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RIVERHOOK is a coming-of-age,YA gothic fantasy peppered with mystery, romance, and horror. This genre blend is set in 19th century America and is inspired by Celtic pagan myth and Hudson River folklore.

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It’s 1847 in gaslight Manhattan and seventeen-year-old Irish famine refugee, Alida, is haunted by the sound of wings that only she can hear. When she finds herself owing money to the orphanage that provides her room and board, she must repay her debt by painting birds for a twisted taxidermist who lives on a ragged hook of land in the Hudson River.

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Life at the crumbling Riverhook is fraught with both temptations dangers. Asher Wilde, an alluring young painter asks her to run away with him. Then there's the ill-tempered stable boy who does the taxidermist's bidding. He warns Alida not to snoop in Riverhook's forbidden rooms--especially the one that holds the white swan. When girls her age start showing up murdered and swan feathers begin sprouting from her shoulders, Alida knows she must act and seeks Asher's help. But when she discovers that the taxidermist plans to steal her abilities an artist, Alida must outwit him before she loses her talent as well as her own skin. 

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