Birch & Bone
READING AGE 18+
Sloane Parker and her friends visit Austria in December specifically to witness Krampusnacht. She and her friend Eden stay close to the ropes at the Krampus parade winking and flirting with the costumed locals while Thea and her boyfriend, Silas, maintain a distance regarding the antics. Sloane never expects the ruggedly handsome and mysterious, if not a little intimidating, Kaspar, to be the actual Krampus.
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The air in the garden of the Reeve’s Hall was crisp, smelling of damp moss and the first sweet blooms of a new spring. I stood by the stone sundial — a gift from the master carvers of Millhaven — and let the afternoon sun warm my face. My hands rested instinctively on the swell of my stomach, feeling the tiny thrum of a second heartbeat that was……
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