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The Echo Between Us

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This novel explores mature emotional themes, including grief, family trauma, psychological distress, and suspense related to missing persons and small-town secrets.
Reader discretion is advised.

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"Some places you leave behind. Others never let you go."

After years of running from a past she can't outrun, Eva 
Calloway returns to the decaying coastal town she swore she'd never see again - only to find the house she left behind isn't as empty as it seems.

A series of hidden letters, a lost lighthouse, and a sister whose disappearance still haunts every broken street corner pull Eva deeper into the wreckage of everything she tried to forget.

But the truth buried beneath Windhaven's crumbling surface isn't just painful - it's dangerous.
As old ghosts stir and long-forgotten promises demand to be answered, Eva must decide:

Can you find your place in a world built on lies?

Or do you have to tear it all down first?

In a town that refuses to forgive or forget, coming home isn't salvation.
It's survival.All Rights Reserved

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