"Mayhem, thrills, and a relationship you can't help but root for." Andrew Najberg, author of Extinction Dream.
Years ago, a ghost hunt shattered Elizabeth’s life and took away the man she loved.
Now, she’s put her past behind her.
But then her old partner calls to ask a favor. His brother, Fitz, is insistent on documenting the strange activity at the Route 14 Motel. Elizabeth reluctantly agrees to help him.
The motel has a
Each February, one room becomes active per night…
Fourteen rooms. Fourteen nights.
All leading to Valentine’s Day.
The hauntings are very real—restless spirits trapped in unfinished stories. Elizabeth and Fitz decide to help each ghost move on, one room at a time.
But a murderer’s ghost still stalks the motel—dangerous, powerful, and furious that someone is freeing his victims.
Amid cursed hotel rooms, vengeful ex lovers, and rooms with only one bed, Elizabeth and Fitz will have to decide how much they’re willing to risk for love.
14 Nights in February is a horror/romcom designed to be read one chapter per day, from February 1st through Valentine’s Day—written by two authors living their own real-life love story, Ben Farthing and KH Johnakin.
Fitz investigates haunted places, so where better to look for ghosts than a supposedly haunted motel that’s been abandoned for years following a string of brutal murders? With the help of his new friend Elizabeth, he puts a plan into action: fourteen rooms, each with reported paranormal activity on a corresponding date in February. Fitz decides to stay in a different room each night, documenting what he finds. But someone—or something—is not happy with his plan. Yes, I know. I did it again. Fourteen chapters meant to be read over fourteen days… and I finished it all in one day. But trust me, if you pick this up, you’ll do the same. Reading only one chapter a day would be impossible. From the very beginning, I was completely drawn in and couldn’t put it down. I’ll admit, I was a little nervous starting it. While it’s a horror novel, it’s also tagged as a romcom and includes some familiar romance tropes (only one bed, friends to lovers, forced proximity, etc.). Thankfully, it was handled really well. The romance is there, but it never feels overwhelming or takes over the story. Each chapter follows Fitz and Elizabeth as they enter a new room, where a different ghost awaits them. Every ghost is distinct, with its own backstory and death, which kept things fresh and engaging. I’m not usually a big fan of paranormal stories, but I genuinely loved this one. And the epilogue? Genuinely funny and completely unexpected — the perfect way to wrap things up.
I chuckled at the epilogue. It made for a satisfying conclusion. The premise of the book is very clever, 14 nights and 14 rooms. Ben Farthing’s novels have never failed at delighting, me and this collaboration with his wife goes even further. Thrilling and unnerving, interconnected ghost stories all bound up with a dead, but still active, serial killer.