the Thirteenth Knot: A Novel of Marriage, Envy, and What Waits in Dark

When Meredith and Daniel Ashford move into their new home, they believe they are beginning the next chapter of their marriage.Instead, they discover something has been waiting for them.It begins with small things: a strange smell in the house, nightmares at exactly 3:14 a.m., dying plants, a cracked mirror, and Daniel's sudden changes in temperament. Then a contractor finds a mysterious bundle hidden beneath the threshold-containing hair, iron nails, a blackened lemon, and thirteen tightly tied knots.Meredith soon realizes that the object was created with a single purpose: to make her marriage rot from the inside.Behind it is Ashley, Daniel's former girlfriend, whose jealousy and obsession have driven her to seek out Nadia, a woman who practices an ancient and dangerous form of black magic. But what Ashley does not understand is that the darkness she unleashes may not remain confined to its intended victims.As Daniel's behavior becomes increasingly disturbing, Meredith turns to her grandmother, her closest friend Aaliyah, and finally Imam Yusuf, who recognizes a pattern he has encountered before. Through faith, courage, and a series of intense spiritual struggles, Meredith and Daniel must confront something neither of them can explain-and fight for the marriage they refuse to lose.But breaking the binding may be only the beginning.Because some darkness does not disappear when its source is gone. Sometimes it reaches back toward the person who summoned it.The Thirteenth Knot is a haunting supernatural thriller about marriage, jealousy, obsession, faith, and the terrifying consequences of trying to destroy what someone else has built.