The Heart Won't Hold by Oliver C. Seneca
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He came to meet his girlfriend’s family; now he must survive them.
James has driven hours into rural Pennsylvania to meet his girlfriend Lindsay’s family, but the closer he gets to their isolated farmhouse, the more certain he becomes that their relationship is over.
Then a savage dog drives him onto the roof of his car. His phone loses service. A storm closes in. And Lindsay’s mother and sister welcome him to dinner with smiles that feel just a little too eager.
James knows he should leave. Yet every time doubt surfaces, Lindsay’s tenderness draws him back, persuading him to ignore the warning tightening in his gut. By the time the room begins to spin, it is far too late to trust his instincts.
Stranded in the backwoods with no phone, no keys and no one to hear him scream, James is plunged into a nightmare where affection masks appetite, escape routes lead deeper into danger and the human heart can be used in horrifying ways. To survive the night, he must stop running from the truth about Lindsay—and from the truth about himself.
The Heart Won’t Hold is a blood-soaked novelette of rural isolation, romantic dread and psychological horror that asks how far we will go to avoid breaking someone’s heart.