Between shadows & Secrets
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Between Shadows and Secrets
Graven Hollow is a town wrapped in silence-and blood.
When Nancy, a girl with sharp green eyes and a restless spirit, moves to Ashridge High, she's ready to disappear into the background. But Drew Whitlock-haunted, cold, and dangerously unreadable-won't let her.
Drawn together by a chilling partnership, Nancy soon discovers that beneath Drew's icy blue stare lies a darkness darker than the woods themselves-a darkness tied to a missing student and whispers of unspeakable things lurking just out of sight.
Every secret she uncovers pulls her deeper into a world where trust is a weapon and survival is uncertain. And as the line between fear and desire blurs, Nancy must decide: will she escape the shadows, or become one of their secrets?
In Graven Hollow, some truths are better left buried.
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