The Forever Guest Kindle Edition

Sarah believes she has found the ultimate sanctuary in a fixer-upper house, made even better by her "perfect" neighbor, Milo. He is the personification of wholesome kindness, offering honey-lavender tea, sourdough toast, and a helping hand with home renovations. But the sweetness quickly turns suffocating as Sarah discovers her private journal edited in red ink and her basement "secured" with industrial bolts. Milo insists she is merely sleepwalking from stress, but the scent of vanilla and the sound of humming inside the walls suggest a much darker reality.The horrifying truth surfaces when Sarah finds a hidden maintenance ledger revealing she is "Subject 4". The previous neighbor didn't move away; she was "integrated" into the very foundation of the home. As the hallway begins to shrink and Sarah’s own skin turns to polished plaster, she realizes Milo is a "preservationist" who literally turns his guests into permanent fixtures of the house. Trapped as a silent pillar in the living room, Sarah can only watch through the walls as Milo greets a new neighbor with a tray of cookies and a request for a spare key. Read more