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The Machiavelli Next Door: How to Recognize Power Games, Hidden Envy and Strategic Betrayal
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Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Claire Bennett thought moving to Oakhaven Terrace would give her family a fresh start.
Then she met Vanessa Vossmere.
Vanessa is everything a good neighbor should be. Warm. Connected. Generous. She remembers birthdays, makes introductions, opens doors, and seems to know exactly what people need before they ask.
But Vanessa also remembers every weakness.
Every favor.
Every secret.
Every person who owes her something.
At first, Claire mistakes influence for friendship. By the time she begins noticing the quiet exclusions, carefully placed rumors, professional interference, and strange shifts in the people around her, Vanessa has already become woven into the neighborhood, Claire's family, and the future Claire is trying to build.
Then trouble reaches Claire's brother, Caleb Solwick.
On Willow Court, another respected figure has built a different kind of network. Victor Brannick does not control dinner invitations or friendships. He controls information, urgency, favors, property pressure, and the stories people tell themselves when they are afraid.
As Claire and Caleb compare what is happening around them, they begin to recognize something unsettling.
Power does not always announce itself.
Sometimes it brings dinner.
Sometimes it offers advice.
Sometimes it calls itself friendship.
And sometimes the most dangerous person in your life is already standing next door.
THE MACHIAVELLI NEXT DOOR is a psychological suspense novel about manipulation, hidden envy, false loyalty, reputation, family, and the quiet ways people compete for control.
It is also a story about learning to recognize the game without becoming the person who plays it.
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