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The House Guest

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Jul 2026
July 7, 2026
Main Genre
Thriller Thriller
Pages
320

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An aspiring chef finds she has bitten off more than she can chew when her gig as a private cook to a bestselling author turns deadly in this propulsive, whip-smart suspense novel. Brett Novak is a young upstart chef, with real, raw talent???if only she could catch a break. After getting dumped by her married girlfriend and losing the perfect job offer, Brett accepts a temporary position as a live-in, personal chef of a reclusive, bestselling author, Carson Smart, who resides in a mansion on a secluded beach in Cape Cod. Carson immediately seduces her, but things get complicated when Carson's wife, Vera, arrives home from her trip, and the love/hate relationship between the two spouses erupts, leaving Brett caught in the middle. Brett, starved for attention, craves Carson's affection and yet is oddly drawn to Vera's seductive and destructive charms.    As Brett becomes an unwitting pawn and weapon, she questions how far husband and wife will go to wound the other. With nowhere else to turn, she has no choice but to stay???even as her hold on reality begins to slip. Can she survive her employers??? dark appetites?

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First Edition Jul 2026 Little, Brown ISBN 0316600792
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Jul 2026 Little, Brown ISBN 0316600822
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Jul 2026 -- Not Selected ISBN B0FZ9BLQLM
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Jul 2026 Headline (UK) ISBN 1035441349
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Jul 2026 Little, Brown ISBN 0316608084
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