The Debut Novel
Lost Girl: The Beginning
Book One of The Karter Legacy

Book One of The Karter Legacy
Lost Girl: The Beginning
By Bugg
Coming January 19, 2027
Presale begins: December 1, 2026
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About the Story
Katia Karter has spent ten years living with the story she was given about her father’s murder.
Kendell “K-T” Karter was her Poppa—loving, protective, and larger than life. But as Katia turns eighteen, the past begins reaching for her in ways she cannot explain. A stranger calls her “Princess.” Photographs surface that should not exist. And a message suggests that the truth about her father’s death was never as simple as her family made it seem.
The more Katia questions what happened, the more the people closest to her urge her to leave it alone.
But silence has its own answers.
Caught between family loyalty and a growing need to know who her father really was, Katia begins uncovering the hidden history behind the Karter name—one shaped by secrets, danger, old alliances, and promises that were never meant to reach her.
Now she has to decide who she can trust before the truth costs more than she is ready to lose.
Themes & Reader Positioning
Urban Fiction · Black Fiction · Crime & Suspense · Mystery · Family Drama · Psychological Fiction · Romance
The Dhamma ARC Team
Advance Reader Copy applications for Lost Girl: The Beginning are now open.Selected readers will receive an advance copy before publication and will be invited to read and share an honest review.
Release Information
About Bugg
I’m MeLanie, but some people know me as Bugg. “Bugg” comes from LadyyBugg, a nickname my mother gave me, and it’s the name I chose to write under because it feels the most like me.
I created Dhamma so the stories in my head would always have a home.
The Karter Legacy
Lost Girl: The Beginning — Book One
The story begins here.
Stories That Leave Something Behind.