The Weight of Skin
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BOOK ONE OF THE HOUSE OF GOLDEN BLOOD SERIES
The Weight of Skin by Carmen Rodriguez
Elara Moreau returns home for the first time in six years to bury the only woman who ever raised her. But the house she left behind-weather-beaten, vine-choked, and brimming with silence-hasn't forgotten her. And neither has the family she left behind.
Tension festers between Elara and her family, the kind forged by unspoken grief and truths buried beneath years of distance. Her return awakens more than just old memories: whispers trail the hallways, shadows shift in her periphery, and the house itself seems to breathe beneath her skin.
As Elara digs into the fragments of her past, a darker legacy begins to unravel-one tied to blood, sacrifice, and power. The truth of who she is was never buried. It was waiting.
And now, it wants to rise.
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