Sawyer Black is a professional fact-gatherer for best-selling, true crime author E.M. Rutt. He loves to travel all over the world to collect details concerning the bloodiest crimes. When E.M. sends Sawyer to Bitter, Pennsylvania, for six months to gather details of the mysterious disappearance of Jase Carmichael, Sawyer learns the peaceful lakeside town has a caldron full of very dark secrets.<br><br>With the help of sexy local pub owner Harry Tindermost, Sawyer uncovers the town's spells and the Mali, a warlock coven. He also discovers details of Wilhelm Ravenrock, the strange man who lives in the haunted Brothshire Woods. And he unearths the secrets of Jase Carmichael's disappearance, which may be connected to the Mali warlocks and the bizarre Ravenrock.<br><br>As the facts continue to build, Sawyer becomes Harry's attraction. Will he still be Harry's sexual interest after the dark secrets of Bitter are disclosed?

The 13th Warlock

The smell inside Ravenrock’s cottage was that of freshly baked apples mixed with sage and the light scent of chamomile tea. Candles flickered on a wooden table that uncomfortably sat four because of the room’s small square footage. My view consumed the abode with a strong appetite. In the far-right corner sat the fireplace, its hearth filled with blazing cherry wood, snapping flames at work. The cottage looked larger than what Hindermost conceived, sharing with me. I viewed a worn sofa the color of Thanksgiving cranberries, and a matching reading chair. A bookshelf was stuffed and overflowed with hard- and paperbacks. To the far left sat a small bedroom with a single bed. I couldn’t see a bathroom but imagined it connected to the sleeping quarters. To the right of the bedroom was a tiny room filled with a small-scale range, refrigerator, and sink.


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