"Guys! I found a game in my new house," Renjun told his friends over friends. "We should play it together!" The box had mentioned something about a ghost and Renjun was instantly interested. The words were faded and the blue ink had been smudged slightly, so it was hard to read, but the word "ghost" was legible.
"I'm free now if you guys are," Mark said. As the boys confirmed that they had no plans, Renjun's excitement grew. "So I'll see you at 3," he asked. "Yep," Donghyuck said before hanging up, the other boys following suit.
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When a seemingly innocent board game goes horribly wrong, the boys find themselves thrown into the center of a police investigation.
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book will contain blood, gore, and demons. this will not be one of my more stereotypical books with a sappy couple and the events surrounding them. do not read if you are triggered or bothered by blood, gore, religious groups, religious figures, demons, or the supernatural.
Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son.
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Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice.
[[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]]
[[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]