Lost Girl Magic: a Southern Gothic Ya Fiction and Hot Steams Book

A girl with a past. A house with a history.Last name: LostFirst name: Child The hasty words scribbled in the blanks of a hospital intake form became the name that defined her life. Alone, unwanted, outcast, abandoned…As a survivor of the Louisiana State foster system, cynical Child has spent her life dreaming of her eighteenth birthday, freedom… and a home of her own. But with days left until she ages out of foster care and unable to find a place to rent, all that freedom is starting to look a little frightening.A run-down carriage house on the edge of town with ridiculously low rent appears to be the answer to all her troubles, but nothing in LaPierre is what it seems. Desperate for a home, Child brushes aside warnings that the house is haunted, and in doing so, enters a dark world of paranormal secrets from which there is no return.But when the dead threaten to drive her from the newfound safety of her first real home, Child decides to fight back. In the search for answers, she’ll have to figure out who she can trust. And for a loner like Child, trust can be more terrifying than the dead.From a sisterhood of witches and Voodoo royalty to Southern superstitions and backwoods magic, in LaPierre, the world of woo has been hidden in plain sight. The secret is easy to see once Child knows what to look for.But she has yet to discover the biggest secret of all…Who she is…What she can do…And who in LaPierre is willing to take that from her… any way they can.The Haints and Hot Steams Trilogy features Southern belief systems such as hoodoo, voodoo, witches and good home cooking. Grab your copy of this original, immersive, Southern Gothic urban fantasy with an unforgettable heroine who learns that family isn’t just the people you’re born to, but the people who welcome you home.