The Heir of Eldermere

Liora Nightwell was saving for a vacation to Scotland-not planning to inherit a castle there.Her life is perfectly ordinary: long shifts at a busy craft store, stubborn bills, broken coffee mugs, and a growing collection of hooded sweatshirts. Then ravens begin following her. They leave silver buttons engraved with crescent moons, watch her from the rooftops, and deliver a mysterious letter sealed in black wax.A distant relative is dead, and Liora has inherited Castle Eldermere.Perched above a restless Scottish sea, Eldermere is ancient, beautiful, and far from empty. Its doors move on their own. Its ravens seem to understand every word. Its servants guard generations of secrets-and the castle itself has been waiting for Liora to come home.As her forgotten bloodline awakens, Liora discovers that her inheritance comes with an unfinished vow, a sealed door beneath the castle, and a haunting presence that knows her name. To uncover the truth, she must decide whether Eldermere is offering her a home...or making her its next prisoner.A contemporary gothic fantasy filled with ancestral magic, ominous ravens, hidden family secrets, reluctant destiny, and a practical heroine who refuses to face the supernatural without coffee and sarcasm.