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Tempted Shadows
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Ongoing, First published Aug 18
Mature
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Lila Voss, a painter haunted by a scandal that shattered her career, seeks refuge in Crescent Bay, a coastal town with a sinister past. Her connection with Cade Marrow, a bartender hiding a dangerous secret, pulls her into a web of mysteries involving the town's cliffs, a decades-old tragedy, and their own buried traumas. 
Their romance is a slow burn, fraught with tension and danger, as they confront the shadows threatening to consume them.
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The Veil and the Light

7 parts Ongoing

Elena Holloway feels too deeply; Asher Harlan refuses to feel at all. She believes in what can't be seen, while he only trusts what he can fix with his hands. But when a mystery in their quiet seaside town of Stonehaven Point threatens to unravel reality itself, the two opposites are forced together.

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