The last time Maeve saw her cousin was the night she escaped the cult they were raised in.

For the past two decades, Maeve has worked hard to build a normal life in New York City, where she keeps everything - and everyone - at a safe distance.

When her cousin Andrea suddenly reappears, Maeve regains the only true friend she's ever had. Soon she's spending more time at Andrea's remote Catskills estate than in her own cramped apartment. Maeve doesn't even mind that her cousin's wealthy work friends clearly disapprove of her single lifestyle. After all, Andrea has made her fortune in the fertility industry - baby fever comes with the territory.

What worries Maeve is that the more she immerses herself in Andrea's world, the more her long-buried memories flood to the surface. But confronting the terrors of her childhood may be the only way for Maeve to transcend the nightmare still to come...

"'Chilling... Maeve begins to see that only by confronting the secrets of her own eerie past will she avoid an even eerier future. Recommended for fans of creepy'" - Daily Mail

"Just Like Mother examines the internalised misogyny that influences women to force expectations of motherhood onto each other" - DAZED (7 horror books to sink your teeth into this Halloween)

"With a plot featuring a cult, a creepy old house and motherhood, it's a welcome addition to the maternal horror canon of Rosemary's Baby and The Babadook" - Stylist (Best new horror books to read in 2024)