Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Release date: 5 July 2025
Back cover blurb: When Emily wakes from a coma following an accident that nearly kills her, she finds herself agreeing to move from London to the wild moors of Devon with her husband Freddie. A fresh start is exactly what their marriage needs. As their car pulls up to Larkin Lodge, their dream country home, Emily's heart sinks. Outside, everything is covered in an icy gray mist. Inside, the air is filled with dust and abandonment. And then she finds the empty suite on the second floor. A room so bleak, so cold, so void of anything good. Something bad happened in here. Someone dies in here. Why can't Freddie feel the darkness that stirs within its walls? There's something wrong with the house, this strange house, where the floorboards creak at night, the doors rattle, the windows slam shut, the taps turn on and off - and on and off. But if the house is hiding something, so are Emily and Freddie...
We Live Here Now is another intriguing novel by Sarah Pinborough, by that I mean, that nothing is exactly as it seems.
Emily and Freddie have just moved into their dream home thinking it will be the fresh start that they both so desperately need. But it is a nightmare that is just about to begin...
Emily almost died after a devastating cliff top accident that left her in a coma.
Freddie feels an all consuming guilt because they rowed so terribly before the accident, and part of him wished that she would just disappear.
They both want their new home to help them move forward, heal and repair. But both of them are harbouring secrets that would destroy their marriage if they were ever to surface.
The house is a character all of its own. Is it haunted? Is Emily right to be scared? Or is it all in her head?
Neither Emily or Freddie's characters are particularly likeable, their marriage is a literal disaster but there is something compelling about their situation, and a want to know what the hell is going on, even if its unbelieveable at times?!
We Live Here Now is available now via Amazon and all good book shops.
Thank You to the publishers who approved my request via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.