Title: Curse of the Granville Fortune (Granville Fortune #1)
Publication Date: October 21, 2014
Publisher: Tantrum Books
Author: Kelly Hashway
Find the fortune, break the curse!
The hunt is on for an ancient treasure tied to nine-year-old J.B.’s family history. He’s been having visions that make him sweaty, lightheaded, and certain he’s turning into some kind of freak—or worse, going insane. But things are worse than he imagined. The visions stem from a family curse. An ancient ancestor was accused of stealing the massive Granville fortune, and now J.B.’s entirely family will suffer.
To break the curse, J.B. must find and return the Granville’s stolen property. But he’s not the only one searching for the treasure. As he sets out on his journey through a dark and foreboding forest, he’ll battle his worst fears and fight terrifying creatures along the way. And when he meets two others who share the missing pieces of his visions and suffer from the same curse, the three soon realize they need to work together to break the curse before it’s too late.
Families Can Be a Curse...Literally!
J.B. is
about to find out that family problems affect everyone. His ancestor Jean
Beaumont was cursed for stealing the massive Granville fortune. Now, J.B.’s
entire family is paying the price. Check out J.B. and his sister Holly’s
reaction when they learn about the curse:
It made
sense now. All of it. Strange things happened around my family, things we
couldn’t explain. Like Holly’s accidents, her trips to the hospital with broken
bones and rare illnesses. Dad couldn’t pay the bills no matter how much he
worked because all his cases fell apart before he got paid. Mom had this weird
way of making things break in her bare hands— including one potential
employer’s hand when she shook it. And I had these stupid visions that took
over my whole body and turned me into a total freak!
“We’re
cursed!” Holly yelled. “All because some relative of ours stole something
hundreds of years ago?”
I didn’t
know what to say. I wasn’t about to come clean about my visions.
This is one curse that needs to be broken, and
the only way to do it is to return the stolen fortune to the Granville family.
But that won’t be easy since J.B. is racing a group of thieves to the fortune,
and the thieves already have a leg up on him since they have treasure maps to
follow. Curse or no curse, J.B. is in for trouble.
ABOUT KELLY HASHWAY
Kelly Hashway grew up reading R.L. Stein’s Fear Street novels and writing stories of her own, so it was no surprise to her family when she majored in English and later obtained a masters degree in English Secondary Education from East Stroudsburg University. After teaching middle school language arts for seven years, Hashway went back to school and focused specifically on writing. She is now the author of three young adult series, one middle grade series, and several picture books. She also writes contemporary romance under the pen name Ashelyn Drake. When she isn’t writing, Hashway works as a freelance editor for small presses as well as for her own list of clients. In her spare time, she enjoys running, traveling, and volunteering with the PTO. Hashway currently resides in Pennsylvania with her husband, daughter, and two pets.
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Winner will be drawn November 21, 2014
Five (5) winners will receive a digital copy of Curse of the Granville Fortune by Kelly Hashway (INT)
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