Calista Moonwater D’White doesn’t understand why the villagers of Storm Haven hate her. And things only go from bad to worse when she uncovers her dark family history. Suddenly, she’s beset with desperate ghosts and witches who also want revenge for something that happened long ago.

To make matters worse, a deadly black slime is oozing unstoppably from the villagers’ ancient graves, and she’s the only one who can stop it before it destroys everything and everyone she loves.

Complicating her fight is Simon Pinehurst, a rogue and a thief, who threatens to entangle her heart. Facing impossible choices, Calista must summon every ounce of courage to confront her ancestors’ curse and her feelings for Simon Pinehurst before it’s too late.

14+ due to adult situations

Excerpt:

How did it happen that the Storm Haven villagers whispered suspicion into each other’s ears whenever Calista or her mother, Miriam Moonwater, passed by? How did it happen that for most of her father’s life, Samuel D’White had no friends near their home and had to journey to his childhood village to ask for favors or companionship?

And when did this mistreatment start?

If someone had kept a written history, instead of passing fireside stories from parent to child, it could be read, and everyone would know the answers to these questions. But no one wrote down the facts, so the causes for the persecution of the Moonwater D’Whites are a mystery.

Today, the villagers are certain of only one thing. The family must be avoided. It is the “why” that has faded from memory.