Cass was adopted at seven, taken in by a grieving family desperate to heal. Their rural home felt strange from the beginning—too quiet, too cold, too full of corners that didn’t always stay in place. But Cass grew up anyway. Or seemed to.
Now nineteen, returning after the death of their adoptive father, Cass finds the house unchanged—and wrong in all the familiar ways. Evelyn, the once-loving mother figure, whispers about doors that shouldn’t open. A sister keeps secrets buried behind bitterness. And an attic full of hand-stitched dolls hints at a story Cass was never meant to read.
Then the diary starts writing back.
As childhood memories unravel into impossible fragments, Cass is pulled into the question that’s haunted them in silence for years: Who am I really—and what was I brought here to replace?
Shadowkin: The Orphan’s Mark is a haunting, slow-burning psychological mystery about identity, grief, and the shadows we inherit. In a house where memory itself bends, every truth uncovered comes with a deeper question buried beneath it.
What if the thing haunting you… is the part of you you were never meant to keep?
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This novel is part of SHADOWKIN: The Shadow of Death, a chilling series of interconnected standalone paranormal thrillers, where every shadow hides a secret and every story brings you closer to the darkness.
In the dark corners of forgotten towns and the fractured edges of human memory, whispers of the Shadowkin linger. They are not simply monsters, but reflections of guilt, grief, and secrets too heavy to bear. Each story in SHADOWKIN: The Shadow of Death pulls you deeper into a world where shadows walk, homes breathe, and silence screams. What begins as haunting encounters unravels into a terrifying truth: the Shadowkin are not visitors from beyond, but the darkness within us made flesh. Step inside this twisted series of standalone tales—where every revelation cuts deeper, and every ending hides a darker beginning.
