When seventeen-year-old Megan is summoned to Wisteria by a grandmother who has never acknowledged her existence, she expects to meet a cold and distant woman. But she is not prepared for Grandmother's huge home and isolated estate on Maryland's Eastern Shore, where frightening things begin to happen the moment Megan arrives. Nor does she expect the icy welcome she receives from her cousin Matt. Eighteen and terrific-looking, Matt insists that the adopted Megan is not really "family" and that he has no interest in knowing her, a claim belied by the way he silently observes her. Protective of Grandmother, even as she goads him with her acid tongue, Matt refuses to tell Megan the dark secrets that haunt the old woman. But for Megan, there is no escaping the ghosts of this family.

"Blends reality and the supernatural into an engaging suspense novel...." -- SLJ

"Chandler has a pleasingly gothic touch...keeps the pace moving, with plenty of suspense, foreboding, and eerie occurrences." -- The Bulletin (BCCB)

"A storyline thick with intriguing characters. Readers will feel energized by Megan's feistiness...This is a great book to help teach elements of suspense and how to build a story through rising action and climax." -- Kliatt