New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Cole is back with another chilling thriller, set in the world of her megahit When No One Is Watching.

It was too good to be true.

Eboni Goodman has earned her Master’s in Social Work… only to be stuck delivering groceries. So when she lands a position as Administrator for an experimental village designed to reduce homelessness, she’s thrilled. Her stubborn optimism has finally borne fruit, and she is ready to change lives—starting with her own.

Except the South Jersey town isn’t exactly welcoming of their new neighbors. Eboni is determined to prove the program works, even when the hostility outside the gates is nothing compared to the glitches happening inside the village. And the only person she can rely on is Michael, a broody security guard and former local who's only recently returned to town.

As the town's buried history comes to light and strange occurrences stack up, cracks begin to show in the organization’s philanthropic facade. Eboni and Michael are pulled into a web of intrigue that threatens not just the program but everyone living there.

After all, it takes a village…

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Praise for this book

“It Takes a Village is one of my favorite thrillers I’ve read this year. It’s a pitch-perfect follow up to When No One is Watching. You’ll be up all night reading and thinking twice the next time you open your favorite chatbot.” – Kellye Garrett, award-winning author of Missing White Woman and Like a Sister



Praise for When No One Is Watching



"Here's a romantic thriller that really works, and covers some fascinating stuff about the little-known history of Black Brooklyn. The building attraction between Sydney and and Theo is very cool." -- Stephen King

"From the first page of WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING, I felt like I was right there in the gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood, filled with sharply etched characters and dialogue that zings. Then bam! I was knocked over by the momentum of an intense psychological thriller that doesn’t let go until the final page. This is a terrific read." - Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author

"Dread builds and mutates into near-horror... It was eye-opening, sad, shocking, gripping, I devoured it in one go. I recommend SO HIGHLY." - Marian Keyes, #1 bestselling author

"This high-octane thriller hits right where it hurts, taking aim at gentrification and racism as conjoined forces of literary horror… Expect major palm sweat as the novel barrels toward its chilling and eye-opening conclusion.” - Esquire (Best Books of Fall 2020 for Those Long, Chilly Nights)

“…if Rear Window and Get Out got married and had a baby that was a book, it would indeed be When No One Is Watching, which takes place in contemporary Brooklyn and combines a page-turning thriller with shrewd social commentary on race, gentrification and greed.” - Seattle Times

“[A] searing indictment of the inseparable evils of racism and gentrification wrapped in an anxiety-inducing thriller with elements of romance and horror… Cole expertly layers plot twists, raising the stakes until the dramatic finale, and readers will cheer when the real heroes are revealed. Cole is a sure-bet suggestion for romance readers, and When No One Is Watching will expand her already enthusiastic audience.” - Booklist (starred review)

“When No One is Watching is a thriller, Hitchcockian in its essence (those brownstones have plenty of windows, and a love story emerges as well), but with expert character development that demonstrates Cole’s ability to craft a story, it’s just as much about people as it is about place. The themes Cole explores throughout—racism, white greed, sickness, addiction, encroaching gentrification—are ones that are acutely aligned with the current social climate.” - Parade

“Combining the voyeuristic paranoia of Rear Window with the searing social commentary of Get Out, this thriller from Alyssa Cole turns gentrification into fodder for a horror movie.” - Entertainment Weekly (20 New Books Coming in September)




About the AuthorAlyssa Cole is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers and romance novels. Her debut thriller, When No One Is Watching was the winner of the 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original and the Strand Critics Award for Best Debut. Her twisty psychological thriller, One of Us Knows, was the winner of the 2025 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Fiction. Her books have received critical acclaim from the New York Times, Library Journal, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, Booklist, Jezebel, Shondaland, Vulture, Book Riot, and Entertainment Weekly. Alyssa lives in France with her husband and their menagerie of animals. When not writing, she sings in a rock choir, practices artistic roller skating, and battles her nemesis, the French "r."
Title: It Takes a Village
Author(s): Alyssa Cole
ISBN: 9781250406545
Copyright 2027
Release Date: February 09, 2027
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Countries: United States, Canada | Learn more about available countries
Language: English
Format: None available | Learn More about our supported formats
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