Happy Friday! I don’t usually read YA fiction, but when I saw a post about Wicked Is The Hollow by K. E. Ganshert, I was intrigued. It’s a clean, paranormal/mystery/suspense/ romance — perfect for the spooky season. 😉 I was immediately sucked into Selah’s story. There really are A LOT of weird goings-on in Fog Hollow, WV, and Selah, Twig, and Jude are going to get to the bottom of things! This book is 500+ pages on Kindle, but it is a surprisingly quick read. The pages turn furiously. I will be reviewing this book later in the month.
Until then, here’s the first line:
When I was eight, I watched my mother disappear in fading pixels.
A STRANGE TOWN. A SPRAWLING MANSION. A PERILOUS ROMANCE.
Ever since her mother vanished, Selah Whitlock has been drawn to the unexplained. So it feels almost fated to live in Foggy Hollow, a place where mystery abounds. Even more so when her father accepts a job at the Vandenberg estate, the epicenter of the town’s most infamous cold case.
Moving into the estate’s carriage house pulls Selah into the orbit of the Vandenberg cousins: Jude, the brooding heir with a tragic past, and Rafe, effortlessly charming and undeniably dangerous.
Then a centuries-old portrait surfaces bearing Selah’s exact likeness. Suddenly, she isn’t just chasing a mystery. She’s caught in the heart of one. As the town prepares to celebrate its bicentennial, Selah and Jude are pulled into a secret that spans generations. Something sinister is stirring beneath the golden leaves and carved pumpkins. And the deeper they fall, the deadlier the consequences.
K.E. Ganshert writes romantic speculative fiction filled with high stakes, big emotions, and exciting twists. Her stories feature heroines with gifts they don’t fully understand, emotionally guarded heroes who fall hard for the girl, and dangerous worlds that aren’t quite what they seem. Perfect for readers who want to escape into supernatural, dystopian, or fantasy tales—where the romance runs deep, but never explicit.
When she’s not writing, you can find her dreaming up new story ideas, playing a competitive game of pickleball, cheering on the Indiana Fever, or spending time with her family in the Midwest.
Interesting first line.
That is such an intriguing first line!
A mother disappearing in fading pixels. How creepy. I’m interested to learn what that means.
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