Whispers Beneath the Cypress
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When Naima Gilliard moves from the Lowcountry to the sleepy town of Marais Clair, she's only looking for a fresh start and a craftsman to build shelves for her natural body care shop. She doesn't expect Asa Baptiste-a quiet, brooding furniture maker with hands like prayer and a past he doesn't talk about.
But Marais Clair remembers. The land hums. The Hollow watches.
And Asa's blood remembers too.
As ancestral spirits begin to stir and old stories claw their way through time, Naima and Asa find themselves caught in a web of secrets, sacred memory, and magic too old to name. Together, they must uncover what binds them-before the Hollow takes back what it once gave.
✨ Mysterious rites, soft moments, Southern folklore, and a child prophesied to be born where the veil thins.
If you like:
🔸 Soft Black love with supernatural roots
🔸 Intergenerational legacy and ancestral healing
🔸 Quiet men with sacred hands
🔸 Lush language and mystical small towns
Then step carefully. The cypress trees are listening.
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