Finding Ashley Briar
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Last published Tue, Apr 8, 2025
Cameron Reyes never planned on coming back to Marrow Creek. After two years in juvenile detention, the last thing she wants is to return to the town that turned its back on her. But when she does, she finds something worse than silence-Ashley Briar, her best friend, is missing, and no one seems to care.
The town says Ashley just left. Cameron knows better.
Haunted by a past no one will let her forget, Cameron sets out to uncover what really happened to Ashley. But the deeper she digs, the more secrets she unearths-about her town, her friend, and herself. In a place where truth is buried beneath whispers and shame, Cameron will have to decide how far she's willing to go to find Ashley... and what she's willing to lose along the way.
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