𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬

The Girl with the Paper Stars

Written by Mia
Genre: Mystery · Crime · Psychological Drama · Slow-Burn Romance · Childhood best friend trope
Setting: Silverpine, Ontario, Canada

Summary: When twenty-four-year-old Ivy Callahan returns to her quiet hometown of Silverpine, Ontario, she brings more than just suitcases. She carries grief like a second skin and a desperate need for answers about her Ten year old sister emmeline who vanished without a trace two weeks ago.
Silverpine is no longer the place Ivy remembers. Shadows linger in familiar faces. The streets seem colder. And nothing hurts more than crossing paths with Aidan Aidan reyes her former best friend and now a local detective the boy who once knew her heart better than anyone, and the man who now seems like a stranger.
When a child's body is discovered in the woods, the case quickly turns into something far darker than anyone expected: Kidnapping, rape and murder. As Ivy and Aidan dive headfirst into the investigation, they're forced to confront not only the secrets of the town, but also the cracks in their own past the unresolved guilt, the unspoken love, and the years of silence between them.
As the truth unfolds, Ivy must navigate a town that thrives on secrets and silence, a case that hits too close to home, and feelings she thought she'd buried long ago.
Because some tragedies don't end in headlines they live in whispers, in memories, in paper stars left behind on a little girl's bedroom floor.
in silverpine, even the stars have scars
And sometimes, love is the only light left.