An Evil Premise

Perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix and Riley Sager, An Evil Premise is not only a brilliant and propulsive psychological horror novel, it’s a wickedly clever dissection of the genre itself—a meta must-read for any horror aficionado. 

When a bizarre hit and run accident leaves her sister, bestselling author Deidre Baldwin, in a coma, Jewel Maxwell rushes to Deidre’s bedside—and stumbles onto an unfinished horror story, the one Deidre was rushing to finish before disaster struck. Deidre’s literary agent calls in a panic, and Jewel—a self-published writer herself, desperate for a break—suggests she can finish the novel.

However, the premise of the novel gives Jewel pause. A struggling author who becomes haunted by a demonic muse hits a little close to home, for one. And might this macabre manuscript have something to do with the mysterious skin condition plaguing her sister? Diedre did look somewhat possessed lying in her hospital bed, as if the story itself had gotten under her skin.

Nevertheless, Jewel sets her fear aside and works night and day to meet the deadline. But as sections of the novel begin to mirror real-life, the word count in the document inexplicably increases. Terrified of where the story is going, Jewel decides to abandon the project, once and for all. But she’s no longer in control of the narrative. The story has taken on a life of its own, and it isn’t done with her yet …