Out 31 July 2026
Paperback Pages: 256
Chapters: 26
Words: 48,670
Age Range: 10+
Genre: Middle Grade Holiday Adventure, Halloween, Supernatural, Modern Setting, Humor.
Themes: Traditions, Justice, History, Friendships, Curses, Horror, Action-Adventure, Americana
Content Warnings: Mild blood and violence, horror elements, PG language (damn, hell, crap)
Publisher: Self-Published, Ellis & Mars Press
Ruth Jones is new to Lorewood, a Massachusetts town famous for its Halloween celebrations and local witch legend. This year, however, something sinister is stalking the children of Lorewood, making them disappear—as if they never existed.
A mysterious boy in the woods tells Ruth that children have been going missing for decades, forgotten victims of a brutal curse. Along with Ruth's best friends, they investigate Lorewood's hidden past, digging for long buried secrets.
But this curse doesn't want to be broken.
The delights of Halloween will become terrors for the teens as they battle to uncover the truth before the holiday is over. Can Ruth stop history repeating itself? Or is she doomed to be the next victim of The Wax Witch?
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Katie Lee Mars
Katie Lee Mars is a writer and illustrator from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She now lives in Yorkshire, UK with her husband. She enjoys reading, travel, the theatre, taking walks, watching movies and playing video games.
She has a Bachelor's of Fine Arts from The Massachusetts College of Art and Design and a Master's in Media from Leeds Beckett University.
"Stories haunt me, and writing them down is the only way to exorcise them.
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French Onion Soup, British Comedy, The Barenaked Ladies, bad horror movies, indie games, circus clowns, Halloween, talking about space, Necco Wafers and cartoons.
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Littering, peas, the sound of someone knocking on a door, signs printed with stretched/squashed art, groups of people walking full abreast down a sidewalk, any fleece fabric, Generative A.I. in the Arts, Jolly Ranchers, people who talk during films, and snow.
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It is not lost on me that romance is the ruling genre of fiction at the moment. This is wonderful. It is a genre that brings so many people joy and can be a strong backbone for a impactful story. My all-time favorite novel is Pride & Prejudice, and I myself love reading a good bodice ripper from time to time.
That being said, I am not a romance writer. If you are looking for novels with gorgeous people, dangerous jealousy, games of the heart and...um, carnal pursuits, then I am afraid you will be out of luck with me.
I will gladly give you stomach-churning gore, bullet-biting violence and foul-mouthed tirades, but I just can't handle smut. I think this is because in truth, I am just two kids in a trench coat and nowhere mature enough to write steamy scenes. I just wanted to be upfront with my readers.
P.S A huge shoutout to all the authors who can write romance and do it so well. I am genuinely impressed and kinda jealous.
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