The House Guests: A Novel

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"A compelling page-turner one wont want to put down.New York Journal of Books Two women. Two families. Two lifetimes worth of secrets. In the wake of her husbands sudden death Cassie Costas finds her relationship with her teenage stepdaughter unraveling. After their move to historic Tarpon Springs Florida Savannah hates her new town her school and most of all her stepmom whom she blames for her fathers death. Cassie has enough to contend with as she searches for answers about the man she shared a life with including why all their savings have disappeared. When Savannahs rebellion culminates in an act that leaves single mother Amber Blair and her sixteen-year-old son homeless Cassie empathizes with the womans predicament and invites the strangers to move in. As their lives intertwine Cassie realizes that Amber is hiding something. Shes evasive about her past but the fear in her eyes tells a darker story. Cassie wonders what the woman living under her roof is running fromand what will happen if it finally catches up to her.