3rd Place Award Winner in Romance-Suspense for The BookFest Spring 2025!! Best-selling author Kaitlynn Pete thought she had found her sanctuary in the quiet town of Hollow Creek, a place where she could escape the trauma of putting a relentless stalker behind bars. But when she purchases a dilapidated house on the outskirts of town and meets the sexy and charming contractor, Noah Cassidy, she realizes things aren’t quite as tranquil as they may seem. The crumbling house seems like the perfect place to start over—until she discovers her uncanny connection to the town’s dark past. But as Kate works to uncover the disturbing truth, her stalker escapes, resuming his twisted obsession. With the clock ticking and danger closing in, Kate and Noah must not only confront their feelings for each other, but outsmart a predator who will stop at nothing to claim her for his own. Can she survive the stalker’s deadly game, or will history repeat itself in the most terrifying way?

Fifteen years ago, sixteen-year-old Callie’s whirlwind summer romance with Oliver Cassidy ended in heartbreak when her disapproving parents forced her to leave before the summer was over, shattering young love and leading to an unspeakable tragedy. In the aftermath, Callie was left broken, and changing her name was the only way she knew how to move forward and rediscover who she was meant to be. After discovering old photographs in her grandparents’ attic, Lily Mackenzie is inexplicably drawn back to in the picturesque town of Hollow Creek. One wild night with a handsome stranger she was never supposed to see again, newfound friendships and an unraveling town mystery pull her deeper into another legend of the past, until flashes of a tragic summer and a forgotten love begin to resurface. With each new revelation, the lines between past and present start to blur, and the growing connection between Lily and Oliver starts to feel hauntingly familiar. And when the truth finally forces itself into the light, colliding past with present, Lily and Oliver must find a way to forgive the past and embrace a love always destined to be.

Emma Thomas never intended to stay in Hollow Creek forever, just long enough to bury her past. It seemed like the perfect place to start over now that her old life was behind her—but the past refuses to stay buried. The small town isn’t just a place to hide. It’s also the last fragile thread tying her to her foster brother, who vanished years ago during a summer trip to Hollow Creek. But the case went cold, the search abandoned, every lead a dead end—until now. As a descendant of one of the founding families, Chief Mark Taylor has spent his whole life in Hollow Creek, a place renowned for its supernatural secrets and buried scandals. Then Emma moves to town—beautiful, fiercely guarded, and impossible to ignore. For years, he tells himself to keep his distance. But when her past comes knocking at his door, the last thing Mark wants to do is turn his back on the one person he’s been trying so hard to resist. So when their pasts and presents collide, Mark finds himself at a crossroads. Will he let old ghosts dictate his future, or will he finally break free and fight for the woman who’s been right in front of him all along?