First published 2026
Natalie wants nothing more than to find her perfect partner and build the family she never had. Her dating history reads like a disaster catalog, each relationship ending in bitter disappointment. Then the Big Fallout leaves her more isolated than ever. When James enters her life, everything seems different. He's handsome, wonderful, exactly what she's been searching for. Natalie believes her luck has finally changed. She throws herself into being the perfect wife, but disturbing truths keep surfacing. Her past refuses to stay buried. Dead exes cast long shadows over her new marriage. Natalie begins questioning her own identity as dark secrets emerge. She faces a terrifying possibility: either a monster lives inside her, or someone else is pulling deadly strings from the shadows. The harder she tries to live normally, the more her world crumbles. James may be the one she's waited for, but survival isn't guaranteed for either of them.
Genres: domestic-fiction, mystery, adult-fiction, thriller, psychological-thriller, dark-romance
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, psychological, suspenseful, twisted, unsettling
Tropes: dark-secrets, mystery-unraveling, toxic-relationship, unreliable-narrator
480 pages · Paperback · Random House Large Print
Content warnings: death, gaslighting, murder, toxic-relationship