The Blood House
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Last published Fri, Oct 23, 2020
Callista Collins leaves Birmingham for Bayou La Batre, Alabama with her older cousin, Tati to take over the family teashop after her great grandmother passed away. Cali is the only one who knows who Nana really was : an accomplished herbalist and green witch who protected Bayou from dark supernatural forces.
But something is stirring in the woods.
On her first night back, Cali discovers Jason Kanton near dead in wood behind her house. She saves his life, but bad things are just beginning. People keep disappearing, and trouble she hasn't seen since she was ten is starting to brew again.
Everyone in Bayou La Batre is in danger, and only Cali can stop it.
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