Hunter Beaumont doesn't understand his grandmother's deathbed wish: "Destroy Beaumont House." He'd never even heard of the place. But after his grandmother passes and his first love betrays him, the family house in the Wisconsin woods looks like a tempting refuge. Going against his grandmother's wishes, Hunter flees to Beaumont House.<br><br>But will the house be the sanctuary he had hoped for? Soon after moving in, Hunter realizes he may not be alone. And who -- or what -- he shares the house may plunge him into a nightmare from which he may never escape.<br><br>Sparks fly when he meets his handsome neighbor, a caretaker for the estate next door, but is the man salvation...or is he the source of Hunter's terror?

A Demon Inside

There were a million things to do: landscapers and movers to hire, packing, getting the Evanston house ready to be put on the market. Hunter’s days lately were crammed with details, which kept his mind off any misgivings about Beaumont House and what part it had played in his personal history.


Just as he was about to get into the shower, his cell phone chirped. Thinking it might be Jay, he hurried to answer it.


“Yes, could I please speak to Hunter Beaumont?”


The voice was unfamiliar. He looked at the caller ID and saw simply the word Private.


At first Hunter didn’t recognize the name, then recalled it was one of the other doctors in the practice where Jay worked. She was an ob-gyn. But why would she be calling Hunter? And at eight o’clock in the morning?


Chapter 34