Master of Salt and Bones by Keri Lake EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author Name: Keri Lake
- Book Genre: Dark, Romance, Suspense
- ISBN # B08739MG36
- Edition Language: English
- Date of Publication: 2020-4-18
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Present day …
“You seem nervous.”
Cigarette smoke mingles with the warm, salty sea air
that’s breezing through the cracked window, as my aunt taps
her thumb like a metronome against the steering wheel. “Yeah, you would
be, too, if you paid any attention to the rumors, as you call them.” Cheeks
caving with a drag of her smoke, she doesn’t bother to look away from the
road ahead, toward me.
Wind whips my too-long hair, which I don’t fuss to brush away, while
the old junker she affectionately named Hal in an ode to her ex rattles along
the seaside road. The early morning sky, with its heavy gray clouds, is the
foreboding threat of a storm later, and the barometric pressure seems to be
adding a nice dose of anxiety to her already cantankerous mood.
“What bliss it must be to ignore everything around you, like it’s all one
big lie.”
I have heard some of the rumors of Blackthorne Manor. A modern-day
castle that sits on the edge of a seaside bluff, otherwise known to the locals
as Bonesalt, for the white clay and sand that covers its steep walls. The
place is now owned by the only heir, Lucian Blackthorne, affectionately
called the Devil of Bonesalt. And I’ll be tasked to serve as a companion to
his ailing mother over the next few months. “Oh, right. What’s that again?
He runs naked through the woods to eat animals alive? Or is it the one
where he bathes in human blood?” In mocking, I shake my head and point
at nothing in the air. “No, wait, you’re talking about the one where he
sneaks into town to snatch children from their beds at night.”
“Go ahead. Poke your fun. Won’t take long for you to find out for
yourself.”
“That people in this town have too much time on their hands? Already
knew that.”
“That the man is madder than a hatter. Why else would they call him
The Mad Son.”
Oh, Lucian Blackthorne is also said to have spent some time in a
psychiatric ward, earning him the second nickname, but just like every
other ridiculous rumor that surrounds the guy, I’m not sure I believe that
one either. “You’re just pissed that you don’t really know anything about
him. Facts, anyway.”
“It’s unnerving that a man keeps to himself that way. Just isn’t right.”
Tongue resting on her lip, she shakes her head. “Only ones who stay away
from people are the ones who have something to hide.”
“Maybe he just likes his privacy.”
“Most murderers do.”
Snorting, I shake my head and look away, knowing it’ll piss her off.
From what I’ve read, his wife committed suicide and his son went missing.
Somehow, the locals equated that to a double homicide. “If you honestly
thought he murdered her, you wouldn’t be driving me to his house.” I
glance back at her. “So, why are you driving me to his house?”
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