First published 2018
Polly plans to drive west when she stops at a tavern in Belleville, Delaware. Adam claims he's just passing through too. Neither leaves town. The mysterious redhead with her unsettling quiet draws Adam into her orbit. Through the brutal heat of summer, they fall into an intense affair. Each hides lethal secrets from the other. Polly and Adam play a dangerous game where forbidden desires collide with calculated deceptions. When death strikes, the question becomes whether it happened by chance or design. Now they're trapped in each other's web of lies. Neither knows how to escape or if they want to. Their passion burns against the truth threatening to surface. Love and destruction circle each other. One of them must break first.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Belleville, Delaware
Period: summer
Hardcover · William Morrow
Content warnings: violence