Where the Wild Things Follow - Original Horror / Mystery Novel
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Cedar Melwood is the queen of high school parties, her blonde hair and big green eyes always lighting up every room she walks into. Popular, carefree, and a total valley girl at heart, Cedar loves living in her small town - even if she secretly hates the smell of farm life and the dirty work her family's land requires. That is, until one fateful party turns her world upside down.
After a flirtatious encounter with Jack Muller, the town's charming jock, Cedar wakes up the next morning to find that he's disappeared, leaving only a trail of unanswered texts and a missing car. Jack's vanishing is just the beginning, though. Strange things are happening around Cedar's farm, and something sinister seems to be lurking in the woods, following her family for generations. It's like the past is crawling back to haunt them - and Cedar is right in its path.
As her once-perfect world begins to crumble, Cedar finds herself tangled in a web of small town secrets, family curses, and a monster that might have had its sights on her father all along. Cedar's bubbly exterior hides a deepening terror, but is she strong enough to uncover the truth before it's too late?
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