Courtney Elsberry

Ashes in the Light Courtney Elsberry

In dire need of a do-over in life, Aurora Cole packs up her things and moves halfway across the country with both of her dogs, choosing a beautiful farmhouse in a small, everyone-knows-everyone neighborhood. Whiteburn, Iowa is full of rolling fields, green countryside, fresh air, and kind, caring neighbors. Sheriff Luke Davidson lives only three hundred feet away. For the first time in years, Aurora isn't terrified of trusting everyone around her, and for once, she feels safe in her own home.

It doesn't take long for that safe feeling to be ripped out from under her. When strange things start happening around the house, it becomes rather apparent why the plot of land was being sold for such a low price. Doors opening and closing by themselves, plates and bowls flying out of the cabinets, giggling, doors locking by themselves, windows opening all on their own.

Can Aurora escape a haunting she doesn't even believe in? Or will the ghosts and darkness that fester in the farmhouse drive her straight back to the same brink of insanity that had driven her away from home in the first place?CW: flashbacks containing death/murder and blood, character conversations about rape and sexual assault