The Turn

<p><b>A contemporary gothic delving into the power of unmoored lust and familial bonds</b></p> <p>When Baxter, a young writer and recent college graduate, accepts a live-in nanny position for an affluent professor's family in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, she rapidly becomes aware of strange happenings orbiting the family and their children, Quinn and Thebes. After the father becomes estranged and the mother disappears into the night with only one child, Baxter is left utterly lost and in charge of the baby, Thebes, even as she struggles to make sense of the bizarre occurrences within the family, the house, and even her own body. But the unnatural occurrences are far from over, and as Baxter stumbles in the dark to protect the child, something sinister stalks the night, looking to sink in its teeth.</p> <p>For fans of gothic classics such as <i>The Turn of the Screw</i> and <i>Carmilla</i>, <i>The Turn</i> is an eerie and magnificent modern gothic tale about the monstrous bond of love between caregiver and child.</p>