BLACKVALE
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"BLACKVALE"
Blackvale looks perfect from the outside-
quiet streets, small-town smiles, and secrets buried beneath the fog. But when sixteen-year-old Betty Hale moves there, she quickly learns that the town's charm hides something darker.
Whispers in the woods. A red-scarred tree that seems to breathe. And a secret society that watches her every move. Everyone in Blackvale has something to hide-especially the mysterious Rian, whose loyalty seems as fragile as the town itself.
When the line between dreams and reality starts to blur, betty uncovers a legacy written in blood-one that ties her to the town's curse and the shadowed rituals of its past. To survive, she'll have to face the darkness within Blackvale... and within herself.
Because in this town, the past never dies. It just waits for you to remmber.
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