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Theme Music

By T. Marie Vandelly
Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly digital book - Fable

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“If you've been looking for your newest horror obsession after The Haunting of Hill House, read this one next.”BuzzFeed

She didn't run from her dark past. She moved in.
 
For the lucky among us, life is what you make of it; but for Dixie Wheeler, the theme music for her story was chosen by another long ago, on the day her father butchered her mother and brothers and then slashed a knife across his own throat. Only one-year-old Dixie was spared, becoming infamously known as Baby Blue for the song left playing in the aftermath of the slaughter.

Twenty-five years later, Dixie is still desperate for a connection to the family she can’t remember. So when her childhood home goes up for sale, Dixie sets aside all reason and moves in. But as the ghosts of her family seemingly begin to take up residence in the house that was once theirs, Dixie starts to question her sanity and wonders if the evil force menacing her is that of her father or a demon of her own making.

In order to make sense of her present, Dixie becomes determined to unravel the truth of her past and seeks out the detective who originally investigated the murders. But the more she learns, the more she opens up the uncomfortable possibility that the sins of her father may belong to another. As bodies begin to pile up around her, Dixie must find a way to expose the lunacy behind her family’s massacre to save her few loved ones who are still alive—and whatever scrap of sanity she has left.

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3.5
“oh this was definitely such an interesting read!!!! but also VERYYYY graphic so fair warning!!!!!! also YAY FOR ANOTHER GOOD FOR HERRRRRR!!!!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 but why did some of the characters have to be killed like what was the reason???!!!!?!! but all in all, I thought I was going into this to be absolutely in love and all but sadly not :( This was still such a good read, don’t get me wrong- the story and background into the main “crime line” was very fun, like first paragraph of the whole book and I find out about the axe murder of the family! (that made me giggle bc I’m obvi demented) but kudos to mister man making me & the FMC feel crazy bc damn I really thought the house was out to get her!!!! but on the other side, I felt like some of the chapters were SO long and some scenes overly detailed that didn’t necessarily need it??? but what do I know??? I still enjoyed this and horror will always have a special place in my heart 🫶🏻”

About T. Marie Vandelly

T. Marie Vandelly has wanted to write her entire life but (after a career change) has only recently been granted the freedom to pursue her dream full-time. She lives on Gwynn's Island, in the Chesapeake Bay, with her husband and their two dogs. Theme Music is her first novel.

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