The perfect tenant is hiding the perfect lie.
Sela Belew is a forty-two-year-old single mother and real estate agent barely keeping her head above water. Struggling to stay ahead of a hemorrhaging bank account and a mortgage she can no longer afford, Sela decides to rent out her basement apartment in the affluent, rain-slicked suburb of Oakstream, Washington.
When Audra Calton applies, she seems like the answer to every prayer. Polished, professional, and possessing spotless references, she is the ideal tenant. But as Audra moves in, the carefully constructed walls of Sela’s life begin to crumble.
One life saved. One life destroyed.
Sela’s fifteen-year-old daughter, Madeline, suddenly becomes cold and hostile, drawn to Audra’s validation and expensive gifts. Then, disturbing things begin to appear in Sela’s home: bottles of vodka, violent drawings, and drugs she never bought.
In Oakstream, the past always finds a way home. How far would you go to protect your family from a mistake you don’t even remember making?
