THIS IS NOT A GHOST STORY

Andrea Portes, bestselling author of Anatomy of a Misfit, turns to a new genre with this eerie, suspenseful novel following a young girl's summer spent housesitting - with an unexpected twist.

I am not welcome. Somehow I know that. Something doesn't want me here.

Whatever this is, it is saying to me in a voice that cannot be heard but only felt: Get out.

Daffodil Franklin has plans for a quiet summer before her freshman year at college, and luckily, she's found the job that can give her just that: house-sitting a mansion for a wealthy couple in town. The house itself is gorgeous: a sprawling, dreamy escape tucked away in the countryside, surrounded by acres of hills and connected to town by a long, winding dirt road.

But as the summer progresses and shadows lengthen, Daffodil comes to realize the house is more than it appears. The spacious home seems to close in on her, and as she takes the long road into town, she feels eyes on her the entire way, and something tugging her back.

What Daffodil doesn't yet realize is that her job comes with a steep price. The house has a long-ago grudge it needs to settle... and Daffodil is the key to settling it.


Andrea Portes is the bestselling novelist of two critically lauded adult novels: Hick, her debut, which was made into a feature film, and Bury This. Her first novel for young adult readers, Anatomy of a Misfit, was called "perfection in book form" by Teen Vogue. Her other YA novels include The Fall of Butterflies and Liberty: The Spy Who (Kind of) Liked Me. Andrea grew up on the outskirts of Lincoln, Nebraska. Later, she attended Bryn Mawr College. Currently, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Sandy Tolan, their son, Wyatt, and their dog, Rascal