{"product_id":"blood-of-the-rose-arin-l-blackwood-9798994405642","title":"Blood of the Rose","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA small-town mystery. A missing brother. A secret that should've stayed buried.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe left home to escape the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the past is waiting-hungry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Peterson returns to his quiet hometown for the first time since medical school, expecting an awkward homecoming and a few uncomfortable memories. Instead, he walks into a nightmare: his brother has been missing for years, the town is drowning in secrets, and the woman he's told he once loved is back in his life like a door that never fully closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCait \"Kitty\" McKlean is the kind of woman people depend on-sharp, stubborn, and impossible to ignore. She's also the kind people fear. The town thinks they know her. They don't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause Kitty has been guarding the truth for five long years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if Paul gets too close, it won't just ruin her-it could destroy everyone she's trying to protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Paul hunts for answers, the trail turns dark: strange deaths that don't fit the official stories, clues that don't make sense, and whispers of something old beneath the town's soil-something that has haunted their families for generations. The deeper he digs, the more it becomes clear that his brother didn't simply disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was taken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Paul and Kitty are racing a clock they can't see, pulled into a web of murder, legacy, and otherworldly forces that don't forgive curiosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause in this town, secrets aren't kept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey're buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd sometimes... they bleed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlood of the Rose\u003c\/strong\u003e is a gripping small-town paranormal mystery filled with buried history, slow-burn tension, and escalating danger-perfect for readers who love eerie secrets, murder investigations, and folklore-laced suspense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esmall-town mysteries with dark secrets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eparanormal\/folklore undertones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emissing-person cases + murder investigations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etense relationship dynamics and emotional stakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efast pacing with cliff-edge reveals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arin L. Blackwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994405642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Under the Blackwood Tree\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.68d","brand":"Arin L. Blackwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097269477631,"sku":"9798994405642","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blood-of-the-rose-arin-l-blackwood-9798994405642","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}