Christmas guest

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The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson... Ashley Smith, a first-year American student at London College of Art, plans to spend Christmas alone, but a last-minute invitation from fellow student Emma Chapman brings her to Starfood Hall, the Chapman family's country home. The pine-covered house, bustling with guests during Christmas week, is a dream come true for Ashley. She's captivated by the cozy, fire-lit house, the large family, and the charming village of Clifmore, but she also becomes fascinated by Emma's reserved and handsome twin brother, Adam Chapman. However, the local police are investigating Adam for the recent brutal murder of a village girl, and a mysterious stranger lurks along the wooded path between Starfood Hall and the local pub. Ashley begins to wonder what kind of story she's actually living. Is she in a grand romance? A Gothic tale? Or is she venturing into something far more sinister and frightening than she could have imagined? Over three Decades later, the events of that horrific week resurface, accompanied by memoirs from that era. What began in a small English village in 1989 reaches its ghostly conclusion in modern-day New York, many Christmas seasons later.