The Way They Watch
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Juniper Vale hosts a rising true-crime podcast, digging into cold cases most people are too afraid to touch. But when her latest investigation leads her to the Eastbridge Institute-a place tied to missing girls and buried secrets-she realizes she's not the only one following the trail.
Someone is watching her.
Ezra Cross doesn't just watch. He protects. He's been in the shadows for years, haunted by Eastbridge, bound to its horrors. Cold, calculating, and obsessive-Ezra will do anything to keep Juniper safe. Even if it means revealing everything he's tried to forget.
But he's not the only man watching her.
Someone else is out there. Someone darker. Hungrier. And he doesn't want to protect Juniper-he wants to claim her.
Caught between two dangerous men and a web of secrets that go deeper than she ever imagined, Juniper must decide who to trust... and who will break her.
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