In the Driftless Area of Wisconsin, a small town called Casten’s Horn rests in a secluded valley. It’s the kind of place that passersby barely notice and would never stop. It’s also the kind of place that’s cherished if you live there. In the center of the town is Casten House, a humble Queen Anne style home full of history and hiding a precious secret.
In Chicago, Charlotte Burke can’t shake her recurring dream. Over and over again she dreams of finding a mysterious journal on a candlelit desk while wandering through a strange house in the middle of the night. Every dream has shown her a framed picture of an old woman sitting at the same desk, except the latest version. Last night, the woman stood and offered Charlotte a keyring. In the morning, Charlotte woke up with her car keys in her hand.
Her best friend is worried but skeptical when Charlotte insists the house is real. The dream is metaphorical, Ivy says, reflecting Charlotte’s restless state as she struggles with a life that has become directionless. A roadtrip of self-discovery will help her figure out what she really wants. Charlotte agrees to the roadtrip but not for Ivy’s reasons. She sets off to do the impossible, to find the house with nothing but her dream to decipher for clues.
Yet, strange signs quickly lead Charlotte to Casten’s Horn and a mysterious stranger captures her attention. There’s more than one secret to unravel in this cozy town, and if she can uncover them all in time, she might save far more than her own driftless life.
Driftless Spirits is Book 1 in the Secrets in Casten’s Horn series. Join Charlotte and her new friends as she discovers hidden stories and solves crimes in the past and present.