Thomas Mallen of High Banks Hall had many sons, most of them illegitimate, but each carried a distinct mark: a flash of white hair at the left temple, known as the Mallen Streak. It was said that those who bore the Streak seldom lived to old age, and that no good ever came from a Mallen.
In 1851, Thomas Mallen found himself a ruined man, embroiled in scandal and disgrace, forced to sell his family estate and adapt to a vastly different life. With him went his two young wards and their indomitable governess. But their lives take a dramatic turn when the Radlet brothers from Wilbur Farm enter the picture—one of whom bears the unmistakable Mallen Streak.
The Mallen Streak is the first book in a trilogy that traces the fortunes of the Mallen family through succeeding generations, exploring their struggles, triumphs, and the curse that seems to follow them through time.
