Among Shadows

Some forests hide monsters. Others hide the truth.

For seven years, Verena Hawthorne has searched for her mother who vanished without a trace.

Raised by the village herbalist, Edith Greenwell, Verena spends her days tending medicinal gardens, brewing remedies, and pretending she's finally let the past go. But every path through the forest reminds her of the promise she couldn't keep-to stop searching.

Everything changes when she discovers her mother's necklace buried beneath the roots of an ancient tree.

The last person she expects to find there is Silas Vale-a solitary hunter who prefers the company of towering pines and restless crows to that of the village. Sharp-tongued, frustratingly unreadable, and fiercely protective of the forest he calls home, Silas has no interest in helping a curious herbalist chase ghosts.

But as their paths continue to cross, an uneasy partnership begins to form.

Every clue pulls them closer to a truth that someone has spent years trying to bury-and every answer threatens not only their lives but the fragile bond growing between them.

Because some secrets were never meant to be uncovered.

And the forest never forgets.