Dreamland by Olivie Blake

Hollywood Is Having a Summer of Blood

Dreamland drops aspiring actor Anya Morris into a Los Angeles where girls are being murdered and the news has named the season a “summer of exsanguination.” Strange energy rides the Santa Ana winds, but Anya’s immediate problem is painfully ordinary: her hoped-for acting career keeps drifting farther out of reach.

The de Witts Offer a Way In

An invitation to work for the de Witts, a powerful film dynasty, looks like the break Anya has been waiting for. Their Hollywood Hills villa brings her close to the glamour she wants—and to a family history stained by blood.

Jude Is Both Heir and Secret

At the villa, Anya meets Jude, the reclusive next in line to lead the family. She feels pulled toward him even as every warning sign points back to an occult curse and the possibility that something is deeply wrong with him.

Ambition Meets Its Devil

Olivie Blake turns the familiar dream of making it in Los Angeles into a Gothic bargain. The real suspense is not simply whether Anya can escape, but whether the future she wants will make the danger feel worth accepting.