Beneath the hollow sky
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Some towns feel like secrets. Some boys feel like warnings. And some girls carry more light than they'll ever realize.
When seventeen-year-old Maddison arrives in the remote town of Ravenshollow for her final year of high school, she's not looking for anything-especially not friends, and definitely not attention. With a messy past and an indifferent heart, she prefers coffee over company and silence over small talk.
But Ravenshollow is different.
There's something strange about its stillness. Something ancient in the cold.
And then there are the twins-Dan and Jake. Beautiful, untouchable, and hauntingly alike. They're the center of everything at school, yet distant, as though something invisible clings to them. Assigned to help her settle in, they watch her too closely, speak too carefully. Like they know something she doesn't.
And then there's Nate the charming, dimpled barista with a warmth Maddison didn't know she missed. With him, life feels almost normal.
But Ravenshollow doesn't do normal. And Maddison isn't as ordinary as she thinks.
As the days grow colder and the nights stretch longer, Maddison finds herself pulled into a quiet storm of secrets, rivalries, and impossible desires. What lies beneath the surface of this frozen town isn't just darkness-it's hunger. And someone has been waiting for a girl like her.
Beneath the Hollow Sky is a haunting, slow-burn fantasy romance full of strange beauty, dangerous charm, and the quiet pull of something not quite human.
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