A Midnight Scarlet Novel
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Last published Wed, Jul 29, 2015
When teenage companions Erika and Jamie decide to go and enter the supposedly-huanted Brookhaven Manor, a victorian mansion that once held exotic balls and charming celebrations.
On the eve of christmas, a horrible tradegy overtook the grand halls when darkness befell the mansion that seemed to rotate on a different time lane...and on the exact date every thirty years, is said to hold a being who had witnessed the horrific events of that very night.
As Erika and Jamie expeirience that fateful night, they find themselves seeing those involved with the downfall of Brookhaven, and those dying in a blaze of passion to protect those they love.
But when the tale becomes vivid, and Erika holds the key to the past, will their newfound ally be enough to help them back to where they belong?
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