Book excerpt: Bullets and bones, bullets and bones…wicked, greedy men. Winter's whole world is tilting upside down. Her mom and aunt want to sell their property, and if that happens, Winter will lose her ghostly best friend, Garrett. Even worse, he's continuing to pull away, distancing himself from her. Now that the Malleys' fortunes have fallen, too, Winter finds herself allied with her former competitors. It's a race to uncover that which the ghosts most want to keep hidden, but the price for success might be too high for Winter to pay. additional keywords: ghosts, mystery, gothic, California, Gold Rush, teenage heroine, storyteller, caves, romance,