Some places remember you long before you arrive.
Twenty years ago, Clara Voss's mother vanished from a crumbling desert hotel and never came home. The case went cold. The questions never did. Now an investigative journalist with a reputation for unearthing what others bury, Clara receives an anonymous letter containing a tarnished room key and a single line: "Room 12 is ready for you."
When Clara arrives at Ember House, she finds the Art Deco landmark mid-renovation - and meets Julian Maro, its enigmatic new owner, a man pouring everything he has into resurrecting the hotel while running from a grief he refuses to name. As Clara digs into the hotel's layered past, she discovers photographs that shouldn't exist, rooms that resist opening, and a guest ledger where her mother checked in - but never checked out.
The closer Clara gets to the truth, the closer she gets to Julian - and the harder it becomes to leave.
Ember House remembers everyone who walks through its doors. The question is whether Clara is ready to remember, too.