Instinct

She needed the job. She ignored the feeling. Worn down by the loss of her husband and bills she can’t keep up with, Cynthia agrees to homeschool two teenage girls.One is a sweetheart. The other is quiet. Too quiet.At first, she blames her unease on nerves, on guilt, on the pressure of raising her young daughter alone. But something about the second girl isn’t right. The way she watches.The stories that don’t add up. The way even the dog keeps his distance. Then a man from the past reappears—someone with ties to terrible things.And suddenly, Cynthia’s fragile home doesn’t feel safe anymore. Her instincts are screaming. But if she’s wrong, she could ruin a child’s life.If she’s right, her daughter’s safety may already be slipping through her fingers. Instinct is a taut psychological thriller in the When Bad Things Happen series—gripping, emotional stories about ordinary women caught in extraordinary, often harrowing turns of fate. _____________________________________________Praise for the When Bad Things Happen Series:????? “The characters are normal people that are you and me and my neighbors and my friends and family.The characters are us. All of us.”????? “These books are addictive. I just keep wanting to read more!”????? “This book series is one you start and can’t put down.Recommend it.”????? “This story grabbed me and wouldn't let go... it kept me up way too late many nights because I couldn't put it down.”????? “Kept me up all night, in a good way, to finish it.”????? “The story is compelling to the point of me not being able to do anything but read until I found out how it ended.”????? “Edge-of-your-seat reading that you can't put down.”????? “It was a believable plot with the main character so well defined it was like you knew her.”