The Bloodline Series Books in Order

Trina Johnson arrives in Riverbend, Texas, with two suitcases and a grief she doesn't have words for yet. Her parents are gone, and the life she knew is over. Now she is living with her cousin Ariana Berman and Ariana's family—people who are kind, but not hers. Not yet.

But this year—fifth grade, ten years old, a new room in a house full of strangers' rhythms—something shifts. Trina begins to feel things she shouldn't be able to feel: the grief of strangers, the pulse of old memories in rooms no one has entered in decades. And Ariana? When she's afraid, the lights flicker. When she's angry, the wind answers.

Their grandmother calls it a "sensitivity." Ariana's mother says it's imagination. But deep in the family's past lies a truth that has been kept from them their entire lives: their shared bloodline carries two ancient gifts—the Line of April, gifted with intuition, emotional resonance, and healing; and the Line of Ember, marked by elemental force, heightened senses, and fierce protective strength. These gifts do not arrive gently. They awaken.

And something—something old and patient and watching—has been tracking their bloodline for generations, waiting for exactly this moment. For Trina, the mystery isn't just a strange new power. It may be the only way she ever truly understands who she is—and who her parents were.

The Awakening of April and Ember is the first book in The Bloodline Series—an upper middle grade supernatural mystery about grief, belonging, and the ancestral power that's been waiting for you all along. Perfect for readers ages 8–12 who love mysteries, family secrets, and stories about discovering where you really come from.