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Months have passed since Juliet Moreau escaped her father's island. Now back in London, she is rebuilding her life and trying to forget Dr. Moreau's horrific legacy--though someone, or something, hasn't forgotten her. As people close to Juliet fall victim to a murderer who leaves a macabre calling card of three clawlike slashes, Juliet fears one of her father's creations may have also made it off the island. She's determined to find the killer, though it means awakening sides of herself she had thought long banished, and facing loves from her past she never expected to see again. And as Juliet strives to uncover the truth while searching for a serum to cure her own worsening illness, she finds herself once more in a world of scandal and danger. With inspiration from Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this is a tantalizing mystery about the hidden natures of those we love and how far we'll go to save them from themselves.

Author Biography

Megan Shepherd grew up in her family's independent bookstore in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The travel bug took her from London to Timbuktu and many places in between, though she ended up back in North Carolina with her husband, two cats, and a scruffy dog, and she wouldn't want to live anywhere else. She is the author of the Madman's Daughter and Cage trilogies.

Review

"Secrets and mad scientists offer a gory gothic adventure." -- Kirkus Reviews"Shepherd's integration of romance into her nods to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula, Frankenstein, and Jack the Ripper is masterful, and she does not back down from a hugely dark cliff-hanger ending. Bosoms, prepare to heave--and throats, prepare to scream." -- Booklist"The mash-up of classic literature with modern paranormal fiction is refreshing and appealing." -- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)"Deliciously dark and exciting" -- School Library JournalPraise for THE MADMAN'S DAUGHTER: "The fast-paced book is rife with excitement, romance, and intrigue." -- School Library Journal (starred review)Praise for THE MADMAN'S DAUGHTER: "A deft twist on a familiar classic, The Madman's Daughter has the best of everything: beautiful writing, breakneck pacing, a pulse-pounding mystery, and an irresistible romance." -- Carrie Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth seriesPraise for THE MADMAN'S DAUGHTER: "Romantic, haunting, and full of spine-tingling thrills, THE MADMAN'S DAUGHTER kept me reading late into the night." -- Veronica Rossi, New York Times bestselling author of UNDER THE NEVER SKYPraise for THE MADMAN'S DAUGHTER: "Unexpected twists and a cliffhanger ending that should leave [readers] craving more." -- Publishers WeeklyPraise for THE MADMAN'S DAUGHTER: "Anyone who doesn't pick up the next volume is mad!" -- ALA Booklist

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"The mash-up of classic literature with modern paranormal fiction is refreshing and appealing."

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