Laura Benedict Books in Order

Hiding from an abusive husband in a Kentucky town, Kate Russell begins seeing the ghost of missing child Isabella Moon. Her information draws suspicion from the sheriff and exposes secrets beneath the community's apparently peaceful surface.

Childhood friends Roxanne, Alice, and Del once destroyed a priest's reputation and have moved into troubled adult lives. When seductive stranger Varick arrives, his unsettling knowledge and manipulation revive their shared past and the possibility of revenge.

In Appalachia, lonely seamstress Ivy Luttrell gains the power to create her ideal man, but her creation terrorizes a nearby town. A dancer named Jolene may hold the key to the mountain's dangerous, longstanding influence.

After an explosion kills her husband and burns her daughter Ariel, Rainey Bliss Adams seeks a new start in her family's Virginia mansion. Ariel's mysterious recovery coincides with tragedies that expose a darkness within the house.

In 1957 Virginia, Charlotte Bliss lives with her husband and children in a mansion with a dangerous history. Four deaths with apparently straightforward explanations compel her to investigate the truth and question whom she can trust.

In 2008, inn employee Nicole Martin agrees to spend a night looking after haunted Bliss House. A snowstorm leaves her alone, and the house begins drawing on her darkest secrets as her planned evening turns threatening.

Randolph Bliss ignores warnings and builds his Virginia mansion in 1878 on land marked by tragedy. Across fifty years, his wives and mistress contend with his cruelty and worsening madness while seeking happiness for themselves and their children.

After being acquitted of her young son’s death, Becca leaves her marriage and starts over in the city. A persistent neighbor boy intrudes on her grief, drawing her toward an act that could expose the truth she remains unable to escape.

Home from college, Erin Walsh faces her stepmother's kidnapping and a family friend's murder, both linked to her mother's earlier violent death. Childhood friend Noah offers help, while black cat detective Trouble watches for danger.

Kimber Hannon returns from a trip to find a stranger occupying her house with a lease bearing her signature. His whispered threat links him to her distant past, forcing her to investigate what he wants.