Olivia Hartwell: Sterling Matters

By Justin Owens

One accident steals her best friend. One family secret promises to undo it. What comes back is not always alive.

Olivia chews her pencil, hungry for answers no one gives. A century-old note ties her family to a fire no one will explain, and it settles under her skin like a splinter. Then her best friend dies exactly the way an ancestor once warned would happen again.

Breaking the lock her parents swore was nothing, Olivia turns her grief into a promise to bring her back. But the ritual behind that door has already swallowed one girl whole, and Olivia may be next.

What will she lose to bring her best friend back from the dead?

Olivia Hartwell: Sterling Matters is the chilling prequel novella in the Evelyn Cross Universe mystery series. If you like inherited curses, historical mysteries that refuse to stay in the past, and grief with real teeth, then you'll love Justin Owens's engrossing tale of history, love, and loss.

Buy Olivia Hartwell: Sterling Matters to find out if history is done repeating itself today!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H9BFNGW2
• ISBN13: 9798187747429
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"