A new house means new neighbors. And a nightmare unlike any other. Ruby Holloway's new neighbors are delighted to invite a real-life author to their book club. That's where Ruby's introduced to 17th-century author Verna Langley. With a portrait of the dead woman displayed in their reading room, Ruby's neighbors are clearly more than mere fans, and Ruby soon learns the haunting reason why. Something lies dormant in Langley's pages. Something that's waited centuries to be awakened. With each book she reads, Ruby's sanity starts to crumble. Bodiless voices call her name. Frightening specters creep in the corners of her vision. With her own past demons biting at her heels, now it's up to Ruby to stop the darkness' spread before it consumes everything she holds dear.