About Penny Dreadful by Mary Hallberg:
If you could resurrect a lost loved one…would it be worth the sacrifice?
16-year-old Penny Boudreaux does her best to be a normal teenager. But normal teenagers don’t work part-time at funeral homes or hang out in cemeteries, something even her friends mock her for. Between the stresses of school, work and toxic relationships, Penny could use a mentor, an older adult to give her guidance. Like a mother. But Penny’s own mother died years ago, and nobody can return from the dead.
Right?
When Penny meets a handsome but mysterious boy named Stephen, she starts to experience strange things. Whispers in quiet rooms. Grotesque, humanoid figures nobody else can see. And multiple hints that something about Stephen is not quite right. Because Stephen has a connection to the dead Penny never could have imagined.
With Penny and Stephen’s combined power, having her mother back seems like a goal that’s actually within reach. But with dangerous and powerful forces working against them, Penny must make a crucial decision — one that could cost them both their lives.
For fans of Stephenie Meyer and Stephen King alike, Penny Dreadful is a love story to die for.
Buy the book:
Author Bio:
As a child, Mary Hallberg’s mother wanted her to read HEIDI and CADDIE WOODLAWN, so she grew up reading Goosebumps books under the covers. As soon as she was old enough for a Blockbuster card, she graduated to horror classics like Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and The Evil Dead. Her parents still wonder where they went wrong in raising her. She lives in Mississippi.