This text provides excerpts from the book Asking for Trouble by Leslie Kelly, including the title page, dedication, and a table of contents that outlines the Prologue and seventeen numbered chapters, some from the perspective of "Lottie" and others from "Simon." The narrative follows Simon Lebeaux, who inherits the secluded Seaton House, a former hotel with a dark history involving a serial killer, and is struggling with painful memories and unsettling supernatural occurrences that he later suspects are malicious pranks. The story introduces Lottie Santori, a sharp-witted journalism graduate student investigating the house's past for a professor, who initially tries to trick Simon into letting her stay but eventually becomes his lover and partner in unraveling the mysteries and threats surrounding Seaton House. The excerpts conclude with Simon proposing to Lottie and providing context for other related books in the "Trouble" series and the publisher's upcoming releases.