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Heavenly Wishes
Heavenly Wishes
The Story That Began It All
Bayou Vista, Louisiana looks peaceful from a distance—oak trees, salt air, front-porch smiles.
But women are disappearing.
No bodies. No arrests. Just silence.
The town whispers about a killer hiding in plain sight.
Ten-year-old Loretta Cobb knows monsters are real.
She lives with one.
While Bayou Vista fears the shadow in the streets, Loretta survives the one behind her bedroom door. Her stepfather, Roy, rules their house with a quiet cruelty no one seems willing to see.
At the edge of town sits Micky’s Magical Things, a strange little shop run by the mysterious Micky Vermooch. Some say he can speak to the dead. Others call him a fraud.
Loretta only knows he might be her only chance.
As Halloween approaches and secrets rise to the surface, one truth becomes
In Bayou Vista, monsters don’t lurk in the dark.
They sit at dinner tables.
They smile for church photos.
And sometimes… they make wishes.
This is where Bayou Vista began.
The Story That Began It All
Bayou Vista, Louisiana looks peaceful from a distance—oak trees, salt air, front-porch smiles.
But women are disappearing.
No bodies. No arrests. Just silence.
The town whispers about a killer hiding in plain sight.
Ten-year-old Loretta Cobb knows monsters are real.
She lives with one.
While Bayou Vista fears the shadow in the streets, Loretta survives the one behind her bedroom door. Her stepfather, Roy, rules their house with a quiet cruelty no one seems willing to see.
At the edge of town sits Micky’s Magical Things, a strange little shop run by the mysterious Micky Vermooch. Some say he can speak to the dead. Others call him a fraud.
Loretta only knows he might be her only chance.
As Halloween approaches and secrets rise to the surface, one truth becomes
In Bayou Vista, monsters don’t lurk in the dark.
They sit at dinner tables.
They smile for church photos.
And sometimes… they make wishes.
This is where Bayou Vista began.
332 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 31, 2024
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About the author
Carol A. Campbell
21 books9 followersCarol A. Campbell is the author of the Southern Psychos thrillers — binge-worthy psychological suspense stories set in the haunting small town of Bayou Vista, Louisiana. Known for her jaw-dropping twists, addictive pacing, and unforgettable female characters, Carol writes the kinds of books readers devour in one sitting and can’t stop talking about.
When she isn’t plotting her next shocking reveal, Carol can be found with her co-author (a very opinionated chihuahua named Jack), brainstorming new ways to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Her novels — including The Spare Key, After Last Night, I Told You So, and Don’t Open the Door — can be read in any order, but fair warning: you might not want to read them alone.
When she isn’t plotting her next shocking reveal, Carol can be found with her co-author (a very opinionated chihuahua named Jack), brainstorming new ways to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Her novels — including The Spare Key, After Last Night, I Told You So, and Don’t Open the Door — can be read in any order, but fair warning: you might not want to read them alone.
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June 22, 2025
I don’t write reviews. This book was terrible. I thought it was a normal thriller book but as I got more into it, I started to think maybe it was more for children or young teens despite the actual plot scenario of missing women and such. I wanted to DNF but kept reading only to end up with no real answers as to the actual mystery of the book regarding what was happening to the missing women. I trudged on and finished but wish I didn’t. I also feel like you could read basically the first sentence of every paragraph and still get the same information.
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