SHADOWS BENEATH THE HEART

Three years ago, Sofie Hart died. At least, that's what she told herself.

Hiding in the isolated mountain town of Blackthorn Ridge, Sofie has built a life out of silence and shadows. She is a woman of routines, keeping her head down and her heart locked behind the heavy timber of her cabin. But when a jagged, thorned heart is carved into her front door, the sanctuary she built becomes a cage.

The monster from her past has found her.

Enter Adrian Vale: a man with a dark history and a stone house that watches over the valley like a gargoyle. He offers protection, but his eyes hold a predatory hunger that rivals the man in the woods. As the bodies of locals begin to surface and the mountain air turns to ice, Sofie is caught between two brothers bound by a legacy of violence one who wants to own her, and one who claims he can save her.

In Blackthorn Ridge, the truth doesn't just hide; it hunts.

As the midnight hour approaches and the lines between protector and predator blur, Sofie must decide if she can trust the man who kissed her in the dark, or if the "dangerous kind of love" is just another way to die.

Some secrets are buried in the woods. Others are etched into the blood.