The Shadow Grove Chronicles - Book I: Fated ReunionUpdated at Dec 28, 2021, 22:57
Meet Allison Castellan; housewife and mother of two girls. Married to Derrick, her college sweetheart, for sixteen years; from the outside, her life was the picture perfect example of what the "American Dream" should be. From the inside, however, her life was a gilded nightmare. Staying with an abusive husband for the sake of her daughters, Allie tolerates spurious accusations of infidelity and Derrick’s violent temper.
Fed up, Allie follows her husband as he goes through a night of debauchery. Catching him in the act, she collects video evidence of him with an exotic dancer in midcoitus. With the help of Becca, her best friend, she soon files for divorce and has everything she could need, and attempts to start a new chapter in her life.
Contacted by the mysterious author, Joanne Darcy, she receives a signed copy of a novel, with a personal note for Allie on the dedication page:
Allie -
Come to the Reunion. I would like to talk with you and catch up. It’s been far too long.
- Joanne
After starting to read "A Reunion with Ellie," Allie notices eerie similarities in the story that corresponds to her own life until a prophetic passage warns her of her ex-husband breaking in right behind her. After healing from the attack, she goes into hiding and obsesses over the book. Risking going to her twentieth year high school reunion to get some answers, she is thrust into a world she had never imagined.
Now falling under “Joanne's” protection, Allie is exposed to a world of ancient, secretive, occult organizations and learns part of “Joanne’s” mysterious and bloody past. Can she trust “Joanne’s” seemingly sincere intentions towards her and will “Joanne” be able to stop Derrick as he hunts down Allie and her children... Before it's too late?