Publication Date: August 29, 2025
They invited me in. They shouldn’t have…
I knew the moment I met Daniel that I would marry him. As I meet his family for the first time, I say a silent prayer. It’s important that I make a good impression… and that they don’t discover why I’m really there.
Over a lavish family dinner, I take in their tight-lipped smiles. His mother watches my every move, his brother flirts dangerously with me and his sister maintains her thunderous expression as she carefully avoids any questions about the family. I can tell they’re all hiding something from me. And little do they know, I already know what it is.
You see, I’m not the only girl Daniel and his brother Elliott have brought back to meet their mother. Those other girls all disappeared. But I intend to make it out alive.
I’m going to uncover the secrets this perfect family home holds. And they’re going to regret ever welcoming me to the family.
Fans of The Housemaid, The Perfect Marriage and Gone Girl will absolutely love this addictive page turner packed with nail-biting tension and jaw-dropping twists.
Claudia eagerly looks forward to getting to know her fiancé’s family, but she never expected the opulence and feelings of uncertainty.
Welcome to the Family captures the anticipation of a young woman eager to get to know her future in-laws. However, author Cathryn Grant weaves in multiple twists, ratcheting up the psychological angles.
The icy reception soon offers insight into the main characters. There’s the potential mother-in-law whose mercurial personality blows hot and cold depending on whether Daniel is present. The overly flirty younger brother and the smug sister who drops snide comments round out Claudia’s future family.
With no way to leave the family compound, Claudia uses emails to her sister to document her frustrations.
The second part of the book highlights a new fiancée named Renee. As secrets start to be revealed, Renee pushes back against the gaslighting.
The stunning conclusion delivers unexpected revelations to wrap up all of the loose ends.
Welcome to the Family will make you think twice about meeting potential in-laws.
Cathryn is the author of over thirty psychological suspense novels. The things that cause torment in real life—obsession and revenge, guilt and envy and longing—are endlessly fascinating in fiction, and she never grows tired of writing stories about characters struggling to overcome the worst. Cathryn also writes ghost stories because… who knows what lies beyond our senses.
When she’s not writing, she’s usually reading, walking on the beach, or playing golf, going way out of her way to avoid hitting her ball in the sand or the water. She lives on the Central California Coast with her husband and their cat, Cleopatra.
