Circle of Blood

Samantha Ryan has spent years walking a razor's edge between the world of law enforcement and the darker inheritance she refuses to claim. The third installment in Debbie Viguié's Witch Hunt series brings her to New Orleans, where a powerful witch named Lilith Black waits at the center of a web that stretches back to Samantha's childhood escape from a Salem coven. The confrontation forces Samantha to reckon with her own nature, her buried past, and the terrifying possibility that the life she built was never truly her own.

Abby Craden delivers Samantha with a controlled intensity that suits a protagonist perpetually fighting her own instincts. Her voice carries the character's guarded anger without tipping into melodrama, and she handles the atmospheric New Orleans setting with a tonal richness that heightens the gothic tension. At just over seven hours, the pacing keeps the supernatural thriller taut, making this a strong audio finish to a series built on secrets and suppressed power.