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Cure for Breathing
Dead Husband Club
Family Secret
Fatal Remorse
Freeing Nicole
Secret Keeper
Blackshore
Don't Knock
Don't Watch Alone
Inheritance
Kill the Messenger
My Wife
No More Dates
Pawn
Silent Vows
So Shall You Reap
Stay Silent
Stranger
The Gala
Cure for Breathing
Dead Husband Club
Family Secret
Fatal Remorse
Freeing Nicole
Secret Keeper
Blackshore
Don't Knock
Don't Watch Alone
Inheritance
Kill the Messenger
My Wife
No More Dates
Pawn
Silent Vows
So Shall You Reap
Stay Silent
Stranger
The Gala
Cure for Breathing
Dead Husband Club
Family Secret
Fatal Remorse
Freeing Nicole
Secret Keeper
Blackshore
Don't Knock
Don't Watch Alone
Inheritance
Kill the Messenger
My Wife
No More Dates
Pawn
Silent Vows
So Shall You Reap
Stay Silent
Stranger
The Gala
Cure for Breathing
Dead Husband Club
Family Secret
Fatal Remorse
Freeing Nicole
Secret Keeper
Blackshore
Don't Knock
Don't Watch Alone
Inheritance
Kill the Messenger
My Wife
No More Dates
Pawn
Silent Vows
So Shall You Reap
Stay Silent
Stranger
The Gala
Inheritance (Haunting British Columbia)
4.7 (3 ratings)

Inheritance (Haunting British Columbia)

Evelyn Brody thought that inheriting her uncle's home in the northwest coast of British Columbia would let her start over. Newly divorced from her alcoholic husband and with two boys in tow, she throws herself into the chance to clear her head in the wild beauty of the coast.

But the house is in need of repair and there are strange rooms that spook her children and make her start to think that leaving her home on the south coast was a bad idea.

Never mind the handsome lawyer from Prince Rupert who seems a trifle too concerned with her well being. Or the weird and yet strangely compelling groundskeeper who refuses to answer any questions about himself.

What happened at the old house in the forest and why do her children in particular seem both oddly fascinated and repulsed by it?

There's something deeply wrong with her summer home and if she doesn't work with her allies to figure it out, her boys' lives may be on the line...

Published: September 27, 2023

Pages: 308

ISBN: 9798857487846

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Reader Reviews

4.7

3 ratings

Cecily B.

Inside Story
May 2, 2026

That was awesome! The writing in this novel is fantastic and I felt thoroughly creeped out, especially during the first half of the story. I have received a fair amount of education during my Arts degree in Canadian universities to understand indigenous myth with characters like the trickster and the horrendous treatment of Indigenous women and their higher that normal disappearances on the highway of tears. The history goes very deep and is full of generational trauma leading to addiction amongst other horrible issues Indigenous people go through still today due to colonization. All that being said the author touched on all of these issues in a way expressed as a haunting in the Home the main character inhereted. There are many dynamic characters including nature itself. I was enthralled all the way through.

I should also mention I live in northern BC, in the woods, in the middle of nowhere. Being in this setting while reading this book was great.

Awesome Canadian read!

Charlene M.

Apr 18, 2026
No stars cause I wrote it.

I just want to address something that may come up.

Amazon tagged this as a "paranormal ghost romance".

This is not a romance. I don't know why Amazon decided to ignore my categories and assign it this one.

If you came here looking for a romantic love story, you will have to look elsewhere.

It is only a romance in the classic sense that Gothic is sometimes tied to the Romantic, which is not the same as Romance.

No love story here.

But plenty of chills, some ghosts, a creepy house and a dash of Tsy'mysen language.

Thanks!

Gail C.

Apr 9, 2026
Evelyn leaves her alcoholic husband after he drives drunk with her two young boys. She stays with her friend Zan, until she receives a letter from a lawyer, stating her uncle has died, leaving her his house and some money. She decides to take her boys and stay there for the summer and decide to keep or sell it. Strange things start to happen and an evil begins to take a grip on her and her family. I enjoyed Inheritance. It's paranormal and creepy!

Brittany F.

Feb 8, 2026
In the world of Darcy Coats.Charlene has written a well told Ghost story. Evie and her boys need a clean start. What better way to do that then remodel a home in the secluded mountains. Wild life and small towns are fantastic for doing just that. Shawn and Kal are my favorite characters their vibes and pure hearts bring the story a much needed silver lining. This book is out of my norm but every now and again I like to step out and read something different. If you like a good ghost tale I certainly would recommend Inheritance.

About the Author

Charlene Mattson
I am an independent author of mystery/fairy tale retellings and supernatural thriller/horror, though I intend to branch out into fantasy as well. I have been publishing since 2013 in one form or another. I have 8 books and am part of 2 anthologies and a group novel.