Red Rabbit Ghost

In this haunting debut novel from brilliant new voice Jen Julian,a young man reluctantly returns to his repressive hometown to uncover the truth of his mother’s mysterious death. The town of Blacknot is not what it appearsand a place in the woods known only as The Night House is calling… Jesse Calloway hadn’t planned to return to his repressivebackwoods hometown of BlacknotNorth Carolinaafter only one year away at collegebut an anonymous messenger has lured him home. Eighteen years agohis mother died under unexplained circumstances. Every story he has heard is incomplete. Nowthe messenger claims to have the answers. But Jesse will have to hunt for them. Alice Catherinethe daughter of a local pork manufacturerobsesses over Jesse in turn. To herhe is a key player in unearthing the dark family history she’s convinced her father is concealing. Alice knows Jesse must find the answers himselfwith the hope that once he doeshe’ll help her change both their futures. But Jesse’s path to Alice isn’t a straight lineand his questions are stirring up issues with localsincluding his much older and well-armed ex-boyfriendHarlan. When an old fling of Jesse’s goes missing and Alice’s plans start to unravelit’s clear there’s more at stake than either of them could imagine. On a collision course littered with psychotropic fungitime-warping magicand far too many alligatorsJesse and Alice will need to determine how far they are willing to go for the truthand whether they can trust each other enough to get there…