MatureAbout this book
Summary
Lacy Fontaine is a woman unspooling. Recently divorced, spiritually half-dead, and living in a crumbling apartment complex called The Verdance, she begins her story with a simple act: buying a yellow dress from a thrift store. But what she brings home is not fabric — it’s infection. The dress smells like milk and memory, and once it enters her life, nothing stays clean. Strange things follow. Eggs. They appear everywhere — in dreams, in mirrors, in her bathtub. They pulse. They breathe. They watch. Lacy tries to anchor herself in human connection: Desmond, the quiet hotel worker who serves her breakfast; Elaine, the friend who hides cruelty under laughter; and finally Day Day, a man from the block whose gold teeth and rough tenderness ignite something holy and dangerous in her. But love in The Verdance doesn’t heal — it consumes.Book information
Rating
★★★★★ (5.0) (1)
Genre
Adult Romance
Length
2 hrs 10 mins
Publish date
Nov 21, 2025
Language
English
About the Author
Augustus Swann
Table of Contents
1Chapter 1
19Chapter 19
2Chapter 2
20Chapter 20
3Chapter 3
21Chapter 21
4Chapter 4
22Chapter 22
5Chapter 5
23Chapter 23
