one of the three founding families of Watson Island and gave the others magical gifts that became compulsions.
Stuck with the ghosts of a generations-old feud and hunted by forces she cannot see, Barrie must find a way to break free of the family legacy. With the help of sun-kissed Eight Beaufort, who knows what Barrie wants before she knows herself, the last Watson heir starts to unravel her family's twisted secrets. What she finds is dangerous: a love she never expected, a river that turns to fire at midnight, a gorgeous cousin who isn’t what she seems, and very real enemies who want both Eight and Barrie dead.
All her life, Barrie Watson has been a virtual prisoner in the house where she lives with her shut-in mother. When her mother dies, Barrie promises to put some mileage on her stiletto heels. But she finds a new kind of prison at her aunt’s South Carolina plantation instead--a prison guarded by an ancient spirit who long ago cursed one of the three founding families of Watson Island and gave the others magical gifts that became compulsions.
Stuck with the ghosts of a generations-old feud and hunted by forces she cannot see, Barrie must find a way to break free of the family legacy. With the help of sun-kissed Eight Beaufort, who knows what Barrie wants before she knows herself, the last Watson heir starts to unravel her family's twisted secrets. What she finds is dangerous: a love she never expected, a river that turns to fire at midnight, a gorgeous cousin who isn’t what she seems, and very real enemies who want both Eight and Barrie dead.
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Praise
for
Compulsion:
"Skillfully blends rich magic
and folklore with
adventure, sweeping
romance, and hidden treasure . . . An impressive start to
the Heirs of Watson
Island series." —Publishers
Weekly
"Eight Beaufort is so
swoon-worthy that it's
ridiculous. Move over
Four, Eight is here to stay!" —RT Book
Reviews
, RT
Editors Best Books of 2014
"Darkly romantic and steeped in
Southern Gothic
charm, you'll be
compelled to get lost in the Heirs of Watson Island
series." —JENNIFER
L. ARMENTROUT, #1 New York Times bestselling
author
"A fresh twist on the
Southern Gothic --
haunting, atmospheric,
and absorbing." —CLAUDIA GRAY, New York
Times
bestselling
author of A Thousand Pieces of You and
the Evernight and
Spellcaster series
"A stunningly magical debut
with a delicious
slow burn to be
savored. I want to live in this story world!" —WENDY
HIGGINS, USA
Today and New York
Times bestselling
author of the Sweet
Evil trilogy
"Beautifully written, with
vivid characters, a generations-old
feud, and romance that
leaps off the page, this Southern ghost story left me
lingering over every
word, and yet wanting to race to the compelling
finish. Compulsion is
not to be missed."
—MEGAN SHEPHERD, author of The Madman's
Daughter
Book
Two:
PERSUASION (HEIRS
OF WATSON
ISLAND,
BOOK
2)
Beautiful
Creatures meets Gone
With the Wind
As reporters
chasing rumors of a
stolen shipment of Civil War gold descend on Watson Island,
Barrie Watson discovers
more is buried at Colesworth Place than treasure. A
mysterious, magical man
claims the key to the Watson and Beaufort gifts and the
Colesworth curse also
lies beneath the mansion, and Barrie has no option but to
help him find it. While
she and Eight Beaufort struggle to make sense of the
escalating danger and
their growing feelings for each other, Barrie must decide
not only whom to trust,
but which gift is more reliable—Eight’s or her own. With the fate of the
founding families
at stake, she has to
choose between what she feels deep in her heart and what
will keep her loved
ones safe.
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About the
Author
Martina Boone was born
in Prague and spoke several languages before learning English. She fell in love
with words and never stopped delighting in
them.
She’s the founder
of AdventuresInYAPublishing.com, a Writer’s
Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers site, and YASeriesInsiders.com, a site devoted to
encouraging literacy and all this YA Series.
From her home in
Virginia, where she lives with her husband, children, and Auggie the wonder
dog, she enjoys writing contemporary fantasy set in the kinds of magical places
she’d love to visit. When she isn’t writing, she’s addicted to travel, horses,
skiing, chocolate flavored tea, and anything with Nutella on
it.
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