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The Witch: The Invited, Book 3 — A Psychological Thriller
A nurse came to help with my husband's recovery.
It's been nine days.
One of us is going to be wrong about the other.
I am Grace Emerson. Forty-two. A wife in this house for twenty-two years.
Nicholas had a stroke two years ago. They told us he might not walk again. He does. With a cane. Slightly. They told us his speech might not return. It has. Slurred but clear. They told us we should be grateful for what he can still do.
I am.
I count out his pills every morning at six. I have done this every morning for twenty-two months.
His sister arrived on a Sunday.
Emma is thirty-eight. A Registered Practical Nurse. Divorced. From Providence. She has not seen Nicholas since our wedding. She told me she could only stay two weeks.
The first thing she did was wash his hair.
The second thing was check my schedule.
The third thing was stop asking questions.
The first problem with calling for Nicholas is fine. His vitals are good. His mood is steady. By every measurable standard, he is exactly where the neurologist wants him to be.
The second Emma has not asked me a single thing she cannot answer for herself.
The third I am no longer certain which of us Nicholas is afraid of.
By the end of week two, one of us is going to call someone.
The other one is going to be very, very surprised.
The Witch is Book 3 of The Invited — a linked anthology of psychological thrillers about the women who let strangers into their homes, and the strangers who weren't sure who needed the help.
A first-act twist by Chapter 9. A reckoning that will make you read every chapter again, looking for what you missed.
For readers of Freida McFadden, Lisa Jewell, B.A. Paris, and Shari Lapena.
Each book in The Invited stands alone.
It's been nine days.
One of us is going to be wrong about the other.
I am Grace Emerson. Forty-two. A wife in this house for twenty-two years.
Nicholas had a stroke two years ago. They told us he might not walk again. He does. With a cane. Slightly. They told us his speech might not return. It has. Slurred but clear. They told us we should be grateful for what he can still do.
I am.
I count out his pills every morning at six. I have done this every morning for twenty-two months.
His sister arrived on a Sunday.
Emma is thirty-eight. A Registered Practical Nurse. Divorced. From Providence. She has not seen Nicholas since our wedding. She told me she could only stay two weeks.
The first thing she did was wash his hair.
The second thing was check my schedule.
The third thing was stop asking questions.
The first problem with calling for Nicholas is fine. His vitals are good. His mood is steady. By every measurable standard, he is exactly where the neurologist wants him to be.
The second Emma has not asked me a single thing she cannot answer for herself.
The third I am no longer certain which of us Nicholas is afraid of.
By the end of week two, one of us is going to call someone.
The other one is going to be very, very surprised.
The Witch is Book 3 of The Invited — a linked anthology of psychological thrillers about the women who let strangers into their homes, and the strangers who weren't sure who needed the help.
A first-act twist by Chapter 9. A reckoning that will make you read every chapter again, looking for what you missed.
For readers of Freida McFadden, Lisa Jewell, B.A. Paris, and Shari Lapena.
Each book in The Invited stands alone.
326 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 24, 2026
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