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Abhorrent Reflection
Three rules. One impossible gift. And a price no one survives unchanged.
Toby Miller has always believed life cheated him.
His marriage is in ruins. His career is slipping. The women he desires never seem to want him back. And somewhere beneath the bitterness and resentment, Toby is convinced of one he deserves better.
Then he finds the carousel.
Hidden along a seaside boardwalk, the impossible attraction offers more than a ride. A mysterious woman promises Toby the one thing he's always craved—the power to make any woman desire him.
There are only three rules.
And Toby has never been particularly good at following rules.
At first, it's everything he imagined. The attention. The temptation. The intoxicating thrill of being wanted. For once, the world seems to bend to his will.
But something is changing.
His reflection doesn't always behave as it should. Shadows linger where there should be light. And the women drawn into his orbit are becoming entangled in something far more sinister than Toby could ever have imagined.
The rules were never meant to protect his gift.
They were meant to protect him from what comes to collect.
Now, as the boundary between desire and damnation begins to collapse, Toby must confront a horrifying possibility.
The thing stalking him may not be the monster.
He may be.
Some wishes come true. Others should have stayed buried.
Toby Miller has always believed life cheated him.
His marriage is in ruins. His career is slipping. The women he desires never seem to want him back. And somewhere beneath the bitterness and resentment, Toby is convinced of one he deserves better.
Then he finds the carousel.
Hidden along a seaside boardwalk, the impossible attraction offers more than a ride. A mysterious woman promises Toby the one thing he's always craved—the power to make any woman desire him.
There are only three rules.
And Toby has never been particularly good at following rules.
At first, it's everything he imagined. The attention. The temptation. The intoxicating thrill of being wanted. For once, the world seems to bend to his will.
But something is changing.
His reflection doesn't always behave as it should. Shadows linger where there should be light. And the women drawn into his orbit are becoming entangled in something far more sinister than Toby could ever have imagined.
The rules were never meant to protect his gift.
They were meant to protect him from what comes to collect.
Now, as the boundary between desire and damnation begins to collapse, Toby must confront a horrifying possibility.
The thing stalking him may not be the monster.
He may be.
Some wishes come true. Others should have stayed buried.
417 pages, Hardcover
Published October 17, 2026
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