The Blackwood Burden
(2026)(The fourth book in the Spine and Spell Mysteries series)
A novel by Lisa Bouchard
Iris Blackwood was imperious, secretive, and the closest thing Pinecrest had to a guardian. She was not supposed to be a murder victim.
When the town's matriarch is found dead in her greenhouse — her heart simply stopped, everyone says, the way old hearts do — Fiona's gift tells a different story. Someone chose this. And whoever it was knew exactly how the Blackwood magic works, because the Blackwoods have been paying for Pinecrest's binding in blood for generations, one heir at a time.
The next heir was Asher.
As Fiona digs, the town's pretty history curdles into something worse: the founding families didn't just build the magic. They took it. The rot isn't a curse — it's a debt coming due. And someone in the Blackwood line has decided the only way to settle it is to let everything fall.
Genre: Mystery
When the town's matriarch is found dead in her greenhouse — her heart simply stopped, everyone says, the way old hearts do — Fiona's gift tells a different story. Someone chose this. And whoever it was knew exactly how the Blackwood magic works, because the Blackwoods have been paying for Pinecrest's binding in blood for generations, one heir at a time.
The next heir was Asher.
As Fiona digs, the town's pretty history curdles into something worse: the founding families didn't just build the magic. They took it. The rot isn't a curse — it's a debt coming due. And someone in the Blackwood line has decided the only way to settle it is to let everything fall.
Genre: Mystery
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