Lake Ephemeral: The Beginning (Lake Ephemeral #1)

Lake Ephemeral (Part 1) The start of an eerie, romantic, sci fi mystery.
In the tradition of the serialised stories of the 1900s and 1910s, such as The Secret Garden, Lake Ephemeral will be released in 5 short parts. (Each part approx. 50 pages.)

Seven manors surround Lake Ephemeral and their residents are hiding terrifying secrets.
Eighteen-year-old Seraphin Ferron first arrived at Lake Ephemeral as an eleven-year-old orphan, to meet a mother she’d never known she had.
At first, the valley seemed a wild place of wonder and liberty. The five children who lived here were free to do as they pleased. Children with intense eyes and wild hearts, including the boy with the wildest heart of all—Kite.
But Seraphin soon discovers that the vast estate is plagued by an exotic, massive species of carnivorous plant—named the Coffin Flower, capable of consuming humans.
No one can answer Seraphin the riddle of why the residents stay at Lake Ephemeral year after year or why no one ever leaves. When she finds out the secret of the mysterious seventh manor, she knows it's time to flee. But the lake is not prepared to give up one of its own so easily.

Lake Ephemeral will be released in 5 parts.