Ashley Parker checks in. Guests start disappearing. She laughs and calls it a wild coincidence. Ruth knows better.
Ruth Channing has spent her life protecting Magnolia House, the charming bed-and-breakfast her eccentric family runs in Jester Falls. Guests come. Guests go. And family business stays in the family.
Then Ruth's brother finds Ashley Parker stranded on Route 78 and brings her home.
Ashley says she only needs a place to stay. But her story keeps changing. Her past cannot be verified. Even her name feels borrowed. And with every passing day, she seems less like a stranded traveler and more like someone who came to Magnolia House for a reason.
By the time another guest vanishes, Ruth is done waiting for answers.
To get Ashley out, Ruth must uncover what she wants-without exposing the secrets her own family has spent years burying.
Ruth has protected the Channings all her life.
She will not let a stranger tear them apart.
In Passerby, bestselling author Britney King delivers a darkly addictive psychological thriller about an unwanted guest, a family with everything to hide, and what happens when neither side is willing to back down.