A widowed mother, ready to give love another chance, moves into her fiancés old family home with her teenage daughter. But as they try to build a future together, the past refuses to let go in this haunting short story from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger.
When Jules first meets the handsome artist Kirin, shes still mourning her husbands death, but a fairytale romance soon sweeps her off her feet. Now she and her daughter Scout are moving out of the city and into Kirins once-lonely mansion. Hes thoughtfully updated and adapted the home to match their personalities. But Scout is determined to keep her fathers memory alive by rejecting the new life her mother and Kirin have spun for her.
Scouts sullenness begins to fade, though, when she finds a beautiful handmade doll in one of the many empty rooms in the house. Kirin says that the doll belonged to his late sister and hed like Scout to have it. Scouts hopeful for a connection over their shared grief, but as she grows more curious about Kirins sister, she cant escape the feeling that a danger lurks in the house and its gaze is fixed on her mother.
Genre: Horror
When Jules first meets the handsome artist Kirin, shes still mourning her husbands death, but a fairytale romance soon sweeps her off her feet. Now she and her daughter Scout are moving out of the city and into Kirins once-lonely mansion. Hes thoughtfully updated and adapted the home to match their personalities. But Scout is determined to keep her fathers memory alive by rejecting the new life her mother and Kirin have spun for her.
Scouts sullenness begins to fade, though, when she finds a beautiful handmade doll in one of the many empty rooms in the house. Kirin says that the doll belonged to his late sister and hed like Scout to have it. Scouts hopeful for a connection over their shared grief, but as she grows more curious about Kirins sister, she cant escape the feeling that a danger lurks in the house and its gaze is fixed on her mother.
Genre: Horror
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