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

“I can’t live without this stuff. You want one?”


“I need all the credibility I can get in this field.” Naomi Black took a seat behind the desk, glanced at the laptop screen, and quickly closed it. “So what can I do for you today? And what’s your name?”


Hunter was still too stunned to speak. This little slip of a girl—as his Nana would have called her—was going to help him?


“Well, come on. Spill it. Contrary to popular belief, I do not know all.”


“And you’re telling me you’ve stayed on in the house even after all these things happened?”


“Well, yes. I’ve put a lot of money into the place. I think I have a right to be there.” Hunter had told Naomi the whole story but now felt put on the defensive. Was the answer always to run away? He wouldn’t do it.


Chapter 74