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Bury the Child
Prequel to The Haunting of the Whispering House Series
Novella
A parent should never have to bury a child...
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Lydia and Wade Jones live a simple life with their daughter, Adeline, in the rural countryside of Southeastern Virginia. But when Adeline passes in a devastating accident, Lydia’s life falls apart and her perception of reality is altered forever.
Lydia and Wade struggle to rebuild their lives in the wake of Adeline’s funeral. They are helplessly cast into a strange new world without their daughter. Wade knows they must learn to live again, but the challenge seems insurmountable to Lydia.
Within days of Adeline’s death, Lydia witnesses unexplainable events in the home, causing her to question her sanity and her ability to keep her marriage alive. With every passing day, the tension builds and Lydia must navigate the paranormal realities of her home without compromising her relationship with Wade.
Is grief driving her insane or is Adeline reaching beyond the grave to reunite with Lydia?
Sweet, gut wrenching, unexpected, and thrilling, Bury the Child is the suspenseful introduction to The Haunting of the Whispering House series from author L.C. Marino.
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Burn the Girls
Book 1 in The Haunting of the Whispering House Series
Debut Novel
Would you sacrifice everything to save the ones you love?
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Constance is a fiercely independent high school senior living in rural James City County, Virginia. After their father abandons the family, she and her sister Abigail move into their late cousin's home with their mother, Delilah. Constance quickly becomes frustrated by her new life and her mother’s obsession with their family’s legacy. In defiance, she aspires to make a new life for herself and leave this place forever.Â
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But when a life-altering tragedy strikes, Constance is thrust into adulthood and a fight for survival against unimaginable forces.
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Brutal visions haunt her.
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Deeply disturbing and immersive paranormal experiences challenge her perception of reality.
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And worse, something is taking hold of her little sister, Abigail.
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How far will Constance go to save her sister and restore their family’s legacy?
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Suspenseful, heart-breaking, and wildly imaginative, Burn the Girls is the first novel in The Haunting of the Whispering House paranormal horror series from author L.C. Marino.
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Bless the Mother
Book II in The Haunting of the Whispering House Series
New Novel
Time may heal all wounds, but time stands still for the dead.
Twenty years have passed since the horrific night in the Whispering House. Now, Abigail lives a relatively normal life as an independent bookstore owner while her sister, Constance, struggles to navigate crippling physical and psychological damage.
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But when Abigail inherits the house, old memories and childhood traumas are awoken.
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Abigail becomes drawn to the dreamlike allure of the house, enticed by the potential of reconnecting with their dead mother.
Meanwhile, Constance’s dormant terrors return with frightening violence.
Will they finally connect with their dead mother and cleanse the house of the evil tearing their family apart, or will the house continue its reign of psychological horror?
One thing is certain…they will discover the unsettling truth of Constance’s connection to the house and a secret Abigail’s hidden since that fateful night in the fire.
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Suspenseful and immersive, Bless the Mother is the second novel in The Haunting of the Whispering House paranormal horror series from author L.C. Marino.
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Banish the Dead
Book III in The Haunting of the Whispering House Series
New Novel
Sometimes the past haunts us even in death.
Abigail thought she and her sister Constance had finally freed the spirits of their departed loved ones from the Whispering House.
But in an unexpected turn of events, they discover a secret so vile, so terrible, that it’s haunted the women of their family for generations.
A story a hundred years old is uncovered when Constance ventures into the world beyond the threshold of death. What she finds turns their world upside down and finally reveals the origins of their misery.
A young woman crushed by the weight of forbidden love.
A baby born into a hatred so deep it throws an affluent family into a brutal cycle of hatred, violence, and grief.
This is a story of crimes so heinous they’ll birth a curse upon the women of their family for generations. But it’s also a story of the tremendous power of love to set things right.
Will Abigail and Constance finally absolve their family from the sins of the past?
Banish the Dead is a suspenseful, twisted story of trauma, afterlife, and the enduring love of a mother for her child in the thrilling conclusion of The Haunting of the Whispering House paranormal horror series from author L.C. Marino.
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