The New Girls' Patient

Jamie Carver is an inexperienced young woman eager to change her life.Recently certified in nursing, she’s the new girl working at a facility for the elderly.When her favorite patient dies, the frail woman leaves her a handwritten recipe book as a final thank you.Dark secrets of Elizabeth’s life hide between the pages.One evening, a pair of dangerous men intent on learning Elizabeth’s secrets to steal her fortune brutally abduct Jamie and two of her girlfriends.They trap the women deep in the cellar of a crumbling mansion, where their survival depends on each other. They must unravel a shocking family history before sunrise or die.Can Jamie rely on her friends, or will she resort to calling on unnatural forces to help overcome her captors and stay alive?“Gritty, dark, and unflinching, Ruthann Jagge’s The New Girl’s Patient brings a new, compelling voice to the long tradition of Texas horror! You can feel every word. She could be Tobe Hooper’s even more depraved sister!” —John Palisano, Bram Stoker Award-Winning author of Ghost Heart, President of The Horror Writers Association"'Ruthann Jagge's "The New Girl's Patient" is anunrelenting journey into rural horror with nobrakes applied from beginning to end. Bothbrutal and poignant, it delivers terror andunabashed emotion in equal measure. A rivetingand unforgettable tale by a true lady of thegenre"- Ronald Kelly, Author of Fear, The Essential SickStuff, and The Saga of Dead-Eye series

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