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These Wicked Bones

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Sawyer Ponthier has lived a boring life, really. She's been in charge of running her grandmother Agatha's plant and herbal remedies shop for years in a quaint town in the middle of historic New England, and aside from quiet evenings spent watching ocean waves crash against rocky grey shores and the occasional night out at a very haunted bar, Sawyer hasn't done much since her parents fatal boating accident ten years ago. 

It's not until her grandmother goes missing and comes back looking like death is right on her heels that things get a little more interesting. Sawyer isn't afraid of death, in fact, she's been surrounded with the dead and dying her entire life. This, though...this is different. 

The Ponthier family is no stranger to witchcraft, but a spell Agatha mistakenly cast decades ago has come back to haunt her. Literally. 

Seems like there's more than just dirt on Agatha's hands.All Rights Reserved

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