Beneath the Clocktower
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Harper Alden thought she left her haunted past behind-until a mysterious letter drags her back to Blackwood, the small town she fled a decade ago. Beneath the shadow of the clocktower, she discovers the impossible: Ethan, her best friend who supposedly died in a devastating fire, is alive.
Ethan's reappearance shatters everything Harper thought she knew. The fire wasn't an accident-it was a cover-up, and Ethan has been hiding ever since, protecting a dangerous secret. Now, with shadowy enemies closing in, Harper and Ethan must navigate a maze of lies, buried truths, and rekindled feelings as they race to uncover the conspiracy threatening them both.
Time is running out. Trust is fragile. And the answers they seek may destroy them.
Will they survive the clocktower's secrets, or will the past consume them for good?.
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