Maggie Wildblood barely knew her grandmother Flara—just birthday cards and crisp twenty-dollar bills. When she inherits a remote Michigan cabin filled with vinyl records and strange jam jars, it’s the perfect opportunity for content.
Until things get weird. Jelly jiggles inside jars. Records play themselves. And the townspeople watch her with ravenous hunger—waiting for something to awaken inside her.
Flara’s old journals reveal bizarre “jam sessions” from the 1970s, where music and fruit preserves created something otherworldly. Maggie begins flashing back—partying with a younger Flara, sealing jars while Pink Floyd and Jefferson Airplane pulse in the background.
Most disturbing is the woman in the visions—a woman with Maggie’s face, reaching out to her.
Only Everett Nash, the intense forest ranger, seems alarmed. “Leave Pinewood Harbor. Never come back,” he warns. But Maggie suspects he knows more than he admits.
In Pinewood Harbor, the past isn’t preserved. It’s alive—and hungry.
Bella Vex is the dark alter ego of USA Today bestselling romance author Rachelle Ayala. Bella’s work explores themes of identity, transformation, and the price we pay for belonging. She believes that the best horror stories are born where passion and fear intersect.View all by Bella Vex
