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After a daring bet, 13‑year‑old Emma Donovan challenges her twin brother, Charlie, to spend the night alone in the creepy, abandoned house that sits directly across the street from their home. As the shadows lengthen and the house quiets, Emma is confronted by a series of paranormal experiences that pull her deeper into the house's bloody past.
She is drawn into a tragic love story that once unfolded in that very house, involving a handsome young man who eerily resembles one of her own dreams. As her visions intensify, Emma realizes she may have an essential role in completing a supernatural reenactment of that doomed romance.
First publish date: January 1, 2002
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Richie Tankersley Cusick
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