Inheritance: Anniversary Edition

by Charlene Mattson

Evelyn Brody thought that inheriting her uncle's home in the northwest coast of British Columbia would let her start over. Newly divorced from her alcoholic husband and with two boys in tow, she throws herself into the chance to clear her head in the wild beauty of the coast.

But the house is in need of repair and there are strange rooms that spook her children and make her start to think that leaving her home on the south coast was a bad idea.

Never mind the handsome lawyer from Prince Rupert who seems a trifle too concerned with her well being. Or the weird and yet strangely compelling groundskeeper who refuses to answer any questions about himself.

What happened at the old house in the forest and why does her oldest son in particular seem both oddly fascinated and repulsed by it?

There's something deeply wrong with her summer home and if she doesn't work with her allies to figure it out, her boys' lives may be on the line...

This special Anniversary edition also includes the short story Raven's Dollhouse.

357 pages, Paperback

Published September 8, 2026

About the author

I'm a freelance writer/instructor currently living in north-central British Columbia. I also enjoy playing video games (particularly RPGs and tactics games like Fire Emblem as well as the Mario/Kirby games), reading, hiking, taking care of animals, and shopping (on occasion). I would love to someday be able to make a full (or nearly full) living purely from writing fiction, but at least I'm fortunate enough to be able to work as a writer at all at this point.

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