Cold-blooded Crush

When semi-famous novelist Aubrey Vane trades buzzing book tours for a fog-drenched cabin in the coastal town of Willowmere, all she wants is a little silence. A digital detox. Maybe a glass of wine and the tiniest bit of journaling.
What she gets instead: a surprise meet-and-greet, a town full of quirky locals, and whispers of something lurking in the woods. Something tall. Cold-blooded. And supposedly wearing black Crocs.
Aubrey laughs it off, until she starts hearing things. Seeing shapes in the mist. Finding heart-shaped charms carved into her porch like love notes from the dark.
Whatever's out there isn't just a story.
It's watching her.
It's leaving her gifts.
And it wants her.
As reality starts to unravel, Aubrey is pulled into a twisted, magnetic connection with a creature straight out of a campfire tale, one that feels too personal to be legend.
Because some crushes don't just haunt your dreams.
They come back for you.

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