The House That Drinks - by Alicea (Paperback)

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Book Synopsis

Marrow's Point has a house everyone avoids and one ambitious investor is determined to monetize it anyway. When restoration consultant Evelyn Hart steps onto the fog choked property, the manThere's a house in Marrow's Point that no one will touch. One investor is stupid enough to try.

When restoration consultant Evelyn Hart walks onto the property, the fog doesn't lift, it closes behind her. Doors seal themselves. Sound swallows itself whole. And when blood hits the floor, it doesn't pool. It absorbs. Into marble. Into wood. Like the house is drinking.

Because it is.

This isn't a haunted house. It's a hungry one, a living Victorian organism that watches, learns what you fear, and decides what you're worth. The locals have a saying: Even if you leave, part of you becomes a room. No one's ever proved them wrong.

Evelyn was hired by Lila Voss, a dealmaker who treats red flags like green lights. When Evelyn warns her the house is turning predatory, Lila's answer is two words: Whatever it takes. The house likes that answer very much.

Detective Mark Calder gets dragged in when the town's long "luck" starts looking like a blood debt, and the missing persons trail curves straight toward his own family. Meanwhile, Lila accelerates a preview event, funneling dozens of guests into a structure that herds them like prey through a throat.

To survive, Evelyn and Mark must trust Silas Crowe, a contractor who knows far too much about what's underneath the foundation, and Rowan, an unnervingly calm presence who feels centuries older than his face.

The monster is the building. The secrets are structural. Every locked door is a decision the house already made.

If you want a Vampire Horror Mystery where the monster is the building, the secrets are structural, and every locked door is a decision the house is making, step inside The House That Drinks... and try not to give it anything it can keep.