What The Roots Keep

By Holly Valentine Dennis

Kailyn didn't book a gap year to find herself. She booked it to get lost with her best friend.
One Eurail pass, two backpacks, a summer of cheap hostels, and saying yes to everything. Their last stop was supposed to be easy - a tiny northern valley famous for elderflower wine and all-night folk festivals. Pretty trees. Good photos. Nothing serious.
Kailyn has had the same nightmare since she was twelve. Not every night. Just every June. Roots moving under skin. Waking up with the taste of something sweet and white on her tongue. Waking up with dirt on her feet she doesn't remember getting.
She figured a different timezone would fix it.
It didn't. It fed it.
What starts as a fun detour turns into sleepwalking. Into waking up barefoot in the woods with her hands in the soil. Into the feeling that the ground is warm and listening and knows her name. Into watching the valley treat her like something it's been waiting for-not a tourist.
Her best friend came for a summer adventure.
Kailyn's nightmares came to life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H58J2C2V
• ISBN13: 9798181453166
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"