A wife leaves her abusive husband but soon realizes nothing will keep him away—not even death.
Josie Collins is the wife of a world-famous rock star and the envy of nearly every woman in the country. But the horrific truth is her husband wants nothing more than to see her dead.
Josie finally summons the courage to leave her famous, abusive husband and returns to her hometown among the winter wheat of Kansas. When her husband is killed in a fiery car accident while on his way to find her, she thinks she has escaped him at last, but she’s wrong. It quickly becomes clear that even in death he has no intention of letting her go.
As Josie develops a rapport with sexy police chief Paul Stark, trouble begins to brew. There’s something special about the tall, mysterious officer with the long, jagged scar down his face. But Josie soon learns that he’s haunted by a nightmarish past.
Sparks fly in their small, Midwestern town, and as their attraction grows, so does a dead husband’s fury. To smother this dark, sinister spirit and perhaps find true and lasting happiness with each other, the living must learn to let go, give in, and leave their ghosts in the past.
Kaylie Newell is a novelist and was named a finalist for the 2018 Rita Award for Best Short Contemporary Romance novel. She grew up the daughter of two gifted writers and knew she would eventually want to follow in their footsteps. While she has written short stories her whole life, it wasn’t until after her kids were born that she decided to write her first novel. She hasn’t looked back since.
Erica Sullivan is a professional actress of both stage and screen and holds her MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Currently a company member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, she has performed in New York and regionally with such companies as the Lincoln Center, Soho Repertory Theatre, and New Dramatists. She makes her home in Ashland, Oregon, with her family.