Bücher von Jesse Skiles

Saddle Ridge hid a dark secret for a hundred years. It''s the home of a mysterious cult called the Order of Souls. For seventy years, their activities were so private its members were unknown. Then the traditional practice of infant sacrifice on a bloody altar was witnessed by someone outside the cult. A quiet, shunned girl named Abby threatened their existence and exposure.Her penalty: death in the Bottomless Pit. Thirty years later, Dani has a tragic accident while riding her favorite horse. Her fatal accident mysteriously links her and Abby. What dark mystery carries her across the chasm between life and death? What do she and Abby share that binds their souls through three decades of time and space?In these windswept hills that overlook carpeted, plunging valleys, Dani learns who Abby really is...and much more. Scorned and mocked by the local children in Saddle Ridge, Dani readily accepts this strange relationship, unaware that Abby is the one who created the chaos with the Order of Souls. Dani is also unaware that she is Abby''s vessel for the revenge Abby promised. But those children of thirty years ago are now adults. Killing them would not bring her the pleasure it did them when she died. But Abby still has a thread of humanity about her and decrees that she will spare them if they do one thing-confess their ugly secret that has haunted the town for a hundred years. When they adamantly refuse, the horror begins.Who will die next in this troubled town? How many more must pay the price for the iniquity of a dangerous cult? Dani and Abby join forces to fight the evil that leaves Saddle Ridge in the grip of horror. Dani''s family, her friends, and the whole town watch as she goes head to head with the worst kind of evil. Don''t let the Bottomless Pit catch you with your guard down. Keep your shields up from the opening paragraph to the last word, lest you become the Pit''s next victim.

Two bloodlines. Forbidden marriages. Children's deaths. For the Conners and Clark families, it's one tragic disaster after another. Two lineages so intertwined by love and marriage and...the Curse!The demon who haunted their ancestors for several years has resurfaced to continue the tradition with this youngest generation. A young couple who didn't know about their past or their present circumstances have awakened the demon with their immoral relationship. As a result, they lost three infant children to the Curse, and now she's pregnant with a fourth, but the demon wants to possess the unborn child for its own. Who will finally win the battle for the unborn baby, a product of the Curse? Will it be the young couple who need this child to carry on their family name? Or will the darkest side of evil win and end this bloodline forever? Follow the Conners and Clark families through one hundred years of tragedy and desperate choices.