You Let Me In
Told from a first person narrative, by a writer of romance with a tragic past. She may have died. She may be narrating from beyond.
Novelist Cassandra Tipp grew up in a household that was abusive, but this abuse is only hinted at. She finds solace as a child with a vampiric, twisted tree of a fairy man she simply calls Pepper Man. He is with her throughout her life, but is he the one causing her grief or is he the one keeping her alive? I found this book in the mystery section and was delighted by the terrifying and strange descriptions of Cassandra's fairy folk, who are linked with the dead. It's hinted that the fairies might be in her mind, a coping device. But, despite her therapist's insistence, this theory doesn't add up.
This was a fabulous surprise, for anyone who enjoys the darker side of Faery.