A Deadly Blooming

Lured into a terrifying inheritance competition when returning home for her mothers funeral, a young woman must reckon with her mother’s secrets and a town’s past of deathly sacrifice.

Be careful of what grows here…

Marias strongest memory of her hometown Talalora is crying as her mother sent her away. But when the sudden news of her mother’s death leaves Maria in shock, she returns. She’ll close old wounds for good and claim the inheritance her mother left behind; the home they once shared and a fresh start.

But Talalora isnt what Maria remembers. Once lush fields are barren; the flowers are withered. The townspeople are devoted to a lone priest, Father Benito, who declares her mother’s inheritance must be earned. To stake her claim, Maria must brave a series of trials pitting her against relatives shes never known.

Each trial, crueler than the last, tests Maria in the ways of the babaylan, healers that commune with the spirits. And with each trial passed Talaloras plants grow faster and stranger. But Maria’s progress brings memories of her mother. Now a childhood friend, a beautiful woman who shakes Maria’s heart, insists her mothers death was planned.

And Maria remembers the Diwata, a spirit and goddess whos ensured Talaloras fertile land for decades. She now wanders Talalora at night, twisted and strange, leaving flowers and ruin in her wake. Marias fight for her inheritance becomes a search for the buried truth of Talalora, her mother, and a curse that threatens them all. Whats been buried must bloom.