A graceful, elegantly told ghost story that is at times frightening, at times heartwarming, often quite funny, and always an engrossing and fascinating read. —Rodney Vaccaro, Emmy Award–winning Hollywood screenwriter and producer|""I started Friday night and got up Saturday morning with a desire to get back to it to finish. In my experience, if I wake up and the first ... Read morething on my mind is getting back to a book, it's a good book."" —Bryan Uecker, co-owner of The Book Nook & Java Shop, Montague, Michigan|""A spellbinding mystery of timeless love, loss, and a house that held all the answers. I couldn't put it down."" —Judith Evans Thomas, coauthor of the Born to Shop travel books|""Living in a 100-year old Michigan farmhouse myself, I was totally pulled into the real possibilities Newhof's characters found themselves in. Ghosts and real life haunts made for a compelling read."" —Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen, author of the series Hazel Ridge Farm Stories|""Spirits and Wine is a can't-put-down novel that feels less like fiction and more like sharing a glass of wine with your best friends who go on to disclose the deeply disturbing, deadly things occurring in the lovely old house they planned to restore. Susan Newhof writes truthfully and with beautiful care, evoking the icy appeal of a small lakeshore town in Michigan while revealing the wretched secrets that cling to one dwelling. After reading this harrowing tale in one sitting, I am dying to ask the author—did these menacing events really happen . . . to you?"" —Jerrilyn Farmer, author of the best-selling Madeline Bean Mysteries|""If only the walls could talk—and they do in Susan Newhof's thrilling Spirits and Wine. Readers, be prepared for an absorbing adventure into John and Anna's journey to solve a century-old mystery wrapped within the walls of their newly purchased 'dream home.' Told creatively in tandem, the couple's story of life in pursuit of truth will leave you wondering just where the fact ends and the fiction begins. Keep the lights on and enjoy!"" —Beckey Burgoyne, author of Perfectly Amanda: Gunsmoke's ""Miss Kitty""—To Dodge and Beyond Show Less