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

What puzzled and ate at me was James Nihan’s last name more than his bloodshed tyranny: Hindermost. Could the pub owner Harry be a not-too-distant relative of the horrendous coven leader? A grandfather or late uncle to Harry? Or was the name a mere coincidence, common among the northwestern Pennsylvania people? I wondered. Did Harry have the same conjuring powers as the mentioned man in the Orderchapter? Again, I wondered. How couldn’t I?


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