From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofThe Children on the Hill, a psychological thriller that delivers both chilling scares and genuine emotion (Chandler Baker,New York Timesbestselling author) about a woman who, after taking in her dying, alcoholic mother, begins to suspect demonic possession is haunting her family.

Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily decorating their cozy Vermont home, she has no choice but to face it. Then she gets the call.

Mavis, Alisons estranged mother, has been diagnosed with cancer and has only weeks to live. She wants to spend her remaining days with her daughters family. But Alison grew up with her mothers alcoholism and violent abuse and is reluctant to unearth these traumatic memories. Still, she eventually agrees to take in Mavis, hoping that she and her mother could finally heal and have the relationship shes always dreamed of.

But when mysterious and otherworldly things start happening upon Maviss arrival, Alison begins to suspect her mother is not quite who she seems. And as the holiday festivities turn into a nightmare, she must confront just how far she is willing to go to protect her family in this twisty, propulsive, character-drive, and hair-raisingly scary (Nick Cutter, author ofThe Troop) novel.