A Witch’s Curse. A Century of Unexplained Deaths.

Book One of the Thea Drake Case Files

Thea Drake never believed in curses. Her husband George, a professional skeptic, made a career exposing them—until his final investigation ended in tragedy. Now, newly widowed and desperate to protect her daughters, Thea wants to leave the supernatural behind.

But when George’s rival, psychic Beverly Donneville, claims he died as the seventh victim of the Witch’s Throne, Thea is forced to confront the one thing George never could: the possibility that the legend might be real. She returns to the old-growth forests of southern Oregon—back to the site of the Witch’s Throne—and is drawn into Portico’s dark history and a truth that could destroy what remains of her family.

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The Witch’s Throne is where Portico’s legend begins, and no one who enters leaves unchanged.

Book cover titled "The Witch's Throne" by Stacey Anderson Lautsch, featuring a dark, ominous tree with twisted branches against a fiery sunset background.

The Witch’s Throne

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The Next Mystery Awaits

The legend of The Witch’s Throne ends in Portico, but the mysteries continue elsewhere.

Next in the supernatural mystery series: Haunts of the Brethren, a new story set on a private island in the Caribbean, where history and belief once again blur into something deadly.

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