Today Nichole Heydenburg and Rockstar Book Tours
are revealing the cover for THESE DEADLY WORDS, her new YA Supernatural
Thriller which releases April 25, 2023! Check out the awesome cover and
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Author: Nichole Heydenburg
Pub. Date: April 25, 2023
Publisher: Poisoned Ink Press LLC
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages:
300
What happens when the line between fiction and reality blurs?
All Camille Monroe wants is a quiet place to work on her novel. Hoping
for inspiration, she retreats to a cabin in Asheville, with only her dog
Brody as company.
Leah Strauss thought the summer after high school graduation would be
amazing, but when her boyfriend Vincent suffers an untimely loss, her
dream of the perfect summer is destroyed. Attempting to cheer up Vincent,
Leah’s twin sister Ava and her boyfriend Noah join them on a road
trip.
When a snowstorm strikes the mountains while Leah and her friends are
hiking, they struggle to find their campsite. After becoming lost in the
woods, they stumble across a cabin and seek shelter from the storm.
As the days pass, the guests feel increasingly unsafe in the stranger’s cabin. Camille seems to know all their secrets, and she doesn’t want them to leave. Who is this dangerous writer and what does she want from them? Their biggest problem quickly becomes escaping the cabin alive.
Tropes: Snowstorm, locked room mystery, cabin in the woods, 80s book, magical/supernatural powers.
Content warnings: alcoholism, suicide, swearing, murder.
Excerpt:
Despite their quickened pace compared to earlier, the snow continued to
fall, and the sky darkened as the storm rolled in, making it difficult to
see. Even while using his flashlight, Vincent couldn’t read the map to
determine where they were. When they stopped momentarily to discuss it, they
all agreed it was likely that they had strayed from their original path.
They wandered down the mountain, hoping they wouldn’t be stranded out in the
open. All they cared about was finding a safe place to seek shelter until
the snow stopped. They needed a place to set up camp until the morning.
Leah shivered and tried not to think about what would happen if they
couldn’t find somewhere safe to stay for the night. The air became
increasingly colder, and they had nothing with them that could keep them
warm enough until the morning. They each wore regular hiking clothes,
leggings and long-sleeve shirts, with light fleece jackets over their
shirts, and hiking boots. Their tent, sleeping bags, and warmer layers of
clothes were back at the campsite.
As they carefully traipsed down the mountainside, Vincent called out to
them. “Look! Do you see that? A cabin!”
Leah’s gaze drifted to the spot where Vincent pointed. She wore glasses and
had terrible vision for things that were far away, so she struggled to see
what Vincent had spotted. “Where?”
Vincent pointed again, and as they ventured closer, Leah saw a log cabin
several hundred feet off the trail. Smoke rose from the chimney, signifying
a fire going, and more importantly, that there was most likely someone
inside.
“We’ll knock on the door and ask if we can come inside until the storm
passes. I’m sure they’ll understand,” Vincent said.
Leah and Ava exchanged concerned glances.
“We’re just going to knock on a stranger’s door and ask if we can stay with
them? Are you for real?” Leah slowed down her pace as she considered the
idea. She rubbed her arms in a futile attempt to warm herself.
“Don’t worry, we’ll protect you.” Noah grinned, gesturing to himself and
Vincent. Noah stepped up to the door of the cabin and knocked.
They all waited for someone to answer, hoping someone would let them
inside, fearing their fate if they did, and also what would happen if they
didn’t. The snow swirled around them, the storm intensifying as they
waited.
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