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The Debt She Inherited: An Appalachian Folk-Magic Romantasy
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 30 2026
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.72 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Every miracle leaves a debt. Nora Vale has just inherited thirty-one of them.
When her grandmother dies, Nora returns to Bellwether Hollow expecting a funeral, an empty remedy shop, and another painful goodbye.
Instead, she finds an ancient ledger waiting for her.
Every cure Ada Vale ever worked was borrowed. Every life she saved moved its cost onto someone else. Now the accounts have awakened, first frost is approaching, and the mountain has come to collect.
The only man who understands its laws is Silas Rook, Nora's first love and the man who disappeared without a word ten years ago. He has returned marked by the mountain, carrying its authority and secrets that could destroy them both.
Worse, the ledger names Silas as the surety for the childhood miracle that kept Nora alive.
Trapped together on Vale land, Nora and Silas must uncover the truth behind each hidden bargain. But every account reveals a deeper corruption: love recorded as consent, sacrifice passed through bloodlines, and a founding covenant built on a woman's stolen life.
To save Bellwether Hollow without offering another person as payment, Nora must challenge the law her family spent generations protecting.
And she must decide whether she can trust the man who once broke her heart to help her rewrite it.
The mountain always collects.
This time, Nora intends to make it tell the truth.
The Debt She Inherited is a dark, atmospheric Appalachian folk-magic romantasy featuring second-chance love, forced proximity, a morally gray protector, bargain magic, small-town secrets, open-door heat, and a hard-won happily ever after.
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