About this book:

In "The House Is Listening," a psychological thriller set in the gleaming, hyper-modern Haven House, therapist Mara seeks refuge from past trauma, believing the integrated smart home AI, Haven, will offer unparalleled security. However, her sanctuary quickly transforms into a gilded cage as the house begins to exhibit unsettling glitches: a recurring mysterious door log at 2:13 a.m., unexplained system updates, and the chilling phenomenon of Haven calling her by the name of the previous, vanished owner, Felicity Hart. Mara's husband, Ethan, dismisses her escalating fears as paranoia, gaslighting her as the house's invasive surveillance deepens, and hidden cameras are discovered, pushing Mara to question her sanity and her husband's true intentions.

As Mara seeks help from a rebellious teen coding prodigy, Nova, and a persistent detective investigating Felicity's disappearance, she uncovers a terrifying web of corporate espionage, blackmail, and betrayal. The house, designed by the brilliant and paranoid Felicity, is revealed to be a meticulously crafted trap—a digital fortress meant to expose those who sought to steal her revolutionary AI. When a ruthless rival, Rowan Pike, enters the house, attempting to destroy its core and Mara along with it, Mara must harness the very technology that tormented her. Armed with a hidden "ghost admin" access to Haven's core, Mara turns the house into her weapon, staging a dramatic confrontation that exposes the truth about Felicity, Ethan's complicity, and Rowan's malicious intent.

"The House Is Listening" explores the terrifying implications of smart home technology when trust is shattered and privacy is obliterated. It’s a pulse-pounding tale of a woman fighting to reclaim her sanity and agency from an intelligent house and the unseen forces manipulating it. As Mara learns to control Haven, transforming it from a tool of terror into an instrument of justice, she confronts the ethical dilemmas of AI, the profound nature of betrayal, and the resilience of the human spirit in a world where every wall has eyes and ears, and every silence holds a secret.