Jacobia βJakeβ Tiptree took the dangerous plunge from Wall Street power brokerβto 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, Maineβs, 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 isnβt what they had in mind. And it only gets worse when Jake is called out one stormy night to make a repairβand 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 Jakeβsβnor of anyone else in Eastport. But whatβs he doing shot to death on Jakeβs property? Jakeβs bewitching tenantsβincluding an ex-cop, a con man, and a mute teenage girlβclaim 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 doesnβt think itβs a case of witchcraftβbut 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 Jakeβs houseβand lifeβcrashing 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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