The Third Son

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>All he wants is a loving family to belong to to manipulate to control. . . .</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Architect Carter Grady is constructing his most prized design-a family. Two years after marrying his deceased best friend's wife Tori he's ready to officially adopt her two sons independent Daniel twelve and sweet five-year-old Nathan. All he needs to do is sign the legal paperwork. But a phone call changes everything.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A one-night stand from over a decade ago died in a freak accident and Carter now learns two things: the random stranger's name . . . and that they share a ten-year-old son Francis. With adultlike affectations and a fondness for wearing bow ties the exceedingly charming and fiercely intelligent boy is unlike other children. And he's </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>biologically</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Carter's-a seemingly impossible dream.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Yet behind the ready smile perfectly parted hair and need to please something's </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>off</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> with Francis. There's a cunning calculation behind his moves an effortless talent for lying and a dark curiosity about others' pain. But as Carter and Tori learn about the shocking conditions of Francis' isolated childhood Carter is even more determined to do right by his son.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When accidents soon escalate with Daniel and Nathan caught in the middle Tori's budding suspicions and maternal paranoia grow. Could evil reside in the form of a little boy? And who-or what-have they invited into their home their trust their sense of safety?</span></p>