A seven-book series.
Harry Potter meets Percy Jackson, grounded in what real kids carry. Upper MG / crossover YA, ages 11 and up.
The Ones Who Remain
After their father's arrest, Sarah and Ryan Whitfield are sent to Blackthorn House, a group home that seems older than the town itself. They expect new rules, unfamiliar rooms, and another place they will never belong. They do not expect the house to recognize them.
Sarah can feel danger before it arrives. Ryan can survive injuries that should break him. Lucia sees memories trapped in walls, and Mateo can find what others cannot. Together, the four discover an old journal, a sealed room, and an awakening power known as the Kindling.
But something is watching from beyond the iron fence. To protect the first home that has ever chosen them, the four must learn what their gifts are for, and decide whether becoming a family will make them strong enough to face what comes next. Find on Amazon
The Locked Room
After the fire at Blackthorn House, Sarah, Ryan, Lucia, and Mateo know their new home is hiding more than old records and locked doors. A second entrance appears where the house seems to forget its own shape, while carved initials reveal that another group of four children once stood exactly where they do now.
As each child's gift begins to cost them something, the four must learn to combine their abilities, trust one another through fear and conflict, and decide how much truth to demand from Ms. Ferro. When the wall finally gives way, they discover the locked room is only the beginning. Find on Amazon
Some doors are locked for a reason. Others are waiting for the right four children.
The Names Beneath
When a school history project sends Sarah, Ryan, Lucia, and Mateo into the county archive, they expect dusty records and easy answers. Instead they find four familiar names written together in an old donation ledger: the children who came before them at Blackthorn House. A fifth line was scratched out so violently it tore the page.
The records say they were separated after a fire. The records also lie. As the four uncover a trail of erased histories and secret letters, a quiet stranger starts asking questions about children with gifts. One of the original four may still be alive. Find on Amazon
History remembers what people write down. The truth survives in what they try to erase.
The Deputy's Warning
Deputy Kane finally tells them what he's found: this isn't the first time. Four kids like them have tried this before, going back a hundred years, and almost none of them made it through.
A school project sends the four into county records, where they meet the only known survivor of an earlier group and a stranger who has been quietly tracking cases like theirs. The house's watcher is not just patient anymore. It is close.
They have gotten further than any group before them. That is not the same as getting out. Find on Amazon
Books Five Through Seven
- Book Five: What the House Remembers
- Book Six: The Warden's House
- Book Seven: Blackthorn
