Author: Erin A. Craig

Like everyone else in the settlement of Mistaken, Greer Mackenzie is trapped. Founded by an ambitious Scottish lumber merchant, the tiny town on the edge of the American continent is blessed with rich natural resources that have made its people prosperousbut at a cost. The same woods that have lined the townsfolks pockets harbor dangerous beasts: wolves, bears, and the Bright-Eyedsmonsters beyond description who have rained utter destruction down on nearby settlements. But Mistakens founders made a deal with the mysterious Benevolence: the Warding Stones that surround the town will keep the Bright-Eyeds outand the towns citizens in. Anyone who spends a night within Mistakens borders belongs to it forever.

Greer, a mapmaker and eccentric dreamer, has always ached to explore the world outside, even though she knows she and her longtime love, Ellis Beaufort, will never see it. Until, on the day she and Ellis are meant to finally begin their lives together, Greer watches in horror as her beloved disappears beyond the Warding Stones, pursued by a monstrous creature. Swiftly realizing that the stories she was raised on might be more myth than fact, Greer figures out a way to escape Mistaken for the very first time. Determined to rescue Ellis, she begins a trek through the cold and pitiless wilderness. But Greer is being hunted, not only by the ruthless Bright-Eyeds but by the secret truths behind Mistakens founding, as well as her own origins.

Playfully drawing from Scottish folklore, Erin A. Craigs adult debut is both a deeply atmospheric and profoundly romantic exploration of freedom versus security: a stunning celebration of one womans relentless bravery on a quest to reclaim her lost loveand claim her own future.