Where Secrets Stay - Cherann Wright

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Résumé :
Betrayal. Murder. Justice. A grandmother's death unlocks secrets three generations kept buried in the Georgia soil. Secrets that whisper through prophetic dreams and abandoned houses where the dead refuse to stay silent. Kevan Renee Copeland has built walls around her heart, using her camera to capture the beauty of decay while keeping everyone at arm's length. When her beloved Gammie Frances dies, Kevan discovers hidden property deeds, cryptic journals, and a key that unlocks more than doors. As she explores the abandoned farmhouse haunting her dreams, she encounters Nathan Hill, a stranger searching for answers about his sister's disappearance decades ago. Their investigations collide at the same decaying property, where supernatural encounters blur the line between past and present. Kevan must confront not only her grandmother's dark secrets and her own brutal childhood, but also the prophetic gifts she's spent years denying. As she reads Frances's journals, a chilling pattern emerges: women in her family have always protected their own, no matter the cost. When the connection between Nathan's missing sister and her grandmother's past becomes undeniable, Kevan faces an impossible question: If the truth destroys everything you thought you knew about the people you loved, is it still worth finding? If I could give this more than five stars I would....

Sommaire:
She thought she left the past behind-until it started painting itself into her present. When artist Kevan returns home after her grandmother's death, she intends to close the door on a past she has spent years avoiding. What she doesn't expect is an inheritance-an abandoned house in the woods, untouched for years, yet heavy with the weight of something unfinished. As Kevan visits her hometown, she crosses paths with a stranger, Nathan, who is searching for answers to his sister's disappearance more than two decades ago-an unsolved mystery that may be tied to the same house in the woods. Kevan's art begins to takes a darker turn, pulling her toward images she doesn't remember creating. The deeper she digs, the more unsettling her memories become-especially those of her childhood best friend, Beth. But as Kevan begins to uncover the truth, she realizes that some bonds run deeper than reason, and some memories are buried for a reason. As past and present collide, Kevan must untangle a decades-old mystery of betrayal, buried bodies, and the twisted bonds of friendship and family. And when the final pieces fall into place, she'll learn that not all hauntings come from the dead-some are just echoes of sins still waiting to be reckoned with. If I could give this more than five stars I would -- Reader Review...