by Kelly Andrew
First published 2025
Thomas Walsh needs money fast. His father is dead, his mother is dying, and medical bills are crushing their family. When someone offers him good pay to work as an interpreter for Vivienne Farrow, a wealthy heiress who communicates only through sign language, Thomas accepts immediately. His childhood with a Deaf parent prepared him for this work, but nothing prepared him for Vivienne herself. Her parents watch her constantly. She cannot leave without permission. She must never go out after dark. Thomas discovers why when he learns the truth about her voice. Vivienne went missing in Red Rock Canyon as a child and returned changed. Now her spoken words kill anyone who hears them. The girl he sees in mirrors has teeth that are not her own. Vivienne has found someone who claims he can surgically remove whatever possesses her, but first she must lose Thomas. Thomas refuses to abandon her, even as supernatural forces threaten to destroy them both.
Genres: horror, supernatural, thriller, paranormal
Vibes: dark, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Red Rock Canyon
368 pages · Hardcover · Scholastic Press
Content warnings: medical-trauma