HOLLOW HOME: THE SECRET PASSION THAT LEFT ONLY EMPTINESS by Lora Shin

In the quiet suburbs of Ohio, David Harlan has always been the steady stepfather—reliable, protective, and quietly devoted to the family he helped build. When his adult stepdaughter Lily returns home after college, the house begins to feel different. What starts as familiar comfort slowly shifts into something far more dangerous: an attraction neither of them can deny.

As long nights and stolen moments draw them deeper into a secret, all-consuming affair, desire and guilt collide behind closed doors. Their connection is raw, intense, and impossible to resist—yet every touch carries the weight of betrayal. When the truth inevitably surfaces, it threatens to destroy the only family Lily has ever known.

Told in lush, sensory prose, *Hollow Home* is a slow-burn story of forbidden passion, emotional devastation, and the high cost of following desire when love and loyalty are on the line.

Content Warning: This book contains explicit sexual content, a taboo stepfather-stepdaughter relationship, themes of guilt, family betrayal, emotional angst, and does not end with a traditional happily-ever-after.