The Crows

When Carrie Rickard falls in love with a ruined house, her life changes forever - especially since this house loves her back. Fairwood House, known locally as The Crows, is no ordinary ruin. As Carrie pours herself into its restoration, she learns that it comes with a curse and an unsolved sixty-year-old child murder... and a mind of its own.

As she digs into the secrets of The Crows, Carrie is dragged into a world of witchcraft, blood magic and the supernatural, aided by her eldritch soothsayer neighbour, Ricky Porter, who's as obsessed with the house as she is. Ricky, desperate to become the master of The Crows and of the arcane artefact it guards, sees Carrie's future is set in stone - and so is her death-date. But is his offer of help sincere, or is he the reason she's doomed?

First 5 chapters - full novel released 4th Jan 2020, available from Smashwords, Amazon, Kobo, Barnes&Noble, Apple, and library subscription services like Scribd. The eBook has 3 illustrations by Tom Brown, co-creator of the Hopeless, Maine graphic novels. The paperback will have all 5 illustrations. For a preview, check out the Smashwords sample. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/991426