Description

In The Midnight Lodge, recently out songwriter Ethan receives an unusual inheritance after his father’s death: no money or property, only a dusty box holding a hand-drawn map, a tarnished ring, and vintage photographs of striking men from the 1950s. Following his curiosity, he arrives at a decaying mountain lodge deep in Northern California. But when he slips on the ring, the building transforms, the year becomes 1955, and three ghosts emerge, trapped in the final week before his grandfather’s murder. Each man has his own secrets. Sasha is the brooding Russian gymnast who manages the lodge. Gino is a Vegas headliner whose mob connections make him a dangerous acquaintance. Ash is a volatile botanist hiding deadly truths. One witnessed the killing, and one committed it—but as Ethan searches for answers, he finds himself falling for all three. Meanwhile, his dating app, MESHie, keeps buzzing with matches from more than a dozen men back in 2026, including his bar crushes and the especially tempting Pablo. Escaping the lodge means unraveling the 70-year-old murder of Ethan’s grandfather, Johnny Palma. Caught between 1955 and 2026, Ethan must navigate romances across two worlds while piecing together the truth and hunting a killer. With desire complicating his search, a strange family inheritance becomes a mystery that reaches far beyond the past.