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Olivia is taken from the sidewalk near her college and thrown into a van. Her captors, who she soon discovers are vile, sadistic monsters, abuse her immediately, both mentally and physically. Then she is taken into a house, into a locked room, where everything is cotton candy pink. The pink furniture is designed with rounded edges and corners bolted to the floor, and the seams at the bolts melted. This is where the nightmare begins. She is now a part of their collection.

It’s the best time of the year in the mountain village I call home, known for its Krampus lore and festive enthusiasm during the holidays. From the outside looking in, my life is perfect. I live in a winter wonderland, I’m engaged to the town’s beloved “honied ham man” and I run the town’s most precious flower shop. No one would ever know my fiancé is an abusive psychopath who’s threatened to kill me if I ever try to leave him. It’s a secret I’ve always kept hidden, my burden to bear. The only person who sees right through the mask I wear is my Christmas tree vendor. He follows me, watches me.

You can choose your own path, but life may still blow you off course. Kate Palmer wants to pursue a career as a poet. As society life in Philadelphia—not to mention the expectations of marriage and motherhood—strictly limits her independence, Kate has taken a job as a schoolmarm in the Oklahoma territory. While she embraces her new freedom to write, her chosen life presents more difficulties than she’d anticipated. Primary among them is an abrasive relationship with Thomas Newhall, the man who hired her.

Emily thought that her sleek, high-rise apartment would be the perfect sanctuary—smart technology, secure building, a fresh start after betrayal. But when devices malfunction at 3 a.m., cameras glitch during important moments, and her reality becomes a battleground of truth versus perception, safety becomes something far more sinister.