New York Times Bestselling Author Susan Elizabeth Phillips is back with a delightful novel filled with her sassy wit dazzling charm and a threat of dangera modern Jane Eyre Its going to be a long hot winter. He is a reclusive writer whose imagination creates chilling horror novels. She is a downonherluck actress whos given up far too much. He knows a dozen ways to kill his characters with his bare hands. She knows a dozen ways to kill an audience with laughs. But shes not laughing now. Annie Hewitt has been forced to return to an isolated island off the coast of Maine a place she hasnt visited since a disastrous summer when she was a teen. She couldnt be more ill prepared for what she finds on the islandor for Theo Harp the mysterious man who dwells in Harp House the mansion hovering above her home in Moonraker Cottage. When she was a teenager Theo betrayed her in a way she can never forget or forgive. Now theyre trapped together on a frozen island along with a lonely widow a mute little girl and townspeople who dont know how to mind their own business. Is he the villain she remembers or has he changed Her head says no. Her heart says yes. The wrong decision could cost her everything. show more