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"A BONFIRE, A BEACON, A BALM, A RALLYING CRY... A beautifully written, mesmerizing horror epic... Magnificent." - Rachel Harrison, USA Today bestselling author of So ThirstyIn this fiercely captivating novel, horror meets historical fiction when a curse bridges generations, binding the fates of three women. Anne Bolton, a healer facing persecution for witchcraft, bargains with a dark entity for protection-but the fire she unleashes will reverberate for centuries. Mary Shephard, a picture perfect wife in a suffocating community, falls for Sharon and begins a forbidden affair that could destroy them both. And Camilla Burson, the rebellious daughter of a preacher, defies conformist expectations to uncover an ancient power as her father's flock spirals into crisis.
Three women. Three centuries. One legacy of fury, love, and a power that refuses to die."A hauntingly beautiful exploration of revenge, feminine rage, and the secrets that bind women across time... Frightening, subversive, and provocative." - Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author The Lost Apothecary
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KRISTI DEMEESTER is the author of
The Dark Sisters,
Such a Pretty Smile, which was selected as a Georgia Author of the Year finalist, and
Beneath. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as
The Dark,
Black Static, multiple volumes of
The Year's Best Horror,
Year's Best Weird Fiction, and in her short fiction collection
Everything That's Underneath. She lives, writes, and makes horror-themed candles in Atlanta, Georgia.
