What a Nightmare
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  • AuthorRebekah Faubion
  • PublisherBerkley
  • Pages368
  • ISBN9798217192144

About this book

They called her a nightmare, so she became one.

Haven Powers has spent years trying to disappear. Once a loud, troublemaking girl who defied every expectation in her small town of Friendship, Texas, now she’s learned to hide her fire behind a quiet receptionist’s smile. It’s safer that way—for her, and for everyone else.

When an unsettling encounter with her predatory boss cracks open the tightly locked box inside her, Haven dreams a terrifying dream about him, only to wake up and discover it’s come true; he’s dead. Desperate to gain control of this deadly power once and for all, Haven returns home.

Welcomed suspiciously with open arms, Haven is immediately met with the ghosts of her past. Under the suffocating pressure of the town and her family who believe obedience is next to godliness, Haven soon finds herself on a path to revenge. She’ll show them what happens when the girl they called too much, too loud, too everything, finally lets her demons loose.

Author: Rebekah Faubion
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2026-10-13
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9798217192144

Praise for this book

I am so here for What a Nightmare. Dark, feminist horror that had me ‘one more chaptering’ all night!
Chelsea Conradt , USA Today bestselling author of The Farmhouse and The Secret Attic
An instant Southern Gothic classic, Rebekah Faubion’s What a Nightmare combines psychological terror with an utterly grotesque, unforgettable story of homecoming. A delicious, poisoned peach of a novel.
Liz Kerin , author of Night’s Edge
A modern small town horror that gazes deep into the rot of toxic families and abusive relationships, What a Nightmare is a sharp and bloody exploration of trauma. Faubion’s prose is perfectly tight and vivid—you can see, smell, and hear everything. This is one nightmare you won’t want to wake up from.
Saratoga Schaefer , USA Today Bestselling author of Trad Wife

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