Buried Secrets

by Ginna Wilkerson

When Emelia Behrends is caught in bed with her girlfriend Taylor by her strict Southern Baptist mother, she thinks nothing worse could ever happen. But when she's sent to a small town in Kentucky to live with her aunt, stranger things do indeed happen. An incident in the gym locker room starts tongues wagging, and soon the popular crowd are spreading rumors.

Thankfully, Emelia meets would-be witch Hillary and the two band together as misfits and friends. Then Mariah enters the picture, and Emelia is instantly attracted. Mariah is entranced with Emelia's beautiful smile and silky red hair, but she harbors deep secrets that might make all the difference between romance and tragedy.

The mystery begins to unravel when the topic of the Salem witch trials is introduced at school. Who is Mariah, and where did she really come from? And will Mariah's buried secrets mean another love lost for Emelia?

220 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2017

About the author

I completed a Ph.D. in Creative Writing at University of Aberdeen this year, which happily coincides with the publication of my first poetry collection, Odd Remains. I was also pleased to receive a 2012 Poetry Kit Award for my poem ‘Dimensions’. I currently teach writing at Ringling College of Art and Design.