Lexington Holman

An aspiring author, desperate to finish her first novel to secure a spot in graduate school, seeks help from her estranged father, but their unresolved past threatens to derail her dreams.

After Clara, a small town dance teacher, is gifted a 'magical' Nutcracker, the real-life version shows up at her front door. But what seemed a holiday serendipity may instead destroy her family legacy.

When two brothers in foster care sneak away on Halloween night to explore an abandoned neighborhood called Hollow Ridge, they discover their dead parents still alive and uncover a mystery that could change their lives forever.