The Other Side
About
Some things never stay buried. Some don’t stay dead.
After a devastating car crash, Kate Winslow wakes in a hospital room, disoriented, bruised—and alone. Her fiancé, Everett Aucoin, is gone. No body. No footprints beyond the tree line. Just a declaration of death from a coroner who never found proof.
But Kate remembers something else from that night.
A shadow.
A figure.
Running into the forest.
And the unshakable feeling that something came back with her.
As her body heals, Kate’s mind begins to fracture. Her sketchbook fills with drawings she doesn’t remember making. Mirrors delay her reflection. A little girl appears beside her bed without making a sound. And the phone keeps ringing at 3:12 a.m.—but no one ever speaks.
Her friends say it’s trauma. Grief. PTSD.
But Kate knows better. Something is haunting her. Not just memories. Not just fear.
Something real.
When she learns that Everett had secretly purchased a remote farmhouse in her name, Kate takes a chance and retreats there—searching for answers. Instead, she finds a house that breathes with secrets. A swing that moves without wind. Whispers in the walls. And a name that keeps appearing in old school records and crumbling yearbooks:
Lilah Carson.
The child no one talks about.
The girl who vanished in 1982.
The one who may never have left.
As Kate digs deeper into Everett’s disappearance and Lilah’s past, she uncovers a terrifying connection between them—one that crosses time, death, and everything she thought she knew about love, memory, and reality itself.
Because whatever is on the other side of the veil… isn’t staying there anymore.
Praise for this book
A haunting, heartbreaking, and beautiful journey!
As a woman who has loved deeply and lost profoundly, The Other Side hit me in places I didn’t expect. From the very first chapter, I was drawn into Kate’s world — her grief felt like mine, her confusion eerily familiar, and her quiet strength was something I clung to as the pages turned faster than I could breathe. This book isn’t just about ghosts. It’s about the echoes that grief leaves behind. About the questions that keep us awake at night. About love that refuses to die — even when the body does. The female lead, Kate, is written with raw vulnerability and fierce resilience. She’s not a perfect heroine, but that’s exactly why I related to her. The way she moves through trauma, doubt, and eerie supernatural encounters is both terrifying and empowering. I cried with her, feared for her, and found myself whispering “don’t go in there” more times than I’d like to admit. If you’ve ever lost someone and wondered — even for a second — if they were still with you, this book will stay with you long after you finish. The Other Side isn’t just a ghost story. It’s a love story. A mystery. A mirror held up to every woman who has ever had to find strength in the dark.
I can’t wait for Book 2.
Jennifer S., Ontario Canada