AN UNPUTDOWNABLE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER WITH A STUNNING FINAL TWIST.
They find a cabin in the woods and think they’re finally safe. But little do they know, the nightmare is just beginning.
This camping trip is Chris’s last chance to keep his family together. His wife is gone and, after what he did, his daughters aren’t speaking to him. But things go wrong as soon as they get to the mountains.
Kayla is still so pissed at him, and Emma runs off into the woods. By the time they find her, she’s broken her ankle and there’s a bad storm rolling in. They need shelter, fast.
They think they’ve found sanctuary when they come across an old farmstead. The woman inside welcomes them in out of the howling blizzard and straps up Emma’s ankle.
But the phone lines are down. The roads are blocked. And the woman in the cabin is not what she seems . . .
Will Chris and his daughters survive the night?
Set in the stunning wilderness of the Colorado Flat Tops, this addictive thriller packed with shocking twists will make you question everything you think you know about family.
An utterly breathtaking thriller perfect for fans of Harlen Coben, Gregg Olsen, Mary Kubica, Lisa Jackson and Stephen King’s Misery .
Caleb Stephens is a dark fiction author writing from somewhere deep in the Colorado mountains. His short stories have appeared in multiple publications and podcasts, including The NoSleep Podcast, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, MetaStellar, The Dread Machine, Tales to Terrify, and more. His dark fiction collection If Only a Heart and Other Tales of Terror is available through Salt Heart Press and includes the short story “The Wallpaper Man”, which was adapted to film by Falconer Film & Media.
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My thoughts: this is why I don’t go camping anymore, there’s some terrible, scary people living in the middle of nowhere! Chris and his daughters are mourning the death of their wife & mother, when they take a camping trip in Colorado.
After a terrible accident they find shelter in a local homestead. Clara seems kind, offering them a place to stay as a snowstorm sets in. But there’s something not right about her and her brain damaged son Billy. Who is Miss Sydney?
Trapped in the house with no working phone lines and an increasingly unhinged situation, Chris, Kayla and Emma will have to fight to survive.
This was a horror film in a book, honestly it was so dark and shocking. Clara’s life was horrendous and how she coped was understandable – to a point. But what Chris and his daughters go through really had my heart in my throat. Billy too, he’s such a gentle, innocent soul and he suffers for it. The ending thankfully saved it from being too horrific, but this wasn’t a book I could have read just before bed – nightmare fuel.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in the blog tour but all opinions remain my own.
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Thank you so much for this fabulous review and for your support x
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