The Book That Shouldn't Exist

Some books tell stories. This one opens doors. When Samuel discovers an ancient, untitled book hidden inside the solid wall of his remote Texas cabin, he knows it cannot possibly belong there. But when he and Gwendolyn touch its blank pages together, the book begins showing them lives they have never lived—lives filled with mountain summits, candlelit courts, forgotten promises, and desires neither of them has dared to name. Then a woman reaches through the pages. Her name is Daphne, and she claims the book has imprisoned her. Every picture is a doorway. Every doorway offers Samuel and Gwendolyn something they believe they want. But the book does not merely create worlds—it studies the people who enter them, turning love into leverage, fear into obedience, and every choice into another lock. To escape, Samuel and Gwendolyn must cross lives written from their deepest fantasies and most dangerous insecurities. They will face alternate versions of themselves, memories that should not exist, and a question the book has been waiting decades to ask: What remains of love when no one is permitted to control the ending? The Book That Shouldn’t Exist is an adult romantic fantasy blending gothic mystery, alternate realities, psychological suspense, and an unconventional love story about desire, trust, and the courage to leave the next page unwritten.