Nightmare Of A Trip follows a family on a cross-country vacation from suburban Milwaukee to Orlando, where sun-soaked plans collide with something eerily familiar and dangerous. A horror-tinged, funny, and fast-paced road trip novel, it’s perfect for adults and older teens who love suspenseful family stories with a wink of the supernatural. The tone is adventurous and unsettling, offering both laughs and chills as Leigh and her kids navigate the road ahead.

Written in brisk, accessible prose, Nightmare Of A Trip unfolds like a road-trip diary—short chapters, punchy dialogue, and vivid settings that pull you along from one mile marker to the next. The experience blends humor with creeping dread, giving you oddball stops (an abandoned, half-burned farmhouse in Indiana) and quirky, eerie moments (creepy indoor waterparks, paranormally plagued Cracker Barrels) without tipping into gory spectacle. If it’s fiction, you’ll meet memorable characters and a setting that feels both familiar and uncanny—the perfect recipe for a page-turning ride.

• Cross-country road trip that mixes humor with horror, from Milwaukee to Orlando
• Warm, frazzled family dynamics with Leigh, her husband, and their children at the center
• Unsettling stops and atmospheric settings, from a burned farmhouse to haunted diners
• Sharp, cinematic writing and brisk pacing that keep you turning pages
• Themes of resilience, bonding, and finding humor in fear

After finishing Nightmare Of A Trip, readers come away with a renewed sense of courage, curiosity, and the comforting reminder that family can weather the scariest roads together. It leaves you with a mixture of adrenaline and warmth, the kind of memory you’ll carry long after the final page.