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The Root Beneath
There is something in the house that remembers everything. And it has been waiting.
When Samira Wells returns to Savannah to say goodbye to her grandmother, she doesn’t expect the walls to whisper back. But the house breathes with memory, rootwork tucked behind doors, spirits pressed into the glass, grief buried under every floorboard. What begins as a homecoming becomes a reckoning, as a haunting stirs awake and ancestral magic rises from beneath the soil.
At the center of it all is Silas Folsom, a quiet presence from Samira’s past with blood ties to a history neither of them fully understands. Together, they must navigate the thin place between past and present, love and legacy, before it claims them too.
The Root Beneath is a spell-woven Southern Gothic novel about inheritance, sorrow, and the kind of healing that doesn’t ask permission. Lush with ancestral hauntings, soft with grief and rage, it’s a story of the women who held the line, the roots we try to outrun, and what happens when the past calls us home.
When Samira Wells returns to Savannah to say goodbye to her grandmother, she doesn’t expect the walls to whisper back. But the house breathes with memory, rootwork tucked behind doors, spirits pressed into the glass, grief buried under every floorboard. What begins as a homecoming becomes a reckoning, as a haunting stirs awake and ancestral magic rises from beneath the soil.
At the center of it all is Silas Folsom, a quiet presence from Samira’s past with blood ties to a history neither of them fully understands. Together, they must navigate the thin place between past and present, love and legacy, before it claims them too.
The Root Beneath is a spell-woven Southern Gothic novel about inheritance, sorrow, and the kind of healing that doesn’t ask permission. Lush with ancestral hauntings, soft with grief and rage, it’s a story of the women who held the line, the roots we try to outrun, and what happens when the past calls us home.
589 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 4, 2025
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July 30, 2025
The Root Beneath is a masterful, deeply atmospheric novel that sinks its teeth into you and refuses to let go.
From the very first page, the author crafts a world so rich in emotion, history, and ancestral power that it feels like you’re walking through the misty streets of Savannah yourself. The writing is lyrical yet grounded, blending magical realism with raw, human truth. You can feel the weight of memory in every sentence; how trauma and strength can both be passed down like heirlooms.
The way the author weaves intergenerational memory and Southern Black ancestral magic into the fabric of the story is nothing short of stunning. Each character is vividly drawn and complex, their struggles and triumphs echoing through time. The supernatural elements never overshadow the emotional depth instead, they enhance it, becoming metaphors for the burdens we carry and the healing we seek.
What lingers most after finishing The Root Beneath is the aching beauty of it all, the sorrow, the resilience, and the ultimate release. This is a story that reminds us that what lies beneath the surface, whether it be spirits, secrets, or inherited pain, must be acknowledged before it can be let go.
From the very first page, the author crafts a world so rich in emotion, history, and ancestral power that it feels like you’re walking through the misty streets of Savannah yourself. The writing is lyrical yet grounded, blending magical realism with raw, human truth. You can feel the weight of memory in every sentence; how trauma and strength can both be passed down like heirlooms.
The way the author weaves intergenerational memory and Southern Black ancestral magic into the fabric of the story is nothing short of stunning. Each character is vividly drawn and complex, their struggles and triumphs echoing through time. The supernatural elements never overshadow the emotional depth instead, they enhance it, becoming metaphors for the burdens we carry and the healing we seek.
What lingers most after finishing The Root Beneath is the aching beauty of it all, the sorrow, the resilience, and the ultimate release. This is a story that reminds us that what lies beneath the surface, whether it be spirits, secrets, or inherited pain, must be acknowledged before it can be let go.
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