A. Pelletier

When exiled witch Bailey Harper receives a mysterious visitor from her hometown of Nightshade, she is drawn back to the place she swore she'd never return. What was meant to be a quick visit soon unravels a web of dark secrets, buried betrayals, and a familial past that refuses to stay hidden.

As she delves into the strange happenings, Bailey discovers that Nightshade has changed—the balance is off, and it’s threatening to destroy her home and her Coven. With every answer she uncovers, new dangers emerge, and she soon realizes that some people will do anything to keep the town’s secrets buried, including letting it burn.

Torn between the ghosts of her past and the growing menace surrounding her, Bailey must decide: Will she expose the truth and risk everything, or escape Nightshade before it claims her, too?

A gripping mystery filled with suspense, shocking twists, and a haunting atmosphere, Return to Nightshade Valley is a singular journey into the darkness that lurks beneath the surface of every quiet town.

Shady Lane has officially failed as an adult.

After ten years of college, zero degrees, and one spectacularly bad dating history, she inherits the one thing she never planned to come back to: Nightshade Manor, a decaying paranormal retirement home hidden in the river valley of Northern Maine. Its residents include an alcoholic witch, a grumpy werewolf, a glamorous yenta vampire, a deadhead hippie wizard, and a house that is quite literally falling apart.

With the Manor drowning in debt and the residents betting against her success, Shady is given six months to prove she can keep the place running or lose it forever. DIYing a two-hundred-year-old mansion is hard enough without magical mishaps, a dark curse, and the inconvenient arrival of Asher Hoyt, an infuriatingly charming handyman whose good looks far exceed his qualifications.

As Shady struggles to save the Manor, she discovers that Nightshade Valley itself is wounded, and the house may have a will of its own. Because some homes don’t just shelter you, they choose you.

Witty, warm, and brimming with paranormal charm, Nightshade Manor is a cozy, romantic fantasy about found family, second chances, and discovering that sometimes the life you’re meant to live has been waiting for you all along.