Spread Me [Hardcover]

Spread Meis a darkly seductive tale of survival from Sarah Gailey. A routine probe at a research station turns deadly when the team discovers a strange specimen in search of a warm place to stay...

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Kinsey has her dream job as the team leader in a remote research outpost. She loves the isolation and the way the desert keeps temptations from the civilian world far out of reach.

When her crew discovers a mysterious specimen buried deep in the sand, Kinsey breaks quarantine and brings it inside. But the longer it's there, the more her carefully controlled life begins to unravel. Temptation has found her after all, and it can't be ignored any longer.

One by one, Kinsey's team realizes the thing they're studying is in search of a new hostand one of them is the perfect candidate....

Also by Sarah Gailey:
Make Me Better
Just Like Home
The Echo Wife
Upright Women Wanted
When We Were Magic
Magic for Liars
American Hippo

Sarah Gailey is aHugoAward andBritish FantasyAward winning and bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, and essays. Their nonfiction has been published by dozens of venues internationally. Their fiction has been published in over seven different languages. They have written comics forMarvel, EC,andBOOM! Studios, including multiple original series. They are the editor and publisher ofStone SoupandLove Letters: Reasons To Be Alive.You can find links to their work at sarahgailey.com.

A pure giddy delight of an erotic horror story. It will leave you scandalized, terrified, and delighted.
Katee Robert,New York Timesbestselling author

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