The Tale of Winters Hollow
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Last published Sun, Mar 22, 2015
Winters Hollow, a small town in the state of Washington, founded by early pioneers in the 1800s. The Winters family built their business from this land, building Winters Hollow as a place for their workers to live. Now in the 21st Century they are one of the most successful retail businesses, spreading world wide. But the Winters family also hides a secret, they are Spiritualists. A form of witchcraft which allows them to communicate with spirits of the dead, predict the future, meddle with peoples emotions, mind read and in the most powerful cases perform spells.
Lucinda Winters is returning to her families town, to live with her Aunt and Uncle, after the sudden deaths of her parents. Hiding her growing grief and anger is messing with her already unstable powers. Especially when she is convinced there is more to her parents deaths than what really happened. Running into Nathan Everhart and his two best friends sends Luce's mind into riddles. Everything about them screams mystery, rebellion and different.
Different is the thing Luce has been looking for her whole life.
Different is the thing Luce has been her whole life.
Different is the thing Luce needs to bring herself out and the boys know just how to do it, even if it involves a little rebellion, crossing over the lines and falling when you swore you never could or would
Upon wandering throughout the locked rooms of Winters House, they come across information that may prove Luce's parents death wasn't just as accident. Becoming lost in the never ending spiral of secrets they were never meant to find out, they learn that maybe their futures cross over more than just life long friends. Can they put the future on the right path, or is it already out of their control?
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