Böcker av Layne Deemer

Welcome to the quiet neighborhood of Whispering Woods. It's a lovely place to live...as long as you follow the rules.Jeanette Singleton is a wife, mother, avid gardener, and also a bit of a serial killer. She doesn't see it that way, though. For her, it's a simple matter of following the rules. That isn't hard for most people. But there are others who bend, twist, and sometimes break the rules in order to get what they want and she can't have that. Not in her neighborhood.Jeanette tends to Whispering Woods like she tends to her garden-nurturing it, feeding it, weeding out invasive pests, watching it thrive. It's what makes her plan so perfect, so foolproof. You see, life requires structure and when it's compromised, chaos ensues. But Jeanette has found the answer to that problem. A place where evil decomposes and transforms into something useful.When new neighbors move in, she seizes the opportunity to welcome them. But as her life begins to intertwine with theirs, the lines of good and evil begin to blur. Blind trust is like a parasite and if Jeanette isn't careful, everything she's worked so hard to maintain will begin to rot.

Owen Hanson packs a bag and leaves his past where it belongs-dead and buried in his small Connecticut hometown. His new life as a clothing inspector is boring and predictable and the perfect escape. He's finally in control.Lydia March is unexpected, but he can't avoid her even if he tries. She makes him feel things and throws the delicate balance of his orderly life off its axis.When Owen begins receiving mysterious messages from an unknown admirer, it's not long before his world begins to spiral and nothing is as it seems. Is Lydia writing the notes or is it someone else? Has his past finally caught up with him?¿When reality starts to fray at the edges, it's impossible not to pick at the loose threads and watch as everything unravels. Can Owen hold onto the control he so desperately clings to or will his life be reduced to nothing more than a tangled mass of chaos?

When the camera is on, so is April. She's the friend everyone wishes they had. Full of life and vigor. She's always smiling. Always happy.But outside the lens, she's something else entirely.Crippling agoraphobia grips her life, controlling every thought and determining every move. Haunted by anxiety, she stays locked away in her house-retreating into a reality she can control.The people who love her think she needs help. And each one is certain they know what's best. Because a life built on fear is no life at all.But April is convinced she can handle it. Until she can't.When the walls she so carefully built begin to crumble, there's nowhere for her to hide. She sees things that aren't there; hears things she can't explain; and smells things that blur the line between the present and the past. Is it just her imagination or is she under the influence of something more sinister?

when the past becomes the present and the present is in the pastSylvie Masters has been climbing the corporate ladder in search of an office with a view. She's sure once she's made it to the top, everything else will fall into place.But here she is in the corner office lined with windows and life has never looked so dull. Every day is a replica of the one before. Life is predictable. And boring.Until she walks into Cole's Cafe'. It's there she learns that happiness isn't earned. It's discovered. You just have to look for it.Even if it's in a different century.

Darcy Simon isn't running away from her problems. She just needs a change of scenery. At least that's what she tells herself when she hops in her car and leaves her old life behind. Once she sees the home she's renting--a storybook cottage on a quiet street-- she's convinced she made the right decision. Living on her own is exactly what she needs.Except she isn't alone.Jeremy has been in the attic, unnoticed for so long he's beginning to think it will never change. Then Darcy moves in.