something evil has been unleashed in the town of seaford...
From the desk of Melane Bower comes her debut novel, The Portal
When Stephanie Hudson and her young family mysteriously disappeared one day without a trace, her best friend, Mariah, was certain that something had gone terribly wrong.
Now, thirteen years later, Stephanie and her two daughters have suddenly stepped back into Mariah’s life, with a story that almost seems too incredible to believe. They have fled from the seclusion of their home in Seaford, Delaware, and are desperately looking to hide from Stephanie’s distant and abusive husband, Chris.
When Mariah takes in Stephanie and her children, she quickly learns there is something very special about thirteen-year-old Rebekah. She is a natural-born intercessor and missionary, always ready to talk about and pray to the God she, incredibly, has seemed to know all her young life.
Meanwhile, something is being unleashed on the world from the quiet town of Seaford—sinister forces stemming from the mysterious business that takes place in historic Hudson’s Tavern. As the dangerous discovery of a sordid, age-old secret hangs in the balance, Mariah and Stephanie scramble to shed light onto it before a once-loving husband, now seemingly gone mad, finds Stephanie in her hiding place.
And all the while, a thirteen-year-old prayer warrior is on her knees…
Coming March 2025!
Melane Bower
Meet the Author
If you don't mind, I'd like to tell you a story--my story.
In 2005, I made the decision to turn a lifelong passion of writing into the business of helping others. For more than ten years, I specialized in creating fundraising letters, website copy, and newsletter content for nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. In 2015, my writing became refined to freelance ghostwriting and book editing services for a small Christian publishing company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
But it wasn't until 2024 that I decided, at long last, to return to my very first love: fiction. But I knew that renewing my sense of God-given purpose
In Christ,
Melane