As a teenager growing up in Plains Point, Missouri, Mariah Sayers was brutally attacked. she received neither comfort nor support from her rigid parents, so she ran away. Sixteen years later, she comes back with her teenage daughter, hoping to make peace with her past. (Book jacket).

"When a fortieth birthday celebration leads to a ghostly visitor, four friends find themselves navigating surprising mysteries and spiritual hijinks, in this clever debut from Melissa Holtz. Alyssa Mann isn't adventurous, not since her husband died and she found herself the single mom of a teenage daughter. But there's no way to avoid celebrating the big 4-0, so when her best friends drag her out for drinks and a tarot reading, she throws caution...