by Michelle Douglas
They were only trying to get home.
A wrong turn. A dying GPS. An empty road swallowed by endless woods.
When Laurie, her husband, and their two children stop at a remote farmhouse after running out of gas, they believe their nightmare is over. Instead, it has only just begun.
A friendly stranger offers help. Minutes later, Laurie's husband and young daughter vanish without a trace.
No signal. No witnesses. No way out.
As the night descends, Laurie discovers that the isolated house hides something far worse than a family of killers—it is a place where ordinary people disappear, and hope is hunted as relentlessly as flesh.
With time running out and every choice leading deeper into darkness, one mother must transform from terrified victim into an unstoppable force willing to sacrifice everything to save the people she loves.
Pray You Stay Lost is a relentlessly tense survival horror thriller packed with shocking twists, brutal suspense, unforgettable villains, and one mother's fierce fight against impossible odds.
Some roads should never be followed.
Some places never let you leave.
Michelle Douglas writes fast-paced psychological thrillers and survival horror novels featuring ordinary people forced into extraordinary nightmares. Her stories blend relentless suspense, emotionally driven characters, and cinematic action, exploring the terrifying question of how far someone will go when the people they love are taken away.
When she's not writing, Michelle enjoys studying true crime, horror cinema, and the psychology of fear—elements that continue to inspire her gripping fiction.