C.G. Drews Books in Order

Beck's abusive mother forces him to practice piano endlessly, suppressing his desire to compose his own music. Friendship with the spirited August gives him hope for a different life, but pursuing it means challenging the fear that controls him.

Fifteen-year-old Sam shelters in empty houses while trying to care for his autistic brother. When a returning family mistakes him for a friend, he discovers an unexpected home and romance, but secrets from his past threaten that fragile belonging.

At boarding school, Andrew discovers that his friend Thomas's drawings of the monsters in his stories have come alive. Fighting them together deepens the boys' attachment, but their growing obsession seems to strengthen the creatures threatening everyone nearby.

Sheltered Evander inherits a vast estate after his guardian's suspicious death and turns to the boy once accused of trying to kill him. As family secrets emerge, an increasingly invasive garden makes the inheritance itself a source of horror.

Desperate to leave his isolated island, Jonathan offers a tribute to a supposedly mythical sea god. When the ritual succeeds, the being's obsessive attention and Jonathan's unsettling transformation turn his wish for escape into a dangerous struggle for freedom.

Elodie moves into her new husband's crumbling family home with her autistic son and another baby on the way. When Jude hears voices in the walls, unsettling events threaten the security of the life she believed she had found.