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The Forbidden Game
The Forbidden Game
Series · 4 books · 1994-1997
By
L.J. Smith
Books in series
#1
The Hunter
1994
He sold her the game, and Jenny Thornton walked out mesmerized by Julian, the gorgeous cyber-punk with electric blue eyes and frost-white hair. When she and her friends open the plain white box at her boyfriend Tom’s birthday party, she chills to the warning: “Entering the Shadow World can be deadly. Do so at your own risk.” Spellbound, they piece together the rooms with their darkest nightmares. Suddenly the game is real! They’re in the house of horrors, running from The Shadow Man – Julian himself, who forces them to confront their worst nightmares or be lost in a private hell. It’s Julian’s game, and Jenny is the prize he’s stalked for years. He’ll do anything to win her as she bargains desperately for her body – and soul . . .
#2
The Chase
1994
Jenny's friends are lost one by one to a ghostly wolf and a phantom snake, instruments of the sinister but attractive Shadow Man, who has returned from the Shadow World with a deadly game called "Lambs and Monsters." Original.
#3
The Kill
1994
To rescue her boyfriend Tom and her cousin Zach from the evil Julian, Jenny Thornton and her friends—Audrey, Michael, and Dee—venture into the Shadow World, armed only with a set of runes that hold the key to the doors of hell. Original.
#1-3
The Forbidden Game
1997
Mystery, danger, seduction...
When Jenny buys a game for her boyfriend, Tom, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to the guy who sells it to her. There is something mysteriously alluring about Julian's pale eyes and bleached blond hair. And when he places the Game into her hands, she knows their connection is something much deeper. But as Jenny and her friends begin to play the Game, an evening of friendship and fun quickly turns into a night of terror and obsessive love. Because the Game isn't just a game - it's their new reality, where Julian reigns as the Prince of the Shadows. One by one Jenny and her friends must confront their deepest fears to try and win the game. Because to lose the Game is to lose their lives. And that is only the beginning...
Author
L.J. Smith
Author · 127 books