J.R. Erickson

Kidnapped. Trapped. Haunted. Celeste wakes in an isolated cabin, imprisoned by the man she once loved. As hours bleed into days, pain and psychological manipulation begin to fracture her sense of reality and her hope of escape.

What began as an innocuous advice column for Celeste Cleary has transformed into an all-consuming obsession, and her former existence as a scientist now feels like a distant memory.

After a betrayal shatters her life, Celeste retreats to northern Michigan to start over. But a letter to her Dear Celeste advice column pulls her straight into someone else’s nightmare.

Eleven years ago today, Bette and Crystal’s mother died. The sisters observe the day each year with a visit to her grave followed by dinner. As Bette stands in the forlorn cemetery, large oaks watching in silent contemplation, Crystal does not arrive....

It’s the day of his ex-wife’s wedding when Dan makes the winding mountain journey to a remote cabin for an escape from the life that another man has stepped into....

In 1935, 13-year-old Sophia Gray sees her friend Rosemary's ghost. Twenty years later, Sophia finds herself trapped in the sprawling Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane, where a malevolent doctor who preys on patients who exhibit paranormal abilities....

More than a decade ago, six kids witnessed unspeakable horror. Not all of them lived to tell. Riza is no longer that kid - troubled, angry, and filled with secrets....

When Rowan and her family move into the 1800s home nestled in the woods on a bluff near Lake Michigan, she's looking forward to a summer reprieve....

A year ago, a hit-and-run nearly killed Celeste Cleary. Instead, it left her with a chilling gift: the ability to see the dead. She uses her new power to unravel the mysteries behind the missing and murdered.

When Alley is chosen for a six week writing residency in an isolated stone house, she’s elated. As a single, working mom, she’s spent most of her adult life caring for others. The residency is a dream come true, and an opportunity to finish her memoir....

For Kale Goodwin it’s love at first sight when he sees Annie working at the county fair. Darkly beautiful, she’s unlike anyone he’s ever met. There’s an electricity to her-something dangerous and magnetic. Their love is fast and passionate. Kale is quickly swept away....

Two years ago, Gloria Cline had the worst night of her life. A music festival deep in the woods near the Porcupine Mountains turned deadly when Gloria and her best friend, Wren, went for a night walk....

Orla has a gift, an ability to sense things she touches: memories, traumas…murders. On a sunny day in 1975, she sets off on a bike ride into the picturesque countryside and vanishes. She is not the first young woman to go missing and she will not be the last....

A secret they intended to take to the grave, but the dead will tell...In 1945, Liv commits an unspeakable act. She flees from her life, but all actions have consequences....

When Iris Walsh confronts some troubling truths about her family, she flees to the Upper Peninsula to seek solace at the home of her grandmother. She’s soon swept into a disturbing mystery haunting her grandmother’s small town. At the heart of the mystery is Skelling Hall....

Their mothers told them monsters weren’t real, but mothers don’t know everything....

Lorraine Hicks is 14 years old when she watches her best friend, Beverly, climb into a tree in the forest and never come back down. It’s a mystery that haunts her small town and embeds itself in Lorraine's life....

Jake Edwards hasn’t thought about the Northern Michigan Asylum in three decades. When a mysterious woman from his childhood appears at his business, he suspects a practical joke - until she vanishes. As Jake digs into his past, he faces the forces who have been hunting him for decades....

In their freshman year at Husher University, inseparable friends Teagan and Harley embark on a new chapter of their lives. The excitement takes a chilling turn when Harley mysteriously disappears during rush week, leaving Teagan desperate to find her.

For six long years, Max has avoided Draven, her hometown that holds the remnants of a ghastly accident. But when her brother dies, she is drawn back into the clutches of her haunted past. In the wake of her family's shattered happiness, Max is caught in a nightmarish whirlwind of horrors....