Exposure of Deception
(2027)(The fifth book in the Secrets of Beaver Creek series)
A novel by Lila Ferrari
Ivy Callahan came home to Beaver Creek to rebuild what mattered. With her family’s Callahan B&B near the river and Savory Seasons Catering keeping her busy year-round, she believed she’d left her past behind. Winter settles in, quiet and heavy, when her farmhouse is broken into, her brakes sabotaged, and a fire destroys years of carefully kept business records. Someone knows who she is. Someone remembers.
Charlie Anderson has spent his life fixing things in Beaver Creek—engines, roofs, broken routines. A former Army combat engineer, he knows how to spot danger before it detonates. He never stopped watching out for Ivy, even after she left town without explanation years ago. When the threats escalate, Charlie steps in, determined to keep her safe. The closer he stays, the harder it is to ignore what neither of them ever truly buried.
As Sheriff Ethan McQueeney and mystery writer Jane Goodwin uncover links to a vanished journalist and a powerful crime syndicate, Ivy is forced to confront a truth she’s avoided for a decade. Before Elan. Before her name meant anything. She unknowingly crossed the wrong people—and they’ve finally decided to close the door she opened.
When Ivy is lured into a deadly trap during a brutal snowstorm, survival will demand more than hiding. It will require trust. Truth. And the courage to stand her ground.
Because this time, running home won’t be enough.
Genre: Mystery
Charlie Anderson has spent his life fixing things in Beaver Creek—engines, roofs, broken routines. A former Army combat engineer, he knows how to spot danger before it detonates. He never stopped watching out for Ivy, even after she left town without explanation years ago. When the threats escalate, Charlie steps in, determined to keep her safe. The closer he stays, the harder it is to ignore what neither of them ever truly buried.
As Sheriff Ethan McQueeney and mystery writer Jane Goodwin uncover links to a vanished journalist and a powerful crime syndicate, Ivy is forced to confront a truth she’s avoided for a decade. Before Elan. Before her name meant anything. She unknowingly crossed the wrong people—and they’ve finally decided to close the door she opened.
When Ivy is lured into a deadly trap during a brutal snowstorm, survival will demand more than hiding. It will require trust. Truth. And the courage to stand her ground.
Because this time, running home won’t be enough.
Genre: Mystery