Tangled in Shadows
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MatureOngoing1h 29m
Last published Sun, May 25, 2025
Some secrets were buried for a reason. But what happens when they start to surface... with blood on their hands?
Adaline Rivera doesn't do fear. With a razor-sharp tongue and a steel spine, she's built her walls high and locked the world out. But when her childhood best friend returns-and brings along her bestie's older brother, Warner Caine-the past crashes into her life like a wrecking ball.
Warner. Grumpy, ice-cold, maddeningly unreadable. The boy who always seemed to hate her. The man who now can't seem to look away.
As old friends reunite and new sparks ignite, a darker thread begins to unravel. Surveillance photos. Vanishing memories. A government secret hidden in the shadows of their childhoods.
When Calister-Adaline's once-inseparable protector-disappears without a trace, the group is pulled into a deadly game of lies, cover-ups, and betrayals that run deeper than blood.
Adaline and Warner must learn to trust each other-or risk being destroyed by the truth that's been watching them all along.
Enemies to lovers. Friends to suspects. Truth to weapon.
Welcome to the beginning of the end.
Genre:
• Romantic Thriller (Primary)
• Mystery / Suspense
• New Adult Romance
• Enemies-to-Lovers
• Found Family (with a dark twist)
• Slow Burn / Steamy
• Psychological Twists
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