A mother’s grief is a hungry thing—sometimes it demands more than tears. When Eli’s brother dies, their mother turns to a black snake, convinced it can bring her golden child back. But the price is Sarah, Eli’s sister, forced to endure unspeakable horrors in the name of hope. As Sarah’s spirit lingers and a ritual spirals out of control, Eli must face the truth: in this house, love is a curse, and blood is never enough. With neighbors whispering and family secrets turning deadly, Eli’s only chance at survival may lie in a rooster’s cry and a warning from the one person left who cares. Can Eli escape the darkness before he becomes the next sacrifice—or is the family’s fate already sealed in red?
When Aubrey’s pregnant sister-in-law dies in a supposed suicide, the corpse opens its eyes and whispers a chilling warning: "Run, before it finds you too." Now haunted by the dead, trapped by family secrets, and hunted by something unspeakable, Aubrey must obey terrifying rules or become the next victim. But in Maple Heights, even the living can’t be trusted—and every answer comes with a deadly price.
Vengeance wears a second skin. Cassie and her sister June died broken, sold and abused in a forgotten Appalachian town. But fate gives them a chilling gift: rebirth in their abusers’ home—and a supernatural Punishment Journal that makes every monster obey. Now, Cassie is the powerless daughter, June the golden son, and together they orchestrate poetic justice for every secret, every scar. But the system’s rules are brutal, and their revenge risks exposing new victims—unless Cassie and June can outwit the town’s deepest evil. As the lines between justice and destruction blur, will their power free the innocent, or damn them all to a second hell? How far would you go to make the past pay?