Strands Series by Jane Nickerson

3.45 · 33 ratings
  • Strands of Bronze and Gold (Strands #1)
    #1

    Strands of Bronze and Gold (Strands #1)

    Jane Nickerson

    Rated: 3.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings · published 2013

    The Bluebeard fairy tale retold. . . .When seventeen-year-old Sophia Petheram’s beloved father dies, she receives an unexpected letter. An invitation—on fine ivory paper, in bold black handwriting—from the mysterious Monsieur Bernard de Cressac, her godfather. With no money and fewer options, Sophie accepts, leaving her humble childhood home for the astonishingly lavish Wyndriven Abbey, in the heart of Mississippi... more

  • The Mirk and Midnight Hour (Strands #2)
    #2

    The Mirk and Midnight Hour (Strands #2)

    Jane Nickerson

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2014

    A Southern girl. A wounded soldier. A chilling force deep in the forest.All collide at night’s darkest hour. Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey has been left at home in Mississippi with a laudanum-addicted stepmother and love-crazed stepsister while her father fights in the war—a war that has already claimed her twin brother. When she comes across a severely injured Union soldier lying in an abandoned lodge deep in the woods, things begin to change... more

  • A Place of Stone and Shadow (Strands #3)
    #3

    A Place of Stone and Shadow (Strands #3)

    Jane Nickerson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2017

    When sixteen-year-old poetess Fiona O’Malley leaves her Grandmama’s care in New York and travels to attend Wyndriven Female Academy in Reconstruction-era Mississippi, she has a good deal to worry about. After all, for all of her nerve and outspoken nature, she has never been good at making friends... more

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