Juli D. Revezzo

Caitlin moves through a city that thrives on old talismans and whispered debts, where a painting’s surface shivers with a secret and a grandfather’s inheritance comes with a price tag in shadow. The Artist’s Inheritance haunts her evenings as a ruthless dealer of curiosities, and Caitlin’s instinct for preservation collides with a stubborn hunger to understand the book of shadows she’s inherited. When a gala of memory-laden artifacts begins to unravel, she must navigate a network of patrons who barter in recollections, a mentor whose patience hides a dangerous ambition, and a rival whose charm is a blade in velvet. Each page turns with a measured, breath-held pace as relationships fray, secrets surface, and a single choice could either bind her to kinship or sever it forever.

Caelan, heir to a forgotten druids’ oath, steps into a widening circle of service and peril after a boundary violation awakens a sleeping guardian. He must navigate a web of family ties, rival factions, and a forest that tests loyalty with whispers and visible threats. As the stakes grow, Caelan’s resolve is stretched between the honor of his line and the mercy he owes those he could abandon. In the shadow of the old trees, trust is a fragile currency, and the price of keeping faith may demand a sacrifice none can predict.