GHOSTS of ROYSTON - a Sophie Danner Thriller

(Amazon - 4.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 100 reviews, Goodreads - 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 75 reviews, Amazon Best-Seller)

Sophie Danner regains consciousness in a shack on a mountainside to find herself hobbled and captive to a bizarre and reclusive family while being told she's someone she's not - a teen girl who died under mysterious circumstances ten years ago. As the dark history and secrets of the dysfunctional family of captors reveal themselves, she realizes escape is her only chance for survival.


Cole Danner is the sole survivor of a violent car crash that claims his wife and daughter, leaving him alone, severely injured, and suicidal. But when a series of otherworldly flashbacks begins pushing him to believe the crash wasn't what it seemed - often violently - he embarks on a dangerous journey in search of his presumed-dead daughter.


As Sophie fights tooth and nail for her own survival and escape, and Cole gives in to the forces telling him his daughter is still alive, their paths race toward a jarring collision and a fatal and heart-pounding conclusion.

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Eric G. Dove

Eric G. Dove is not only the author of the Sophie Danner Thrillers series, with the highly-anticipated second installment in the series to be released in August of 2024 plus book three before year's end, but is also a multiple Audiofile Earphones award-winning and Audie nominated narrator of nearly 500 audiobooks. Eric lives, writes, and narrates aboard his sailing catamaran, "Ophelia", in the Caribbean with his wife and son. A former professional singer/guitarist/songwriter and an avid sailor and snowboarder, he's never at a loss for ways to spend his free time when his nose isn't in a book.

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Excerpt from Ghosts of Royston

  • The Book of Sophie

    Sophie hadn’t made a sound, but Gabriel cocked his head slightly to the side and his eyes went straight to her door.  Sophie held her breath.  He couldn’t know she was watching…could he?  Then Gabriel grinned. The same grin as in the photograph.  Sophie backed from the door and froze in the middle of the dark bedroom.

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  • The Book of Cole

    I stood there focusing, breathing, blocking, hoping like hell that the rest of them would give up the vigil and leave before the flash finally claimed me.  Through my squint I noticed that the small crowd had diminished already.  Emma and Derek would stay, of course.  Hell, they would probably produce sleeping bags from the trunk and bed down for the night if they had to.

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