The Bloodline's Cost

A Victorian diary arrives in a lot from the Kestrel estate. The woman who wrote it — Eliza Thorne, 1891 — was a witch who loved a mortal man and chose, in the end, not to tell him the truth about herself. The consequences took decades to play out.

Vivienne recognises the pattern more than she'd like.

While she investigates the haunting connected to Eliza's history, she and Cal are circling the same threshold Eliza stood at — the moment where a choice becomes unavoidable. The town's mythology deepens. The bloodline's cost becomes clear. And a neighbour whose motivations have always seemed slightly off-register turns out to be considerably more dangerous than anyone realised.

A standalone cozy mystery with a dual timeline. The romance reaches its emotional threshold. Third in the series.