Half Sick of Shadows

The Blanchards have survived the unthinkable. Now they must learn how to live with what remains.

The battle at the House of Duquesne is over, but the losses have left wounds that even the most powerful magic cannot heal.

Back in Daihmler County, Alabama, the Blanchard family is struggling to find its footing. Familiar faces are missing from the dinner table. Old routines feel painfully different. And the home that once seemed large enough to shelter everyone they loved has never felt quite so empty.

As the family's new matriarch, Demitra Blanchard is determined to guide them toward brighter days, even as she wrestles with her own grief.

Her sister Artemis, however, has chosen a different path.

Somewhere beyond Alabama, Seth and Yasmine Blanchard are living as vampires, and Artemis is determined to find them. Once beloved members of the family, they have become something she can no longer recognize, leaving behind a daughter whose world has been shattered by their abandonment. While young Hera struggles with their absence, her stepmother Miranda is determined to give her the stability and love she deserves.

Meanwhile, the Blanchards' enemies haven't forgotten them.

An inexperienced but determined new adversary has set his sights on destroying the family, while a survivor of the Duquesne battle waits for the opportunity to settle an old score.

And as a national news reporter begins investigating the strange events surrounding the family, the Blanchards face a danger no amount of witchcraft may be able to contain: the possibility that the world is finally about to discover what they are.

With its familiar Southern humor, complicated family relationships, supernatural suspense, and an unflinching look at love and loss, Half Sick of Shadows explores what happens when surviving is no longer enough.

For generations, the Blanchards have lived in the shadows. Some of them are beginning to wonder whether it's time to step into the light.

Book Five of The Blanchard Witches series.

The Blanchard Witches series is a multiple-award-winning work of contemporary fantasy fiction.