My Family Called Me a Jinx

Since childhood, Natalie Blake has possessed the mysterious ability to see the date of a person’s death written on their palm. After predicting the deaths of her grandfather, father, and mother, she is branded a jinx by her own family. For the next eighteen years, her brothers neglect, isolate, and mistreat her, forcing her to live alone in a cold storage room on the third floor. On her twenty-second birthday, Natalie sees her own death date appear on her palm. Convinced that her life is about to end, she quietly prepares her memorial portrait and urn, then waits alone for death to come. But after she is unexpectedly saved, Natalie begins to realize that fate may not be as unchangeable as she once believed. A diary and a hidden letter left by her mother finally reveal the truth: Natalie’s gift is an inherited ability passed down through the women in her family, not a curse, and she never caused anyone’s death. When Natalie later uses her power to prevent a fatal car accident, her brothers are forced to confront the terrible truth about the pain they inflicted on her. As her family struggles to make amends, Natalie must also face her younger sister’s fear of being replaced. Choosing compassion over resentment, she helps them both understand that love does not have to belong to only one person. In the end, Natalie breaks free from the label of “jinx,” returns to school, rebuilds her relationships with her family, and finally begins a future she once believed she would never hav