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The Boarder

by Catherine Byrne

  • 2 hr 19 min listen
  • 14 chapters
  • Published 1 June 2026
Psychological HorrorCaptivity HorrorTrap and LureEmotional PredatorTrapped in the HouseBuried SecretsGaslightingCoercive ControlSinister InstitutionFemale ProtagonistForced ComplianceSilenced VictimsComplicity HorrorNew England HorrorHopeful EndingCat and MouseUncanny HospitalityBanality of EvilBystander HorrorSmall TownNo EscapeAbusive LandlordEscape PlanOutsider ProtagonistReturn to the SceneDomestic ThrillerAbuse SurvivorPredator Next DoorFalse Sanctuary
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Summary

Amy Belfield trades one cage for another when she moves into a Vermont boarding house to escape her abusive ex-boyfriend. The landlady, Barbara Scanlon, radiates warmth — communal dinners, remembered birthdays, a hand on the shoulder at just the right moment. But behind the maternal smile lies something far more calculating and cruel. As Barbara's grip tightens and the house reveals its buried secrets, Amy discovers that the most terrifying monsters don't lurk in shadows. They set the table, pour the coffee, and call you sweetheart.

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Bruce
★★★★☆

Story was OK not a bad book, but the reader was in such a rush no personality into it just flat out reading and trying to read it as fast as you could seemed

escapedfang
★★★★★

Never finished a book as fast as this one it was amazing kept me hooked

Kyla
★★★★★

10/10

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