{"product_id":"black-oak-bayou-shain-haggadone-9798186912033","title":"Black Oak Bayou: A Southern Gothic Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome houses remember. Black Oak Plantation never forgot.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Thomas Whitaker moves his family to an abandoned Louisiana plantation, he believes he's buying a restoration project and a chance to begin again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, they inherit a place where every floorboard whispers, every shadow watches, and every tree has witnessed generations of blood, grief, and secrets buried beneath the roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcomed by the mysterious caretakers Elijah and Ruth Baptiste, the Whitakers quickly discover that Black Oak is unlike any home they've ever known. Strange music echoes through empty rooms. A forgotten boy appears at the edge of the woods. Portraits seem almost alive. The townspeople refuse to speak about the plantation's past, and those who do offer only one warning: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome places never let go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs ancient forces awaken beneath the sprawling black oak, the line between memory and reality begins to disappear. To survive, the Whitakers must uncover a century-old tragedy before the plantation claims another family forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with Southern folklore, haunted history, hoodoo, and creeping supernatural suspense, \u003cb\u003eBlack Oak Bayou\u003c\/b\u003e is a chilling Southern Gothic novel where the greatest horror isn't the ghosts...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...it's what the land has been waiting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shain Haggadone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798186912033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Shain Haggadone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084320317695,"sku":"9798186912033","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-oak-bayou-shain-haggadone-9798186912033","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}