Where Ladybugs Go to Die

Where Ladybugs Go to Die is a chilling psychological thriller that follows 17-year-old Alexis Harper as her world unravels after the mysterious and gruesome disappearance of her mother, Nicole. Raised in a toxic home shadowed by emotional abuse and predatory men, Alexis wakes one morning to find her mother gone, and her house soaked in blood-leaving only a severed finger tucked inside a carved pumpkin. Haunted by twisted nursery rhymes and hunted by a serial killer who sees her as the next piece in his deadly plan, Alexis is thrust into a dark mystery that ties her past to a string of grotesque murders inspired by children's verses. As she's forced to leave California and move in with her estranged father in Oregon, Alexis must confront the secrets of her family's history, face visions of her dead mother, and survive the predator who's been stalking her since childhood. Blending suspense, trauma, and a thread of romance, this novel explores the thin line between victim and survivor-and what it means to rewrite your own ending when the ghosts of your past refuse to stay buried.