Coming soon!
PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY
One hotel. Many secrets.
After a true crime podcast reopens her cousin's murder case, a young woman must confront her past at a glamorous European castle-turned-hotel where she follows a trail of toxic family secrets and deadly lies in this Gothic-tinged thriller perfect for readers of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware.
U.S.:
Emily Bestler Books (Atria/S&S)
Fall 2026
(more news coming soon!)
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Preorders are currently live!
Buy at any major retailer here:
"Riveting."
THE BULLETIN
on Tara Goedjen's
No Beauties or Monsters
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"A desert full of mystery. A girl who sees things she shouldn’t. Desperate to unlock the secrets of Twentynine Palms, I raced through this book!"
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Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows
Praise & Reviews
for Tara's books
"Eerie and imaginative."
KIRKUS
on Tara Goedjen's
No Beauties or Monsters
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"A mind-bending and atmospheric mystery that kept me turning pages long into the night."
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Kara Thomas, author of The Cheerleaders and That Weekend
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"Unsettling genre bender."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
on Tara Goedjen's
No Beauties or Monsters
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"Sears with uncanny malice from the very first page—and then quickly explodes into a blistering fever dream. Insidiously beautiful."
Krystal Sutherland, New York Times bestselling author of House of Hollow
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About Tara Goedjen
Tara Goedjen has lived all over the world, from Europe to the island of Guam. A former academic, she holds a Master of Fine Arts and a PhD, and she also worked as an editor for a Sydney-based publishing house for several years. Tara now lives in the moody Pacific Northwest, where she can usually be found hiking through the woods while dreaming up her next novel. Please Enjoy Your Stay is her adult debut.