This Cursed House

In this Southern gothic horror debut,a young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a position with a mysterious family in New Orleansonly to discover the dark truth: TheyΓÇÖre under a curseand they think she can break it. In the fall of 1962twenty-seven-year-old Jemma Barker is desperate to escape her life in ChicagoΓÇöand the spirits she has always been able to see. When she receives an unexpected job offer from the Duchon family in New Orleansshe acceptsthinking it is her chance to start over. But Jemma discovers that the Duchon family isnΓÇÖt what it seems. Light enough to pass as whitethe Black family members look down on brown-skinned Jemma. Their tenuous hold on reality extends to all the members of their eccentric clanfrom haughty grandmother Honorine to beautiful yet inscrutable cousin Fosette. And soon the shocking truth comes out: The Duchons are under a curse. And they think Jemma has the power to break it. As Jemma wrestles with the gift sheΓÇÖs run from all her lifeshe unravels deeper and more disturbing secrets about the mysterious Duchons. Secrets that stretch back over a century. Secrets that bind her to their fate if she fails.