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

Ian lifted it carefully from the very bottom of the box. The cover was worn blue gingham, faded so much as to make its pattern nearly invisible. He opened it carefully on account of the near-to-crumbling yellow pages. He read the inscription first: “To my darling on the occasion of her birthday, December 25. With my deepest love and affection, Anton.”


Ian was delighted. This was the original Anton Beaumont, founder of the family fortune. Ian began scanning the pages quickly, being careful to turn each with great care. The entries, by Anton’s wife (Ian had hoped at first for a mistress), were mundane, similar to Anton Beaumont the third’s—descriptions of dinners and what happened when.


But then things began getting interesting.


Chapter 37