Tiger's Curse (Tiger's Curse Series #1)

by Colleen Houck

Overview

The last thing teenager Kelsey Hayes thought shed be doing over the summer was meeting Ren, a mysterious white tiger and cursed Indian prince! When she learns she alone can break the Tigers curse, Kelseys life is turned upside-down. The unlikely duo journeys halfway around the world to piece together an Indian prophecy, find a way to free the man trapped by a centuries-old spell, and discover the path to their true destiny.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402784859
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	01/11/2011
Series:	Tiger's Curse Series , #1
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
Lexile:	800L (what's this?)
File size:	941 KB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

COLLEEN HOUCK has already received literary praise and digital success for TIGERS CURSE. This is her first book. Colleen lives in SALEM, OREGON, with her husband, dog, and a life-sized white stuffed tiger. For more information visit: www.colleenhouck.com

Editorial Reviews

PRAISE FOR TIGER'S CURSE:
“…a sweet romance and heart-pounding adventure.  I found myself cheering, squealing and biting my nails-all within a few pages.  In short, Tiger's Curse is magical!” -Becca Fitzpatrick, New York Times bestselling author of Hush, Hush
 

"High adventure ensues. As in Tiger's Curse and Tiger's Quest, this story is part action-adventure and part romance…The novel will satisfy the saga's fans, who will be delighted by the prospect of a fourth volume.” —Booklist
 

“Houck cranks the love-o-stat up another notch…Hypersteamy romance...'hot, melty, smoldering' (but still chaste) make-out sessions…” —Kirkus Reviews
 
“Forget vampires and werewolves, tigers are the new hottest thing…a guaranteed page turner with a huge twist at the end that will leave you breathless.” —RT Book Reviews

From the Publisher

An Oregon teenager falls in love with a shape-shifting tiger who turns out to be a hunky Indian prince afflicted with an ancient curse. A job as a temp worker at a local circus turns more challenging for Kelsey when she's hired to accompany Dhiren, a white tiger with whom she has developed a strangely close mutual affinity, back to India. Once there her journey becomes a quest (thanks to the requisite obscure prophecy) through magical realms for four Gifts that will not only break the centuries-old curse that keeps Dhiren in tiger form—except for a few minutes each day, during which he reverts to a sultry lothario "like James Bond, Antonio Banderas, and Brad Pitt all rolled into one"—but may well have broader implications. This entails not only treks through dusty temples and battles with vampire monkeys but frequent aggressive flirting, chaste but passionate snogging and emotional tempests fueled by his tigerlike pride and her artificially low self-esteem. Twilight fans ready for a not-too-radical change of pace are the natural audience for this steamy opener.(Paranormal romance. 13 & up)

Kirkus Reviews