"The Windigo has a heart of ice."

The legends of an ancient cannibal demon might have been enthralling, but they were folklore. To Jo and Becca, investigating reports of a Windigo is a lively scholarly exercise, and for Grady and Elena, it means a weekend at an idyllic mountain retreat. Only Pat and Maggie can draw on their Native roots to recognize a monster out of Algonquin myth, but only if they unlock the mystery of their shared past. Throw six volatile personalities into a snowbound cabin, beset by a blizzard, and stalked by a monster, and there's no assurance they'll survive the night with their sanity intact?or their lives.

Cate Culpepper's first four books, the Tristaine series, tell the story of a modern-day Amazon clan. Her four later works have leaned more toward the romantic and the ghostly. Cate has won three Golden Crown Literary Society Awards, an Alice B. Toklas Award, and a Lambda Literary Award.