The Whispering House

<p>THE WHISPERING HOUSE <em>Witches of Hollowmere Book 1</em></p><p>She inherited a house. He came with it. And neither expected to fall.</p><p>Seraphina Locke has built her life on logic and solitude. As a book restorer in Boston she finds comfort in mending broken spines and torn pages-bringing order to the chaos of time. Emotions are messy. The past is unpredictable. She prefers it that way.</p><p>Then a letter arrives that shatters everything.</p><p>She's inherited Hollowmere House-a crumbling Gothic manor perched on the cliffs of Port Blossom Massachusetts-from a great-aunt whose existence was deliberately hidden from her. The inheritance comes with an ancient iron key cryptic warnings and secrets that reach back generations.</p><p>The house is not empty.</p><p>Nathaniel shouldn't exist. Bound to Hollowmere by ancient magic for over a century he's trapped between life and death-corporeal tangible and entirely too real for a ghost. He's angry. Lonely. And not at all pleased that another Locke has returned to disturb his solitary existence.</p><p>As Sera uncovers dusty grimoires and discovers the truth about her bloodline-that she comes from a long line of powerful witches-the connection between her and Nathaniel shifts from antagonism to something far more dangerous.</p><p>The house remembers everything.</p><p>Every spell cast within its walls. Every sacrifice made. Every love that bloomed and withered in its shadows. Hollowmere is alive and it's been waiting for Sera-the blood heir who might finally have the power to break the binding that keeps Nathaniel trapped.</p><p>But freedom comes at a devastating price.</p><p>The magic anchoring Nathaniel to the house is woven into its very foundation. Breaking the curse could destroy everything Sera has come to love-including the man she never expected to fall for.</p><p>As winter storms batter the coast and old magic stirs in the darkness Sera must make an impossible choice: let Nathaniel remain bound to an eternal half-life or risk a spell that could destroy them both.</p><p><br> </p>