"Razor-sharp. This one will cut you." - Christopher Golden
In this biting and electrifying novel from bold horror talent Kristi DeMeester, there's something out there that's murdering young womenuntil an overwhelmed mother and her secretive daughter refuse to live without answers any longer.
He's known as The Cur, and he leaves no traceexcept for the victims he most viciously slays every fifteen years. Young women who refuse to conform and don't know when to shut up.
2019: Thirteen-year-old Lila Sawyer has secrets she can't share with anyone. But when young women around her begin dying, wild speculation ensues. Soon Lila feels haunted from within, terrorized by a delicious evil that shows her how to find her voiceuntil she's in danger for using it.
As past and present demons converge, Caroline and Lila must chase the source of the unrelenting, oppressive power to its core. Brilliantly paced and unapologetically fierce, Such a Pretty Smile will make you want to stand up and rage at everyone who ever told you to shut up and smile pretty.
"Compulsive and horrifyingly entertaining." - Liz Nugent