AustLit

'Hunted by her uncle, a thirteen-year-old girl flees into the woods and stumbles into a secret world of nightmarish horrors: a basement full of life-size toys and kidnapped girls forced to dress as dolls–a place where escape only exists in dreams.

'In the days before she knew a toy box could be a place of dread; before her hair was curled in ringlets and her lips were painted red; before she forgot her name; she was Molly Parkes.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'When Cassie’s best friend, Aisha, vanishes during a school hike, Cassie sets off with Aisha's boyfriend and their friend Lacey, determined to find her. Instead, the three teens fall into a carefully-laid trap—deep into the surreal nightmare and dark secrets of the Dollhouse.

'Now, Cassie must uncover the mysteries of the Dollhouse and her own connection to it– before it's too late.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'After the dark despair of the Dollhouse, Cassie believes she has found the way back to her former life. But once you've ventured into the underground, the spirits will never release you. She makes the terrifying discovery of just how deep and far-reaching their hold on her is.

In a dual storyline set in 1920, a clairvoyant tells 14-year-old circus performer, Jessamine, that she is soon to die an unnatural death. With her grandfather spending the last of his circus fortunes on dark magic and with Mr. Baldcott chasing her for an agreement to a marriage proposal, Jessamine doesn't know who to turn to. Then a circus train derailment changes everything...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Cassie must fight to keep from losing the world she knows, and from losing herself.

'After the deceit and betrayal of those close to her, Cassie is cast into a world of unknowns – where there is no escape, and where her every footstep takes her deeper into darkness.

'She uncovers every dark secret, far beyond the Dollhouse.

'As she seeks the second book of the Speculum Nemus in the frozen world, outside forces seek her.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Cassie endures her darkest days under the rule of Balthazar in order to save the people of the frozen lands. She finds a passage into the high tower, and comes face to face with the shadowy being whose presence has haunted her since her first day at La Falaise – and she makes an immense and horrifying discovery.

'At the museum, the last survivors of a bleak existence are barely holding on. And the strange Order of Sister Celia make a chilling decision.

'Someone very close to Ethan once told him: “When we can fight, we will fight, and when we can no longer fight, we will endure.”

'It is time to fight.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.