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The New Wife: A Gripping Psychological Thriller of Secrets and Lies
She’s beautiful. She’s polite. She’s eight years old. And she wants you gone.
Chloe thought she was marrying into a fairy tale. Mark is the perfect husband, and his daughter, Lily, is a grieving child in need of love. Moving to their secluded lake house in Hollow Creek feels like the beginning of a dream life.
But the dream is drowning.
From the moment Chloe unpacks, the atmosphere shifts. The house feels hostile. Lena, Mark’s late wife who drowned two years ago, feels impossibly present.
Chloe tries to bond with Lily, but the little girl’s sweetness feels rehearsed. When Chloe suffers a series of terrifying "accidents"—a fall down the stairs, a near-drowning, a poisoned pet—Mark blames Chloe’s clumsiness and paranoia. He says she is jealous of a child. He says she is unstable.
Is Chloe imagining the malice in Lily’s stare? Is she projecting her own insecurities onto a grieving family? Or is there something far more sinister hiding behind the little girl’s smile?
In a house built on secrets, Chloe must uncover the truth about Lena’s death before she suffers the same watery fate.
WHY READ THIS BOOK?
A "Creepy Child" For fans of tropes where innocence is a mask for something darker.
Claustrophobic The isolation of the lake house adds a layer of gothic dread.
Gaslighting & A story that will make you question who to trust until the final, shocking page.
The water is rising. And in Hollow Creek, no one hears you scream.
Chloe thought she was marrying into a fairy tale. Mark is the perfect husband, and his daughter, Lily, is a grieving child in need of love. Moving to their secluded lake house in Hollow Creek feels like the beginning of a dream life.
But the dream is drowning.
From the moment Chloe unpacks, the atmosphere shifts. The house feels hostile. Lena, Mark’s late wife who drowned two years ago, feels impossibly present.
Chloe tries to bond with Lily, but the little girl’s sweetness feels rehearsed. When Chloe suffers a series of terrifying "accidents"—a fall down the stairs, a near-drowning, a poisoned pet—Mark blames Chloe’s clumsiness and paranoia. He says she is jealous of a child. He says she is unstable.
Is Chloe imagining the malice in Lily’s stare? Is she projecting her own insecurities onto a grieving family? Or is there something far more sinister hiding behind the little girl’s smile?
In a house built on secrets, Chloe must uncover the truth about Lena’s death before she suffers the same watery fate.
WHY READ THIS BOOK?
A "Creepy Child" For fans of tropes where innocence is a mask for something darker.
Claustrophobic The isolation of the lake house adds a layer of gothic dread.
Gaslighting & A story that will make you question who to trust until the final, shocking page.
The water is rising. And in Hollow Creek, no one hears you scream.
301 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 4, 2026
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