Kim Howell has two weeks to make prom dresses for
three classmates, but her brand-new sewing machine
goes totally ape. When she hears strange jabbering in
her bedroom closet she realizes unseen beings had
come in with the new sewing machine.
Whoops! Her life will never again be the same. The
problem is, when she’s sure things can’t get worse . . .
they do!
Trouble begins in earnest when two classmates
attack her while trying on their dresses. Then the third
dress is stolen from an overturned pickup on a lonely
gravel road. A strange shawled woman spies on Kim
from various hiding places, magic paper flowers have
strange affects on her other classmates, life-threatening
flames threaten to consume her—these and other weird
happenings make her life almost unbearable.
Kim’s mom takes her to a psychiatrist, and Kim
doubts her own sanity. Then an invisible closet being
lets it slip. Something major—make that earth
shattering, perhaps even world-ending—is to happen at
the prom.
What is it? And whatever it is, can she stop it?
Kim uses her brains, humor, a huge amount of
street smarts, great will power and the love of her
boyfriend, as she fights to foil the beings’ ghoulish
plans. Will she succeed? If not, her very life—and the
world itself—will never be the same again!
three classmates, but her brand-new sewing machine
goes totally ape. When she hears strange jabbering in
her bedroom closet she realizes unseen beings had
come in with the new sewing machine.
Whoops! Her life will never again be the same. The
problem is, when she’s sure things can’t get worse . . .
they do!
Trouble begins in earnest when two classmates
attack her while trying on their dresses. Then the third
dress is stolen from an overturned pickup on a lonely
gravel road. A strange shawled woman spies on Kim
from various hiding places, magic paper flowers have
strange affects on her other classmates, life-threatening
flames threaten to consume her—these and other weird
happenings make her life almost unbearable.
Kim’s mom takes her to a psychiatrist, and Kim
doubts her own sanity. Then an invisible closet being
lets it slip. Something major—make that earth
shattering, perhaps even world-ending—is to happen at
the prom.
What is it? And whatever it is, can she stop it?
Kim uses her brains, humor, a huge amount of
street smarts, great will power and the love of her
boyfriend, as she fights to foil the beings’ ghoulish
plans. Will she succeed? If not, her very life—and the
world itself—will never be the same again!
| Attack of the Killer Prom Dresses |
Brenda Maxwell’s new interior design
client tells her to “paint, wallpaper,
whatever” his hundred-year-old landmark
mansion, “but for God’s sake, don’t go
overboard.” When she figures her
grandiose plans will fit handily into his
edict’s “whatever” section, she launches
them into a constant head-bumping mode.
Brenda’s poor money management
skills (that’s his view, but what does he
know?) and lawyer David Hasbrough’s
ridiculous need to control her life (that’s
her well-reasoned evaluation of the
situation) combine to keep the battle
going. Add a dollop of “the other woman’s"
interference, throw in secrets about the
house and both their pasts, fold in a dab
of parental abuse and a pinch of good old-
fashioned mistrust, and you have a recipe
for disaster. Is this couple’s romantic
goose cooked?
Well, he is a great guy. Headstrong,
maybe, but she can’t be near him without
sparks flying and goose bumps popping
out everywhere.
Yet–well, that mansion has to be done
right!
Published by Chippewa Publishing, 2007
client tells her to “paint, wallpaper,
whatever” his hundred-year-old landmark
mansion, “but for God’s sake, don’t go
overboard.” When she figures her
grandiose plans will fit handily into his
edict’s “whatever” section, she launches
them into a constant head-bumping mode.
Brenda’s poor money management
skills (that’s his view, but what does he
know?) and lawyer David Hasbrough’s
ridiculous need to control her life (that’s
her well-reasoned evaluation of the
situation) combine to keep the battle
going. Add a dollop of “the other woman’s"
interference, throw in secrets about the
house and both their pasts, fold in a dab
of parental abuse and a pinch of good old-
fashioned mistrust, and you have a recipe
for disaster. Is this couple’s romantic
goose cooked?
Well, he is a great guy. Headstrong,
maybe, but she can’t be near him without
sparks flying and goose bumps popping
out everywhere.
Yet–well, that mansion has to be done
right!
Published by Chippewa Publishing, 2007
| Maxwell's Mansion |
Donna McClaire actually owned the house pictured on the "Maxwell's Mansion" cover, and did all the things to it that heroine Brenda Maxwell takes credit for in the book. She's obviously a believer in the saying, "write what you know!" |
Donna McClaire
| Books by Donna McClaire |
What would YOU do if invisible creatures in your bedroom closet were about to attack the world? Teenager Kim Howell has to answer that question. And fast! |
| Published by Calderwood Books, 2007 |
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