Road to Nowhere

By Mags Hayward

Stella is lost in the dark, driving in a storm on an increasingly narrow, unfamiliar country road. What should she do? And why is she running away?

Stella’s car runs off the road and she injures her head. She needs help. Beyond the wild hedgerows and woods is a sprawling mansion with lights in the windows. It seems a party is taking place and Stella’s saved ... or is she?

When Stella meets the host, the stunning Madame Reynard, she’s instantly attracted. In fact, she knows this woman ... intimately. How? Why is she so familiar?

Stella searches for answers in this dark gothic tale of desire and denial.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: May 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9781685501273

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Road to Nowhere

By Mags Hayward

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Copyright 2022 Mags Hayward

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Road to Nowhere

By Mags Hayward

The windscreen wipers swept back and forth, their efforts futile against the deluge. What started as spots of rain dotting the windscreen had developed into a full-blown meteorological onslaught, far more savage than the light to moderate April showers forecast on the radio. The rain hammered down and a violent wind battered the hedgerows, bending branches low over the road. Foliage was torn from the trees and tossed asunder. It caught in the wipers and scraped arcs across the windscreen, scratching the glass.

Leaning forward, Stella peered anxiously into the darkness. A wrong turn had led her to the middle of nowhere and, with no signal to her Satnav, she was hopelessly lost. The storm wasn’t helping, nor was the late hour on an unlit lane. She could barely see the road let alone any signposts. She scoured the roadside for landmarks but saw nothing beyond the overgrown hedgerows and wind ravaged trees.

Bloody hell, she cried as the car lurched through yet another pothole, jolting her sideways.

The road, initially well maintained with smooth tarmac, clear white road markings and streetlamps, had somehow degenerated into an unmarked, pitch black, scarcely navigable track. The