As soon as Kelsey and Desmond arrive at the Gothic Victorian mountain resort, their idyllic plans begin to unravel fast.
A snowstorm rages outside cutting them off from the world, ghostly apparitions terrorize the hallways, and the staff is acting strangely.
And Desmond goes missing, leaving behind a trail of blood. Is all of this circumstance or is a deep magic pervading the resort? And is it something Kelsey can even fight against… before it’s too late?
Readers who like haunting tales steeped in mystery will enjoy this dark thriller.
Elyse Salpeter is an author who loves mixing "the real with the fantastic" in her books. She likes nothing better than taking different scenarios and creating worlds where things just aren't what they appear to be.
Her 6-book supernatural thriller series, beginning with THE HUNT FOR XANADU are about a brilliant and fearless young woman named Kelsey Porter, whose life is steeped in Buddhist spiritual mysteries and she is constantly discovering the world around her is not what she believed it to be.
Her YA paranormal suspense series, FLYING TO THE LIGHT and FLYING TO THE FIRE are about a young deaf boy who knows what happens to you when you die and now people are after him for the answers.
Horror novel, THE MANNEQUINS, is about a film crew that enters an abandoned mansion and disappear, while her short story horror collection, RICKET ROW, is filled with little creepy tales, guaranteed to keep you up at night.
The WORLD OF KAROV and THE RUBY AMULET, take us to a fantasy world where twins, good and evil, and magic are all intertwined.
Lastly, her sci-fi worlds, with a dystopian novel called THE DOOR ON THE RIGHT about a virus that has attacked the world and a short story collect called TITANIUM FLOW which is rife with alien worlds, genetic testing, trans-galaxy romance, and robots!
When she's not writing, she’s training for sprint triathlons, eating shock food with her Gastronaut Club and delving into all the newest and greatest social media apps. Needless to say, her kids can’t believe she’s on TikTok!
Elyse Salpeter has done it again! A thoroughly creepy tale of magic, spirits and demons, and family. Kelsey thought she and Desmond could have a weekend to themselves, drama-free and demon-free. But they find themselves in the middle of a mystery that is about to unravel, until Kelsey is forced to take an unimaginable risk.