Part of Charley Davidson, book 13.6
First published 2021
Quentin Rutherford takes what should be a simple tracking assignment in a small New Mexico town. The veteran tracker expects to assess the supernatural threat and leave. Instead he encounters Amber Kowalski, the girl he has loved since childhood, now working as a private investigator who hunts creatures that lurk in darkness. Both can see through the dead, a rare ability that bonds them. Amber feels shocked to see her childhood crush return. Quentin has transformed into a hardened demon hunter, savage and dangerous. She barely recognizes the boy she once knew. Meanwhile, a supernatural entity has established itself in their town and begun killing. They must work together to stop it before more people die. Amber burns with thousands of questions about what Quentin has become during their years apart. But she cannot dwell on the past or her feelings for him. She has changed too, and he will soon discover exactly how much. Their reunion forces them to confront both an otherworldly threat and the complicated emotions they still carry for each other.
Genres: romance, fantasy, action, paranormal
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: New Mexico
117 pages · Kindle Edition · 1001 Dark Nights Press
Content warnings: violence