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The Bell Tolls at Traeger Hall
Christian romantic suspense
The Bell Tolls at Traeger Hall
In 1890, a bell at Traeger Hall sounds before the murders of Waverly Pembrooke's uncle and aunt, leaving her trapped inside an eccentric will and a house thick with rumors of madness. In the present, Jennie Phillips inherits the long-abandoned estate and discovers that a modern cold case may be tied to the same legacy. Both women investigate a property whose history seems to inspire death in every generation. This dual-time Gothic suspense combines an ominous manor, unsolved murders, family curses, hints of romance, and a steadily deepening question about whether the darkness at Traeger Hall is supernatural or human.
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Murders of the heroine's aunt and uncle; death of parents; century-old and modern cold cases; family curse/haunting legends; ominous death bell, paranoia and 'madness'; abandoned manor and mysterious deaths; Christian themes and restrained romance.
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Cold Case Peppermint Mocha
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