02272cam a2200289 4500 586130921 TxAuBib 20220829120000.0 211217s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021061039 9780593242209 HRD 28.99 0593242203 HRD 28.99 TxAuBib Owen, Lauren, 1985-, author. Small Angels [BOOK] : a novel / by Lauren Owens. 1st ed. New York : Random House, [2022] x, 386 pages ; 25 cm. "As a teenager, Kate found a safe harbor from her parents' constant fighting in the company of the four Gonne sisters, who lived with their strict grandparents next to Small Angels, a church right on the edge of dense green woods. The first outsider to ever get close to the sisters, Kate eventually learned the family's secret: The woods are home to a capricious, menacing ghost whom generations of Gonnes had been charged with stopping from venturing into the village itself. But as the sisters grew older, braver, and more independent, and started bucking against the family's burden, the bulwark began to crack, culminating in a horrifying act of violence that drove a terrible wedge between the sisters and Kate. Chloe has been planning her dream wedding for months. She has the dress, the flowers, and the perfect venue: Small Angels, a charming old church in the village her fiancae, Sam, and his sister, Kate, grew up in. But, days before the ceremony, she starts to hear unsettling stories about Small Angels. And worse, she begins to see, smell, and hear things that couldn't possibly be real. Now, Kate is returning home for the first time in years, for Sam and Chloe's wedding. But the woods are coming alive again, and Kate must reconnect with Lucia, the most troubled of the sisters and her first love, to protect Chloe, the village, and herself"-- Provided by publisher. 20220829. Dysfunctional families Fiction. Weddings Fiction. First loves Fiction. Sisters Fiction. Ghost stories. Gothic fiction.