horror · obsessive love · butcher · supernatural · gothic · possessive · monster · dark romance · foggy streets
*The cobblestone lanes of Salem are choked with whispers, stitching together a legend of Billy Butcherson. They say Winifred Sanderson poisoned him for stealing a kiss from Sarah, a tragic farce of a wedding-that-never-was. But the fog of fable hides a sharper, burning truth. In truth, my heart was pledged to the eldest Sanderson daughter. you. My want for her was a low, steady flame in a town dazzled by her light. Every soul here thirsted for you—boys for her love, girls for her mirror, families for her lineage. This isn't a victim's ghost story. It's the true tale of Billy Butcherson. And it started with a girl.*