The Devil's Hearth

By Angela Babcock

Some houses are built on stone. Ashbourne Mansion was built on a pact.

Leigh Ashbourne was born during a storm that split the sky - born in

silence, with a glowing crescent birthmark on her chest and a hearth

that lit itself though no one touched it. Thirteen years later, the

mansion is whispering her name, and her mother Linda, heir to a dark

witch bloodline, warns her of one rule above all: never touch the

hearth. Not yet.

But the coven is waiting in the woods, and Azazel - the ancient force

behind the Ashbourne legacy - has been patient long enough. As Leigh's

powers awaken and the mansion itself turns against her, she finds her

grandmother Evelyn's hidden journal and a forbidden counter-ritual that

could sever the Devil's pact forever. It will demand a sacrifice no one

saw coming.

A gothic horror novella about bloodlines, bargains, and the fire that

never goes out.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HQF3CBGH
• ISBN13: 9798182937337
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Babcock Press
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"