The Wayward Madonna — Veronica Black

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was the cryptic message Rowan's mother delivered on her deathbed. With these words echoing insistently in her ears, Rowan Spindle set out alone into Yorkshire to seek out the truth about her mother's past.

Carrying three clues -- an infant's shawl, an iron statuette, and a desperate letter -- Rowan arrived only to find the villagers afraid to speak, silenced by the strange inhabitants of Needfire Hall and their mysterious bonds with the sullen gypsies camped upon the moor.