Deep in the swamps of the Louisiana bayou, a horrifying secret lies waiting to be discovered.A legend haunts the bayou, a chilling tale of a beast that is born from a curse…the Rougarou.When Emma Rose Crane lets hunter Cass Willow convince her to help him on a ghost hunt, she never imagined she’d be trudging through the swamps, let alone stumbling upon a mess of mangled bodies—or running into the … bodies—or running into the creature responsible for the rotting remains.
With no backup available to them, she’s forced to show Cass her demonic side to help them escape, but that’s not the only problem. When the creature attacked them, it infected them with the same curse that drove it mad. There’s only one hope—kill the beast to cure the infection.
Time is not on their side as they race to save themselves and discover the truth behind the legend. But first they have to survive the effects of the curse long enough to find the creature and put it down…
Before they succumb to the hunger eating them alive.
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This is book 2 in the Crane Diaries, the continuation of the Ghost files. Emma Rose, aka Mattie, has grown up a lot. She has come into her own and has learned to stand stong. She still has a lot to learn though, like when to ask for help, how to trust others and lean on them.
There is a new cast that joins Mattie in this series but you still have all the original players that really matter. You get to see Mattie and how her relationships are changing with others, her growth and their growth together. You get to see her really start to understand love on a family level, on a friend level and even in a romantic relationship. We still have all the joy of a case of the creepies that has to be dealt with, the twists, the turns, the danger, but we also get a lot more of the humanity as she grows and learns.
I am so thrilled that Apryl Baker continued Mattie’s story. I wll be here for the whole journey, for as long as she allows us to be part of it.
Great characters, excellent development, steady pace that is logical, just brilliant story telling.