The Neighborhood: Love Is the Lock. Sacrifice Is the Key, (Paperback)

<p><em>Where the lawns are perfect, the doors are always open-and nothing ever leaves.</em></p><p><strong>Riley has always been drawn to quiet places. But the quiet in Eden's Edge isn't peace. It's patience.</strong></p><p>When Riley moves into his boyfriend Caleb's house at the edge of a picture-perfect cul-de-sac, he's promised a fresh start. A new job. A future. A home.</p><p>But the house has other plans.</p><p>It begins with small wrongnesses: windows that reflect rooms they shouldn't, a closet that breathes in the dark, and a wreath of thorns left on the porch as a "welcome." The neighbors are too friendly, their smiles too fixed. And Caleb-charming, steady, controlling Caleb-has rules for everything. Questions with right and wrong answers. A notebook where Riley's responses are graded.</p><p><em>Correct response.</em></p><p><em>Incorrect response.</em></p><p>Then Chloe dies. Riley's cat-his constant through every heartbreak, the one living thing that loved him without conditions-is found still and cold in a room she was never supposed to enter. And in the days that follow, Riley starts seeing her in the windows. Watching. Waiting. <em>Purring.</em></p><p>As the house tightens its grip, Riley realizes the truth: Eden's Edge isn't a neighborhood. It's an ecosystem. And it runs on secrets.</p><p>When his best friend Jessie is dragged into the basement that shouldn't exist, Riley must face the source of the darkness-a presence that wears three faces: a lover's tenderness, a friend's concern, and a stranger's hunger. The Devil doesn't want his fear. It wants his love.</p><p>To save the people he loves, Riley must make a choice no one should have to make. And in a house that collects souls like debts, the only way out... is through.</p><p><strong>The Neighborhood</strong> is a queer domestic gothic horror about control, coercion, and the cost of being kept. For fans of <em>Mexican Gothic</em>, <em>The Haunting of Hill House</em>, and stories where the scariest monsters wear the faces of the people we trust.</p>

• The Neighborhood: Love Is the Lock. Sacrifice Is the Key, (Paperback)
• Author: Anderson Publishers
• ISBN: 9781971232393
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-03-10
• Page Count: 238