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

I told him everything I had learned of Jase, and Ravenrock. He listened closely, asking me questions pertaining to my findings. Following my spiel, I asked, “What would you like me to do?”


“Continue your findings for a week. Two at the most. We will talk then. Things like this happen, Sawyer. Books fall apart. If all else fails, I’ll send you on a new adventure for a different book.”


I told him, “Thank you. I was afraid you wouldn’t understand.”


He heartily laughed, sounding eccentric and wealthy, and ended the call with, “I’ll check in with you in a week. I’m sure you’ll find something more. We can decide about your future task then.”


I doubted such proclamations, believing I would find nothing for him, pressed the off button on my phone, and dug into my evening’s reading.


Chapter 16