Cut Off from Sky and Earth

A feminist fairytale retelling becomes a real-life nightmare.
From USA Today bestselling author Melissa F. Miller comes a haunting psychological thriller about two women trapped by a storm, hunted by the past, and desperate to survive the present.


A stay in a remote cabin is supposed to help Emily Rose finish her book—a feminist retelling of a fairytale about a princess and her lady-in-waiting imprisoned in a tower. Instead, it becomes the setting for a reckoning seven years in the making.


Emily has spent years hiding her trauma from the night she found her roommate murdered. When her husband, Tristan, books her writing retreat at an isolated property, she meets Alex, a woman with secrets of her own—including one that could destroy Emily’s marriage.


Trapped by a fierce storm and haunted by the brutal attacks that marked their pasts, a series of unnerving events—a watcher in the woods, a smashed cell phone, slashed tires—forces the women together to rescue themselves from a very real, present danger.


Interspersed with passages of Emily’s work-in-progress, Cut Off from Sky and Earth is a chilling exploration of the weight of memory, the burden of trauma, and the courage it takes to break free.



For readers of psychological suspense, feminist thrillers, and literary mysteries with a dark fairytale edge.