Lenobia’s Vow

　　夜之屋系列最新番外篇，夜之屋最受歡迎女教授的過去，即將揭曉！

　　《法國，1788年》

　　雷洛比雅，柔依最愛的夜之屋馬術老師，在尚未被所有學生公認是夜之屋中最嚴厲的女教授之前， 她只是十六歲美少女。但命運並未放過雷洛比雅，因為身為私生女的不光彩，使她在家族飽受欺壓，她只能眼睜睜看著她備受寵愛的姊姊西西莉雅任意放恣，而她，從未找到屬於她的安全港。

　　一艘開往美國紐奧良的船，也開啟新的命運，雷洛比雅被無情地父親許配給紐奧良最富有的法國商人，而她，只是諸多小妾之一，但誰也沒想到這艘船上躲著一名受到詛咒的主教，而他，正渴望著年輕女孩的美麗身軀．．．這是雷洛比雅當上夜之屋馬術教授前的冒險故事，喜愛夜之屋的讀者絕對不能錯過這本精采無比的番外篇！ （文/妙角）
　　　
　　A great journey…
　　A new love….
　　A dark secret revealed.

　　Evreux, France, 1788: Before she is Zoey’s favorite professor and the House of Night’s powerful horse mistress… Lenobia is just a normal 16-year-old girl – with enough problems to last a lifetime. As the illegitimate daughter of a powerful baron, she has never quite belonged, and instead has to watch her spoiled half-sister, Cecile, get anything she wants. As if that’s not enough, her remarkable beauty draws unwanted attention wherever she goes. For once, she would like to just fit in.

　　But when fate intervenes, Lenobia suddenly finds herself surrounded by other girls, on a ship bound for New Orleans, where they will be married off to the city’s richest Frenchmen. And they’re not alone…. An evil bishop who is skilled in Dark magic makes the same journey. His appetite for lovely young women makes him dangerous – most of all to Lenobia, who caught his eye back in France. So she remains hidden, making secret visits to the ship’s stables, where a handsome young man and his beautiful Percheron horses soon capture her attention.

　　Will they make it to land before the bishop discovers her true identity and a powerful evil breaks loose? And will Lenobia follow her heart, even if it puts lives at risk? Find out more about one of your favorite professors in the next heart-thumping House of Night Novella.

作者簡介

菲莉絲．卡司特（P. C. Cast）

　　小說作品曾獲奧克拉荷馬書獎（Oklahoma Book Award）、美國圖書館協會YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers、稜鏡獎（Prism）、茉莉葉獎（Daphne du Maurier）、霍爾特獎章（Holt Medallion）、桂冠獎（Laurel Wreath）等多項肯定，並曾進入全美讀者選書獎（National Readers’ Choice Award）決選。資深的英文與寫作老師，住在美國奧克拉荷馬州陶沙市（Tulsa），也就是本書故事發生的地方，「夜之屋」的所在。

　　PC CAST is an award-winning fantasy and paranormal romance author, as well as an experienced speaker and teacher. Her novels have been awarded the prestigious Prism, Daphne du Maurier, Affaire Du Coeur, and other awards. She lives and teaches in Oklahoma.

克麗絲婷．卡司特（Kristin Cast）

　　菲莉絲的女兒，詩作和報導寫作曾經獲獎。

　　KRISTIN CAST has won awards for her poetry and journalism. She Lso lives in Oklahoma, where she attends Northeastern State University as a Biology major