Darling Girl

<b><b>In this beautiful grounded and darkly magical modern-day reimagining of<i> </i>J. M. Barrie&#146;s classic to save her daughter's life one woman must take on the infamous Peter Pan&#151;who is not the innocent adventurer the fairy tales make him out to be . . .</b></b><br><br>Life is looking up for Holly Darling granddaughter of Wendy&#151;yes <i>that</i> Wendy. She's running a successful skincare company; her son Jack is happy and healthy; and the tragedy of her past is well behind her . . . until she gets a call that her daughter Eden who has been in a coma for nearly a decade has gone missing from the estate where she's been long tucked away. And worst of all Holly knows who must be responsible: Peter Pan who is not only very real but more dangerous than anyone could imagine.<br>&#160;<br>Eden's disappearance is a disaster for more reasons than one. She has a rare condition that causes her to age rapidly&#151;ironic considering her father is the boy who will never grow up&#151;which also makes her blood incredibly valuable. It&#146;s a secret that Holly is desperate to protect especially from Eden's half-brother Jack who knows nothing about his sister or the crucial role she plays in his life. Holly has no one to turn to&#151;her mother is the only other person in the world who knows that Peter is more than a story but she refuses to accept that he is not the hero she&#146;s always imagined. Desperate Holly enlists the help of Christopher Cooke a notorious ex-soldier in the hopes of rescuing Eden before it's too late . . . or she may lose both her children.<br> <br><i>Darling Girl</i> brings all the magic of the classic Peter Pan story to the present while also exploring the dark underpinnings of fairy tales grief aging sacrifice motherhood and just how far we will go to protect those we love.