Sam Masters has fixed hundreds of boilers. This one shouldn’t be any different.

When he’s called out to a remote farmhouse owned by the reclusive Foreman family, Sam expects a routine job. Instead, he’s given a single, bizarre rule: Never let your heels touch the floor.

At first, it sounds like a joke. Then Sam hears the noises in the walls. He sees the shadows that don’t behave the way they should. And he meets the woman in the basement who shouldn’t be there at all. Finally he begins to understand: the Foremans aren’t eccentric. They’re terrified.

Because something else is living in the house. Something that moves when you don’t, something that watches, something that waits… and punishes the smallest mistake. And the only thing keeping it at bay is the one rule no one can afford to break.

As Sam begins to uncover the truth, he realises the farmhouse isn’t just haunted, it’s connected to something far worse. Something trapped just beyond our world, clawing for a way through. Now the rule about staying on tiptoes isn’t just about survival. It’s the only thing keeping the world safe.

Tiptoes is a haunting horror novel about a ghostly presence, a terrified family – and a creature that will do anything in its power to break through into the real world.

First published: April 2026
Genre: Ghost / Horror
Series or Standalone: Standalone