book cover of The Lost Girls
 

The Lost Girls

(2026)
(The second book in the Stalking Grounds series)
A novel by

 
 

Four friends. One wrong turn. No way out.

Bekki Olsen grew up in a home where every choice was made for her. Rules without reasons. Prayers without answers. She clings to the promise of graduation—the ticket to a life she actually controls. One last wild spring break with her friends, one last celebration before everything changes.

But the road home becomes a nightmare when exhaustion sends them down the wrong path. A missed exit. A gravel road. Then nothing but pines. No cell signal. No gas. And something in the Mississippi backwoods that doesn't want them to leave.

The man who watches from the trees isn't some random predator. He's patient. He knows every shadow, every trail, every place to hide. And he's been waiting for girls like them.

As darkness falls, the bonds between the four friends—the loyalty they swore would protect them—begin to crack under fear and impossible choices. Old resentments surface. Trust frays. And Bekki, the quiet one who always held herself back, finds herself pushed to the center of a horror she can't outrun.

She's fought her whole life to never be caged again. Now she'll find out how much freedom costs-and who's willing to pay.

For fans of relentless backwoods horror, visceral survival thrillers, and unflinching psychological dread—The Lost Girls is a nightmare about friendship, freedom, and the choices no one should have to make.


Genre: Mystery



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