LACE READER

DRAWN BY FAMILY. DRIVEN BY FEAR. HAUNTED BY FATE. WOULD KNOWING THE FUTURE BE A GIFT OR A BURDEN? OR EVEN A CURSE!? THE WHITNEY WOMEN OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS ARE RENOWNED FOR READING THE FUTURE IN THE PATTERNS OF LACE. BUT THE FUTURE DOESN'T ALWAYS BRING GOOD NEWS -- AS TOWNER WHITNEY KNOWS ALL TOO WELL. WHEN SHE WAS JUST FIFTEEN HER GIFT SENT HER WHOLE WORLD CRASHING TO PIECES. SHE PREDICTED -- AND THEN WITNESSED -- SOMETHING SO HORRIFIC THAT SHE VOWED NEVER TO READ LACE AGAIN, AND FLED HER HOME AND FAMILY FOR GOOD. SALEM IS A PLACE OF GHOSTS FOR TOWNER, AND SHE SWORE SHE WOULD NEVER RETURN. YET FAMILY IS A POWERFUL TIE. SO IT IS THAT FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, TOWNER FINDS HERSELF BACK IN SALEM. HER BELOVED GREAT AUNT EVA HAS SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED -- AND WHEN YOU'VE LIVED A LIFE LIKE EVA'S, THAT COULD MEAN REAL TROUBLE. BUT SALEM IS WREATHED IN SICKLY SHADOWS AND WHISPERED HALF-MEMORIES. IT'S FAST BECOMING CLEAR THAT THE GHOSTS OF TOWNER'S FRACTURED PAST HAVE NOT BEEN BROUGHT FULLY INTO