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The Night Sitter: A Gothic-Horror Novel
An unemployed nanny running from her past accepts the position of night sitter for a mysterious little girl who only seems to exist between midnight and dawn.
A haunting gothic-horror mystery from the author of Sorcerie and Here Lurk Monsters. Perfect for fans of Simone St. James and Jennifer McMahon.
You will find the girl in the attic after midnight. . . You are to be the night sitter, Miss Emily. . .
Emily, a young woman with nowhere else in this world to go, arrives at the residence of Ms. Vivian Dancemore for a most unusual job interview.
The position of night sitter for a most unusual little girl. A peculiar nine year old child by the name of Madelyn Dancemore who only seems to exist between midnight and dawn.
Emily accepts the position out of curiosity and financial need, but soon begins to regret her decision upon discovering all the doors and windows of her new home, a large dark Victorian mansion at the very end of a long dark street, to be fashioned with locks. Not only on the outside of this strange house, but the inside. There is a most dreadful reason for this precaution.
Little Madelyn has secrets. Dark little terrible secrets. And Emily has no escape. . .
Monstrous, and yet beating with a lovelorn heart, The Night Sitter is a modern black fable full of dark riddles and macabre twists and turns. A chilling supernatural thriller.
A haunting gothic-horror mystery from the author of Sorcerie and Here Lurk Monsters. Perfect for fans of Simone St. James and Jennifer McMahon.
You will find the girl in the attic after midnight. . . You are to be the night sitter, Miss Emily. . .
Emily, a young woman with nowhere else in this world to go, arrives at the residence of Ms. Vivian Dancemore for a most unusual job interview.
The position of night sitter for a most unusual little girl. A peculiar nine year old child by the name of Madelyn Dancemore who only seems to exist between midnight and dawn.
Emily accepts the position out of curiosity and financial need, but soon begins to regret her decision upon discovering all the doors and windows of her new home, a large dark Victorian mansion at the very end of a long dark street, to be fashioned with locks. Not only on the outside of this strange house, but the inside. There is a most dreadful reason for this precaution.
Little Madelyn has secrets. Dark little terrible secrets. And Emily has no escape. . .
Monstrous, and yet beating with a lovelorn heart, The Night Sitter is a modern black fable full of dark riddles and macabre twists and turns. A chilling supernatural thriller.
327 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 22, 2022
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Russell Gilwee
10 books1 followerRussell Gilwee is a novelist and screenwriter. He lives in Northern California with his wife, Lauraleen, and their goldendoodle, Sophie.
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July 15, 2022
A woman takes a job as a live in nanny, to babysit a little girl between midnight and dawn in a Victorian mansion. The little girl, Madelyn (sometimes Maddy) only seems to exist in the night time hours. Her employer, Vivian Dancemore, is creepy in her own way.. Is everyone who lives in an old mansion always creepy?
There are rules of the house, and when those are broken, there are consequences. Exit doors can only be opened with keys, and those keys seem to disappear from time to time.
And oh yeah, by the time Emily finds out how strange the house/woman/job/child is, there's a virus in the outside world and on lockdown (Martial Law).
This author definitely has a unique voice. I found some lines repetitive, but they did their job by taking up space in my brain.
I would have never guessed the ending in a million years. It took a turn I would have never expected. Also, grandmother says to never show your teeth when you smile
There are rules of the house, and when those are broken, there are consequences. Exit doors can only be opened with keys, and those keys seem to disappear from time to time.
And oh yeah, by the time Emily finds out how strange the house/woman/job/child is, there's a virus in the outside world and on lockdown (Martial Law).
This author definitely has a unique voice. I found some lines repetitive, but they did their job by taking up space in my brain.
I would have never guessed the ending in a million years. It took a turn I would have never expected. Also, grandmother says to never show your teeth when you smile
November 23, 2024
The constant repeating of lines/ statements made by characters was actually maddening. I had to read to the end just to see what happened.. I rarely leave bad reviews on books I read. But this is dribble. Did not enjoy it and felt like a waste of time.
October 26, 2025
Oh my god, there are not sentences in this book. It is just a bunch of maddening sentence fragments and needless repetition. I got through one and a half chapters to see if the author would get it together and start forming coherent sentences. For a few pages, I gave him the benefit of the doubt figuring that maybe the protagonist has a disability or something and thinks in fragments and repetition? I had to stop reading - it was driving me insane. The format of this book is different and just didn't work for me. Author, please respect your readers and learn to write in complete sentences.
January 31, 2024
started great but disappointing ending
I got this book because it sounded very interesting. It started extremely well. I was disappointed where the author took the story because I felt it was too cliche. I also didn't like how the ending was left open for the reader to decide what really happened.
I got this book because it sounded very interesting. It started extremely well. I was disappointed where the author took the story because I felt it was too cliche. I also didn't like how the ending was left open for the reader to decide what really happened.
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