Tiger's Curse (Book 1 in the Tiger's Curse Series)

passion. Fate. Loyalty. would You Risk It All To Change Your Destiny? the Last Thing Kelsey Hayes Thought She'd Be Doing This Summer Was Trying To Break A 300-year Old Indian Curse. With A Mysterious White Tiger Named Ren. Halfway Around The World. but That's Exactly What Happened. face-to-face With Dark Forces, Spellbinding Magic, And Mystical Worlds Where Nothing Is What It Seems, Kelsey Risks Everything To Piece Together An Ancient Prophecy That Could Break The Curse Forever. tiger's Curse Is The Exciting First Volume In An Epic Fantasy-romance That Will Leave You Breathless And Yearning For More. excerpt From The Book: “i Was Dying. I Knew It. At Least The Pain Was Gone. I Wanted To Tell Him That I Loved Him. Then Darkness Overtook Me…” praise For Tiger's Curse: “…a Sweet Romance And Heart-pounding Adventure. I Found Myself Cheering, Squealing And Biting My Nails-all Within A Few Pages. In Short, Tiger's Curse Is Magical!” -becca Fitzpatrick, new York Times Bestselling Author Of hush, Hush publishers Weekly houck's Debut Ya Fantasy, Which She Self-published In 2009, Is Richly Imagined, But Pacing And Technique Lag Behind Her Inventiveness. Eighteen-year-old Kelsey Hayes Gets A Temporary Summer Job Working At A One-ring Circus That Features A White Bengal Tiger Named Dhiren. Kelsey And Ren, As She Calls The Tiger, Form An Immediate Bond, And When A Mysterious Businessman Purchases Ren, Kelsey Is Asked To Escort Him To His New Home On An Indian Reserve (despite Her Complete Lack Of Experience). Given Extensive Foreshadowing, It's No Surprise That Ren Turns Into A Man Once Back In His Native Land, Inspiring Kelsey To Break The Ancient Curse That Forces Ren To Shape-shift. The Attractive Premise Is Let Down By Wooden Dialogue, Excessive Detail, And Wobbly Mechanics; Kelsey's Plainspoken Narration More Often Befits A Preteen Than A High School Graduate (poor Thing. All Alone With No Girl Tiger And No Tiger Cubs). Houck Doesn't Quite Realize Her Potential In This Outing. Two Companion Books, Tiger's Quest And Tiger's Voyage, Are Due Later In 2011. Ages 12 Up. (jan.) A teenage girl and a shape-shifting tiger find romance, adventure, and a dangerous quest in this New York Times bestselling fantasy series debut. When Oregon teenager Kelsey Hayes took a summer job with a local circus, she expected to make some extra money. She never thought she'd be heading to India with a mysterious white tiger named Ren—or trying to break a 300-year-old Indian curse. But that's exactly what happened. Now she's face-to-face with dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems. And as she discovers Ren's true identity, Kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever. Passion. Fate. Loyalty. Would you risk it all to change your destiny? The last thing Kelsey Hayes thought shed be doing this summer was trying to break a 300-year-old Indian curse. With a mysterious white tiger named Ren. Halfway around the world. But thats exactly what happened. Face-to-face with dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems, Kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever. Tigers Curse is the exciting first volume in an epic fantasy-romance that will leave you breathless and yearning for more. The last thing teenager Kelsey Hayes thought she'd be doing over the summer was meeting Ren, a mysterious white tiger and cursed Indian prince! When she learns she alone can break the Tiger's curse, Kelsey's life is turned upside-down. The unlikely duo journeys halfway around the world to piece together an Indian prophecy, find a way to free the man trapped by a centuries-old spell, and discover the path to their true destiny. Seventeen-year-old Oregon teenager Kelsey forms a bond with a circus tiger who is actually one of two brothers, Indian princes Ren and Kishan, who were cursed to live as tigers for eternity, and she travels with him to India where the tiger's curse may be broken once and for all