The Deed and the Deadline — Shari Malin

The Bayou Bouffant is famous. That's a problem.Celie and Rhys have successfully defended their reputation, but their triumph turned the Bayou Bouffant into the Nation's Most Protected Haunted Home. Now, their hard-won privacy is shattered when Crimewave, a sensationalist true-crime streaming series, descends on their home, demanding interviews and attempting unauthorized reenactments of the recent poisoning.When the crew's custom-built, high-priced camera drone is found maliciously destroyed in the salon, Crimewave's ruthless lawyer, Cyrus Vance, files a devastating legal challenge. He claims Celie's actions have created a scandal that negatively affects the town's good standing, violating a little-known clause in the estate's historic deed and threatening to force a foreclosure.With their home on the line, Celie realizes traditional evidence won't cut it. She must unite the entire Spectral Posse—from Major Beaumont's strategic surveillance to Buzz Broussard's digital tracking—to prove the sabotage was a malicious setup. To save their future, Celie and Rhys must make the ultimate sacrifice: publicly revealing their secret to the world and turning their protective, paranormal housemates into their legal and financial defense system.