Ariel Dodson: 4 books

A remote Cornish village. A dilapidated ancestral castle. And a girl with my face… 12 year old Arlen Penmorven lives an isolated existence with her great-aunt in the mysterious coastal village of Southmore, where strange rituals are held on the beach and the voices of the dead are heard in the wind....

Now sixteen, an unhappy Arlen seems locked in her own world, barely on speaking terms with her sister and unable to tell Robbie how she feels. But when her mother discovers the Penmorven ruby and lends it to a client for an exhibition, Arlen's world is turned upside down, with Robbie disappearing,...

A chance meeting with young lord, Etienne Sanroche, catapults 15 year old Laure Beaumains from her isolated forest home into the glittering artifice of the castle. But the lure of the natural world proves too strong, and when Laure is attacked by a creature of the forest, the tragic events that follow...

Two years after the terrifying events at Southmore Arlen and Alice share a strained existence with their mother. A holiday to Edinburgh seems just the thing to bring the family closer together. But the voices of the past echo still, and when the tragic story of two sisters, victims of the Scottish...