Where We Begin Again

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In Magnolia Bay, Louisiana, the air is heavy with secrets—perfumed with magnolias, shadowed by moss-draped oaks, and haunted by the whispers of old blood.

Josephine Reyes has grown up in the Cut, the poor side of town where her family’s flower shop clings to survival. Once an apothecary, the shop is steeped in a history Josephine can’t explain—and won’t dare to. Raised in the Catholic faith, she clings to her rosary, never suspecting that the strange twinges in her chest, the dreams that leave her breathless, and the uncanny way the earth listens when she speaks are signs of something older, something forbidden. A calling.

Matthew Vieaux, the mayor’s eldest son, is Magnolia Bay’s untouchable prince: wealthy, reclusive, and bound by the unspoken rules of his family’s legacy. Behind the locked gates of their estate, the Vieaux name carries not only power but a curse—one rooted in a centuries-old bargain that condemned them to walk the earth in hunger and shadow.

When Josephine’s world collides with Matthew’s, attraction sparks like a match held too close to dry kindling. But desire is never simple in a town built on old sins. Beneath the romance lies a truth that could unravel everything Josephine thought she believed—about her faith, her family, and herself.

Magnolia Bay keeps its secrets well. But some secrets have fangs. And others, a heartbeat.