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As one of Boston’s leading hematologists, Dr. Evangeline Beauford has dedicated her career to studying the mysteries of blood—never suspecting how deeply personal that pursuit would become. Eighteen years after being sent away from her family’s olive plantation, a posthumous letter from her estranged sister draws her back to Beauford Grove, where Mediterranean trees inexplicably thrive in Alabama soil, and whispers of old magic linger in the humid air.

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Her scientific mind cannot explain the anomalies in her family’s blood work, just as her wounded heart cannot reconcile her mother’s abandonment. But as Evangeline uncovers centuries-old diaries and deciphers symbols carved into ancient trees, she learns a staggering truth: her mother’s decision to send her away wasn’t rejection—it was protection.

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The plantation’s unnatural prosperity was built on a sinister pact between French colonists and enslaved practitioners of powerful African and Haitian traditions, binding both bloodlines to the land through rituals paid in blood. Now, with her medical expertise and inherited gifts converging, Evangeline must confront her family’s dark past and her own dormant power.

 

Beauford Manor pulses with ancient energy. The grove weeps crimson sap. And the very blood in her veins carries codes waiting to be unlocked. As the land reclaims its due, Evangeline discovers some bonds—whether forged by love or blood magic—can never truly be broken and that breaking the cycle may demand the ultimate sacrifice.