House of Idyll by Delilah S. Dawson

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Angelina Yves is a struggling singer/songwriter offered the chance of a lifetime to join the experimental luxury compound sponsored by the most famous band in the world, Black Idyll. With her every need accommodated, she finally has the time and space to perfect her music. Her muse? Reclusive rock star Jesper Idyll, who lives up to her every high school daydream. But this paradise has a haunted underbelly heralded by screaming horses, mysterious figures in the night, and dreams too twisted to be real. When people start to disappear and Jesper's ex turns up dead and hideously mutilated, Angelina begins to suspect that something malevolent lurks behind the cult that's grown around the band...

A disturbing, decadent and wickedly compelling tale of a Hollywood dream turned nightmare, Delilah S. Dawson’s darkly delicious prose will seduce you, tie you up, and never let you go….

If you’re looking for a dark, unsettling, and haunting novel to add to your fall TBR, you need this on your list. Added bonus: it comes in at a slim 256 pages! Just like my love for a 90 minute horror movie, I love a horror novel that can be read in an evening. Dawson’s writing is hauntingly beautiful and she has an uncanny ability to create unsettling atmospheres full of tension and unease.

For Angelina, living in luxury for the first time, her every need met so she can focus on her love of music, should be a dream come true. But there are too many little things that just don’t add up and she just can’t let it go. As we follow our inquisitive main character on her quest to find the sources of the mysterious sounds and disappearances, we are led on a dark and twisted journey that leads to a shocking conclusion. Truly, this ending is perfection!

Fast paced, atmospheric, and delightfully creepy, House of Idyll is a wild ride! If you’d like to add this incredible book to your shelf, you can click on the cover above or here for ordering information.

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