The Maestro's Muse
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Last published Wed, May 14, 2025
The mansion in Normal Valley was supposed to be a fresh start.
But Kendra didn't expect the haunting melody that drifts through the halls at night-or the ghostly figure in the mirror whose presence lingers long after he's gone.
She soon uncovers the tragic tale of Michael, a brilliant musician wrongfully blamed for a young woman's death in 1837. The deeper she digs, the more she's drawn to him... and to the eerie sense that their lives have crossed before.
The girl in the attic portrait could be her twin.
The necklace in the velvet pouch matches the one she's worn for as long as she can remember.
And the past isn't done with her yet.
A slow-burn gothic romance about reincarnation, redemption, and a love strong enough to rewrite fate.
Because some endings aren't really endings-some are only waiting to be undone.
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