THE WRITERS MUSE

A Paranormal Thriller

She came to the Florida Keys to write a comeback novel. She didn't know she was the story.

Sarel Ford is exactly $412.08 away from total ruin. Once a literary icon, she is now a cautionary tale of bankruptcy and writer’s block. She has thirty days to draft a masterpiece in a secluded, rotting cottage in Islamorada, or she loses the last shred of her dignity.

All she needs is quiet. All she needs is control.

But the cottage has other plans. On her first night, Sarel wakes up to find her word count has doubled. The new text is brilliant, terrifying, and describes her own nightmares with surgical precision.

Then comes the landlord’s daughter.

Vera Cross is chaotic, beautiful, and smells of ozone and ancient rain. She claims to be a local guide, but the house bends around her. Doors lead to nowhere. Walls bleed rust. Vera isn't just a distraction; she is a Muse in the oldest, bloodiest sense of the word.

Vera offers Sarel a deal: surrender control, and she will give Sarel the greatest novel ever written. But inspiration isn't free. As the manuscript grows, Sarel’s reality dissolves. The passion between the writer and her monster becomes the only thing anchoring her to the world.

To finish the book, Sarel must let the monster in. To save her soul, she has to destroy the only thing she has left: her legacy.