Jacobia โJakeโ Tiptree took the dangerous plunge from Wall Street power brokerโto homeowner! Now the do-it-yourself enthusiast is about to discover that her own dream house is built on a foundation of murder.
Buying a beachfront fixer-upper to lease out to Eastport, Maineโs, burgeoning tourist crowd seems like a good idea to Jake Tiptree and her best friend, Ellie White. But working double-time as landladies to a coven of wannabe witches isnโt what they had in mind. And it only gets worse when Jake is called out one stormy night to make a repairโand stumbles on a dead body in the utility shed.
A small-time thief and street preacher with a particularly violent message, the deceased was no favorite of Jakeโsโnor of anyone else in Eastport. But whatโs he doing shot to death on Jakeโs property? Jakeโs bewitching tenantsโincluding an ex-cop, a con man, and a mute teenage girlโclaim to have been too busy conjuring spells to have heard or seen a thing. Then a member of the coven disappears without a trace and Jake doesnโt think itโs a case of witchcraftโbut a kidnapping...or worse.
Scandal, secrets, and a mysterious box buried deep in the foundation of her own home are just the beginning of a mystery that threatens to bring Jakeโs houseโand lifeโcrashing down. Now she and Ellie are racing to find a missing girl who may be the key to it all...or lead them to a killer holding the final nails to their coffins.
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