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🩸🐺 When the Wolf Comes Home 🐺🩸 — a tale soaked in blood, shadows, and the howl of something ancient You ever have one of those nights where you're just trying to mind your own business and not get stabbed, haunted, or hunted? Yeah. Jess was definitely not ready for this kind of evening. 🎭 She’s a struggling actress. 🥡 Living off ramen and audition rejections. 🌃 Alone in her tiny apartment with her hopes slowly crumbling. Then... 👦 A five-year-old boy shows up in the bushes outside. Alone. Scared. Silent. Something about him is wrong . Off. Off like a flickering light before the power goes out. And then— 💥 His father arrives. Covered in fury. Dripping in danger. And what happens next? Let’s just say it’s bloody . Violent . Not of this world . Now Jess is on the run. 🚗 No plan. 🗺️ No map. 🔪 No clue what’s really chasing them. Because what’s hunting them? It’s not just a man. Not just a monster. It’s the past with claws. It’s a ...

🚨Welcome, mystery goblins!🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♀️ If you’ve ever wanted to fight crime armed only with Agatha Christie novels, snark, and a whole lot of caffeine... HAVE I GOT THE SERIES FOR YOU. Today’s blog is brought to you by Castle Cove High’s top (unofficial) detectives: Alice Ogilvie 😎 and Iris Adams 😐. So grab your trench coat, a magnifying glass (or at least, a decent flashlight), and let’s unravel the secrets of... 🕵️‍♀️🔎🖤THE AGATHAS by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson 👑 Meet Alice: once-popular, rich girl, dumped by basketball king Steve, disappeared for 5 mysterious days, and now permanently allergic to being basic. 📚 Meet Iris: serious, broke, smart-as-heck tutor with zero time for drama… until drama body-slams her into a murder plot. Then 🧨 BAM! 🧨 another girl goes missing—Brooke Donovan, a.k.a. Alice’s former BFF. And spoiler alert: Brooke’s not coming back. 💀 The town is losing its collective mind, the cops are pointing at Steve like he’s got “I Did It” tat...

Genre: Magical Realism / Mystery / Romance Vibes: Cottagecore meets time loops, with a touch of fate and flowers Rating: 5/5 portals into the unknown What if the madness in your blood… was also your destiny? Welcome to Jasper, North Carolina , a small mountain town that smells like rain and rumors — especially about the Farrow women , their beautiful flower farm 🌸, and a generational curse that dances just out of sight. June Farrow has spent her whole life waiting. Waiting for answers. Waiting for the curse to catch up. Waiting for something strange to begin. And when it does? It comes with whispers in the wind , the sound of wind chimes with no source , and a mysterious door that appears... then disappears... then opens . 🫣🚪✨ Here’s what you’re getting yourself into: A haunting family mystery with roots deeper than the oldest tree in town 🌳 A headstrong heroine who refuses to surrender to fate 💪 A missing mother , cryptic clues, and time-bending secrets 🕵...