How to Survive in the Woods by Kat Rosenfield

There’s something about a Maine story that hits differently when you’re reading it just steps from the water. And this one? This one you’ll want to read with the doors locked.

Wild meets The Wife Between Us in this page-turning thriller, set right here in our own backyard—Maine’s Hundred Mile Wilderness, the treacherous final stretch of the storied Appalachian Trail. It’s an addictive tale of passion, betrayal, control, and what it truly means to survive.

Meet Emma Sharp. Raised by a doomsday prepper and hardened by the startup world, she’s learned how to endure—especially in her marriage to Logan Grant, a charismatic tyrant who keeps her under tight control. To Emma, marriage is a cage: it keeps you in, but it also keeps you safe. Until it doesn’t.

When Emma forms an unexpected bond with Logan’s former girlfriend, the two women hatch a plan. Destination: that punishing final stretch of trail known as the Hundred Mile Wilderness.

After all, bad things happen in the woods all the time.

As the three venture deeper into the backcountry, desire and dread curdle into something dark and deadly. Someone is lying. Someone is watching. And in the remote heart of the forest, someone is about to be lost… or found.

Kat Rosenfield has crafted a heart-stopping knockout—smart, psychologically rich, and deliciously dark. She asks us to consider what it means to be a survivor, and what (or who) you’d sacrifice to stay alive.

Come linger over this one. Perfect for a rainy afternoon, the salt air rolling in, and a story you won’t put down until the very last page.

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