<p><strong>IN THE HILLS OF RURAL PORTUGAL SOME VILLAGERS STILL PRACTICE SUPERSTITION VOODOO AND WITCHCRAFT.</strong></p><p>Promising reporter Talia Braga has been haunted by prophetic nightmares since her grandmother&rsquo;s passing. So when her twin cousins end up victims of an occult killing spree in suburban Massachusetts Talia drags her friends to Portugal to investigate.</p><p>The sudden disappearance of her best friend in Lisbon and her grandmother&rsquo;s missing amulet fuels Talia&#39;s obsession with her infamous uncle who she is convinced is the murderer. Now alone on the trail Talia falls for a local named Nuno whose knowledge of Portuguese folklore plunges her deeper into her family&rsquo;s mysterious past.</p><p>Entangled in dark family secrets Talia may have to sacrifice everything to escape her destiny and save the ones she loves.</p><p>An occult suspense novel <em>Cursed Vines</em>&nbsp;explores Portuguese paganism in a thrilling coming-of-age journey through the historical cities of Lisbon and Porto.&nbsp;</p>