{"product_id":"the-house-that-drinks-alicea-9798295786723","title":"The House That Drinks: A Gothic Vampire Horror Mystery of a Living Mansion, Locked Room Deaths, and Small Town Secrets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarrow's Point\u003c\/strong\u003e has a house everyone avoids and one ambitious investor is determined to monetize it anyway. When restoration consultant Evelyn Hart steps onto the fog choked property, the manThere's a house in Marrow's Point that no one will touch. One investor is stupid enough to try.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen restoration consultant Evelyn Hart walks onto the property, the fog doesn't lift, it closes behind her. Doors seal themselves. Sound swallows itself whole. And when blood hits the floor, it doesn't pool. It \u003cem\u003eabsorbs\u003c\/em\u003e. Into marble. Into wood. Like the house is drinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a haunted house. It's a \u003cem\u003ehungry\u003c\/em\u003e one, a living Victorian organism that watches, learns what you fear, and decides what you're worth. The locals have a saying: \u003cem\u003eEven if you leave, part of you becomes a room.\u003c\/em\u003e No one's ever proved them wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn was hired by Lila Voss, a dealmaker who treats red flags like green lights. When Evelyn warns her the house is turning predatory, Lila's answer is two words: \u003cem\u003eWhatever it takes.\u003c\/em\u003e The house likes that answer very much.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetective Mark Calder gets dragged in when the town's long \"luck\" starts looking like a blood debt, and the missing persons trail curves straight toward his own family. Meanwhile, Lila accelerates a preview event, funneling dozens of guests into a structure that herds them like prey through a throat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo survive, Evelyn and Mark must trust Silas Crowe, a contractor who knows far too much about what's underneath the foundation, and Rowan, an unnervingly calm presence who feels centuries older than his face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe monster is the building. The secrets are structural. Every locked door is a decision the house already made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you want a \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVampire Horror Mystery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e where the monster is the building, the secrets are structural, and every locked door is a decision the house is making, step inside The House That Drinks... and try not to give it anything it can keep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alicea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798295786723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Alicea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.03d","brand":"Alicea","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520351645951,"sku":"9798295786723","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4d56b3f-c072-4603-af84-076cf71f6b1c.jpg?v=1778742200","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-house-that-drinks-alicea-9798295786723","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}