Fiction Friday: The House on Foster Hill

A wrongful death, a creepy house, and secrets from the past.

I admit it. I’m drawn to any and all things quirky. Let’s take Facebook posts for example. Every now and then I used to see videos by some lady with a huge smile and a Starbucks cup in her hand, claiming to be a professional coffee drinker. How quirky is that? I’d love to get me a sweet gig slugging back java.

Fast forward a year or so when I went to a writer’s conference in Nashville. I was strolling by a lounge area in the hotel lobby when voila…I see the same big smile on the same lady clutching a Starbucks. So I did what any self-respecting stalker would do. I walked right up and said, “Hey.” Fortunately she did not call the cops but said hey right back. Turns out she’s not only a coffee drinker but an author as well.

Hit the forward button again to this summer when lo and behold, the pro coffee drinker came to my town. I met her at a nearby coffee shop, and we chatted all things books and java.

And good news…you can meet her vicariously through her new book coming out this month. I am so excited to snatch me up a copy of Jaime Jo Wright’s The House on Foster Hill. The cover is intriguing and the story absolutely mysterious. Here’s a blurb:

Kaine Prescott is no stranger to death. When her husband died two year ago, her pleas for further investigation into his suspicious death fell on deaf ears. In desperate need of a fresh start, Kaine purchases an old house sight unseen in her grandfather’s Wisconsin hometown. But one look at the eerie, abandoned house immediately leaves her questioning her rash decision. And when the house’s dark history comes back with a vengeance, Kaine is forced to face the terrifying realization she has nowhere left to hide.

A century earlier, the house on Foster hill holds nothing but painful memories for Ivy Thorpe. When an unidentified woman is found dead on the property, Ivy is compelled to discover her identity. Ivy’s search leads her into dangerous waters and, even as she works together with a man from her past, can she unravel the mystery before any other lives—including her own—are lost?

 The House on Foster Hill is Jaime’s debut novel, so if you want to support a fledgling author on her writerly journey, pick yourself up a copy.