First published 2026
Nolan Rhodes thought he knew Cape Carnage, but the small town keeps sprouting new secrets every time he unearths one. Harper Starling isn't the woman he believed her to be. Arthur reveals a more sinister nature than Nolan first suspected. Sheriff Yates appears wherever Nolan turns. When true crime enthusiasts arrive seeking answers about their dead leader, Nolan gets trapped in a rescue mission for people he knows are already corpses. Harper has staked everything on burying her trauma in this coastal town. Now that Nolan has dug up her past, her carefully constructed life threatens to crumble. She questions everyone around her. The mysterious man stealing her heart originally came to murder her. The serial killer she protects has become dangerously unpredictable. Even her own reflection might pose the greatest threat. As Cape Carnage teeters toward complete chaos, loyalties face brutal tests and bonds stretch toward their breaking points. Love becomes the most lethal snare of all.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Cape Carnage
368 pages · Hardcover · Slowburn
Content warnings: abuse, murder