Skin Deep

Mara only wanted to help.When she brings the quiet, wide-eyed homeless girl named Lila into her home, she believes she’s doing the right thing.She has no idea she’s invited death to live with her.At first, Lila is perfect — sweet, obedient, almost too good to be true. But slowly she begins to change. She mimics Mara’s voice. She wears her clothes. She studies her face in the mirror with hungry eyes.Then the murders begin.Lila doesn’t just kill. She wears her victims. And she always does it in the same blood-drenched pink dress.As friends and family are slaughtered one by one, Mara realizes the horrifying truth: Lila isn’t trying to live with her.She’s trying to replace her completely.And she’s getting better at being Mara every single day.Some monsters don’t hide under the bed.They ask to sleep in it.Skin Deep — a nightmare written in blood and lace. — Description from novelcodex.org