A town gripped by fear. A woman accused of witchcraft. Who can save Pale Harbor from itself? Maine,1846. Gabriel Stone is desperate to escape the ghosts that haunt him in Massachusetts after his wife’s deathso he moves to Mainetaking a position as a minister in the remote village of Pale Harbor. But not all is as it seems in the sleepy town. Strangeunsettling things have been happeningand the townspeople claim that only one person can be responsible: Sophronia Carvera reclusive widow who lives with a spinster maid in the eerie Castle Carver. Sophronia must be a witchand she almost certainly killed her husband. As the incidents escalateone thing becomes clear: they are the work of a twisted person inspired by the wildly popular stories of Mr. Edgar Allan Poe. And Gabriel must find answersor Pale Harbor will suffer a fate worthy of Poe’s darkest tales. Hester Fox comes to writing from a background in the museum field as a collections maintenance technician. This job has taken her from historic houses to fine art museumswhere she has the privilege of cleaning and caring for collections that range from paintings by old masters to ancient artifacts to early-American furniture. She is a keen painter and has a master’s degree in historical archaeologyas well as a background in medieval studies and art history. Hester lives outside Boston with her husband.