FINALIST IN THE NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS FOR 2026

It’s been a year since Kate Morgan’s husband left, and her once bestselling career as a cozy mystery author has slowed to a crawl. With just her corgi, Ralph, as company, the only craft Kate’s been honing lately is the art of avoiding real life.

Then she hears about Fannie McKay — “The Lady in White,” the ghost of a young woman who took her life after her rum-running lover, Jacob, left her over a century ago. The town legend says that Fannie roams the shores of Lake Huron, looking for her beloved and inviting other young women to join her in the icy depths of the great lake.

Curious but skeptical, Kate travels to Hope’s Bay and checks into the very house that once inspired her novels. There, among creaking floors and the scent of lake air, Kate senses that Fannie’s story isn’t finished — and maybe neither is hers. As she finally embraces her long-denied ability to speak with the dead, Kate finds herself pulled deeper into a century-old mystery and secrets that refuse to stay buried. Along the way, she’s drawn into her own journey of rediscovery — of love, loss, and the courage to start again.

What if living a great story turned out to be infinitely better than writing one?