I thoroughly enjoyed Lara Parker's Angelique's Descent, as well as SE Hinton's Hawkes Harbor. As for The Salem Branch, well, eh. But let us also not forget the wonderful read of the other book in the series, written by some guy, oh, what's his name, Mark...Mark..Mark Something-Or-Other. You know him. He shows up around here every once in awhile. Has a thing for Rodan. Nice guy, but don't get him made because he knows all those Lovecraftian curses and how to use them!
Gerard