The Lace Reader

The Lace Reader
Brunonia Barry

Drawn by family. Driven by fear. Haunted by fate.Would knowing the future be a gift or a burden? Or even a curse…?The Whitney women of Salem, Massachusetts are renowned for reading the future in the patterns of lace. But the future doesn’t always bring good news – as Towner Whitney knows all too well. When she was just fifteen her gift sent her whole world crashing to pieces. She predicted – and then witnessed – something so horrific that she vowed never to read lace again, and fled her home and family for good. Salem is a place of ghosts for Towner, and she swore she would never return.Yet family is a powerful tie and fifteen years later, Towner finds herself back in Salem. Her beloved great-aunt Eva has suddenly disappeared – and when you’ve lived a life like Eva’s, that could mean real trouble. But Salem is wreathed in sickly shadows and whispered half-memories. It’s fast becoming clear that the ghosts of Towner’s fractured past have not been brought fully into the light. And with them comes the threat of terrifying new disaster.A literary page-turner with depth, narrative power and a story that novels like ‘The Thirteenth Tale’ can only dream of, ‘The Lace Reader’ is a bewitching and tightly plotted read.

BRUNONIA BARRY

The Lace Reader

To my wonderful husband, Gary, and to my sister-in-law Joanne’s magical red hair

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 (#u75869f1e-64ca-5dbd-bc97-d4f63bbd23e6)

Chapter 2 (#ud670635f-db58-5b66-a343-f6108ec742cc)

Chapter 3 (#u69dd572a-6522-530d-8d87-f76ececb4400)

Chapter 4 (#u20504f3d-ab9d-5218-9ec7-ac72a3efe280)

Chapter 5 (#ua3f7ca9d-09b6-5b85-b2d1-f00ffc4ce348)

Chapter 6 (#u5fc71c22-3e77-54a0-844b-ca76b60faaeb)

Chapter 7 (#ueb45a49d-e4a9-5c64-bfcc-ab0da340df32)

Chapter 8 (#u755950a3-9113-5fe3-8bad-f29a1f87687e)

Chapter 9 (#ueb513a39-36f9-55be-a2fd-ab8b83fd25c4)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Three (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 26 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 27 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 28 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 29 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 30 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 31 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 32 (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 33 (#litres_trial_promo)

Acknowledgments (#litres_trial_promo)

Author’s Disclaimer (#litres_trial_promo)

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Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 1 (#u2cec2ff7-5348-5e61-9122-f33e1f04f3bc)