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Julia Bishop, newly widowed and in debt after her husband's Ponzi scheme, is offered a mysterious position as caretaker for Amaris Sinclair, a celebrated horror novelist believed dead. Arriving at Havenwood on Lake Superior, Julia quickly suspects something sinister about her assignment. As she investigates why Sinclair abandoned her career and withdrew from public life, Julia learns unsettling clues connecting Sinclair’s past to her own family tree, raising questions about why she was summoned to the estate and what chilling secrets the mansion hides.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Wendy Webb
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