The Body [Hardcover]

Hellish, sinister, and utterly unputdownable.Alexis Henderson, author of An Academy for Liars

The Bodyis a pulse-pounding supernatural horror story from bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow, where one woman must survive a series of bizarre and escalating attacks on her marriage.

Mavis broke from her parents congregation years ago, but she still hasnt recovered. Their impossible expectations and soul-shredding critiques have dug deep into her mind, and shes taunted by the knowledge that even when shes done nothing wrong, shell never be right.

Now Mavis is afraid shes about to lose the only thing she has: her husband, Jerrod. The man shes always known was too good to be true. No one thinks she deserves himnot even after surviving the serial cheater they wanted her to stick byand soon theyll all find out they were right.

Mavis is already unraveling when a brush with death shows her what real fear looks like. Soon, shes under constant attack from all directions. As the assaults turn increasingly vicious and bizarre, Mavis realizes that Hell isnt reserved for the afterlife.

And sinner or not, no one is coming to save her.

Bethany C. Morrow is a national bestselling author and writes adult and young adult novels. Her young adult work includes JLG Gold Standard SelectionsA Song Below Water(a Locus, Ignyte, and Audie Award finalist) andSo Many Beginnings.She is editor/contributor to the young adult anthologyTake The Mic, which won the 2020 ILA Social Justice in Literature Award. Her adult novels includeMem, an Indies Introduce and Indie Next pick, andCherish Farrah, a social horror, was the April 2022 Belletrist x Book Club pick. She was the 2021 Mansfield Lecturer at Roosevelt University, and her work has been featured inThe Los Angeles Times,Forbes,Bustle,Buzzfeed, and more. Morrow is included onUSA Today'slist of 100 Black NovlB