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The Rotting Ones I Call Family - cover

The Rotting Ones I Call Family

Vera Blackwood

Publisher: NOVELSEA

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Serena's love for Victor is a prison—his abuse masked as devotion, jealousy twisted into "love." To placate him, she agrees to let him meet her closely guarded "family" at North City's notorious haunted house. Her "family"? Two corpses, Lucien and Julian, reanimated by her pain, who cherish her and gift her grave jewels. As Victor's visit looms and a meddling live streamer crashes in, Serena must choose: the cruel living lover or the devoted dead? A chilling tale of toxic love and unexpected found family.
Available since: 02/04/2026.
Print length: 50 pages.

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