Blackthorn

Every twenty years, the village of Blackthorn disappears.
Not from the map. Not from memory.
From the world itself.
When investigative journalist Maya Reed learns that her brother, Daniel, vanished while searching for the remote village, she refuses to believe he is gone. Her investigation leads her to Blackthorn, a place surrounded by whispers, sealed secrets, and people determined to keep outsiders away.
But Blackthorn is hiding more than a dark history.
As strange memories surface and reality begins to fracture, Maya uncovers evidence of an ancient pact that has bound the village for generations. With the next disappearance drawing near, she must unravel the truth behind Blackthorn before it vanishes again.
What waits beyond the boundary between worlds is far more dangerous than Maya imagined.
And finding Daniel may come at a cost she is not prepared to pay.
In a village where nothing is quite what it seems, some secrets were never meant to survive the night.