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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: — The House That Shouldn’t Exist
Chapter 3: — The Minuscule Inheritance
Chapter 4: — The Man in the Mirror House
Chapter 5: — Words Become a Door
Chapter 6: — The Past Repeats Itself
Chapter 7: — Ashes and Ultimatums
Chapter 8: — The Door Opens
Chapter 9: — The Refuge Rebuilt
Chapter 10: — Once Upon a Time, There Was a House
Description
Myra Malone lives in an attic in rural Arizona, where she tends the Minuscule Mansion—an enormous, intricate miniature house that feels alive. With her best friend Gwen’s push, Myra begins sharing photos and essays online, and the site explodes with followers. But Myra’s carefully controlled world fractures when her mother’s secret debt puts their cabin on the brink of auction.
To raise money, Gwen proposes a contest: fans pay to submit essays and win the chance to redecorate a room—maybe even meet Myra. Then a man named Alex Rakes enters, claiming his full-size family mansion in Lockhart, Virginia looks exactly like Myra’s miniature. As Myra and Alex trade messages, they uncover a deeper history: the mansion is a “refuge” tied to a centuries-long keeper, and its magic has been repeating the same wounds and patterns—until love gives Myra the courage to become what the house has always been waiting for.
Who Should Listen
- Listeners who want a tender, magical-realism romance where the love story grows through letters, voice calls, and shared mystery.
- Fans of cozy, whimsical “house-as-character” stories, miniatures, antiques, and found-family support systems.
- Anyone drawn to emotional arcs about agoraphobia, grief, healing, and learning to let another person truly see you.