When Smiles Fade (Home Street Home Series)

Young Emma Murphy kills people, but only if they deserve to die.(The HOME STREET HOME SERIES is a collection of standalone novels.)Emma’s little sister Gracie is the only light in her life. So after enduring years of unimaginable abuse by her drunken father and uncaring mother, she hardens her heart to shield her sibling from the same fate. But when Gracie becomes the new target, Emma fights back with extreme prejudice…Fleeing the bloody trail and taking them both onto Philly’s rough streets, she’s forced to work as a stripper just to survive. Surrounded by mistrust, betrayal, and mob cruelty, she vows revenge against anyone who dares lay a finger on Gracie.Can Emma protect her sister, or will her deranged and depraved past lead her down a path of destruction?When Smiles Fade is a dark and graphic psychological thriller. If you like gritty realism, true-to-life characters, and stories that stay with you long after the final word, then you’ll love Paige Dearth’s harrowing tale.**WARNING** 18+ Readers Only. Graphic content and subject matter.Praise For- When Smiles Fade "Paige gives her characters a surreal quality that is rare in other books. Dearth manages to mold all the pieces into a pottery of delicate artwork. You feel. You cry. You hope." - Reading In Between the Lines"Dearth writes from her very soul. Ms. Dearth builds her world with gritty, hard strokes, her characters with unapologetic crispness. Evil is evil, period." - Tome Tender"This story leaves a lasting impression. It has a lot of depth and is packed with emotion. You will not be able to put it down." - Curse Of The Bibliophile "I was moved to tears of grief, rage, and horror as I read the story." - Kathie, Editor When Smiles Fade eBook categories: Horror NovelsPsychological HorrorSuspenseful NovelsRealistic FictionSerial KillerThrillerDarkDisturbingCrime FictionMurderFamily Drama NovelsVigilante JusticeSuspense HorrorKidnapping NovelsScaryPsychological Thriller

About the Author

Paige Dearth, a survivor of childhood abuse, was raised outside of Philadelphia. By her early twenties, she was a new mother with a heroin-addicted husband. Never a good student in high school, Dearth would later earn a master's degree while balancing a full-time job and parenting alone. She remarried and spent more than two decades working in corporate America. In 2011, she achieved her dream of becoming a writer by releasing her debut novel, Believe Like A Child. The beginning of Believe Like A Child is based on real events from Paige's childhood. Paige's novels present a fine balance between what lives on in her imagination and the evil that lurks in the real world. Paige writes real-life horror and refers to her work as: Fiction with Meaning. She hopes that awareness through fiction creates prevention. Paige lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her husband Mike, and dog, Benny.

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