He’s a tortured author hiding from his past. She’s the enemy who gets too close.
Three years ago, bestselling thriller author Romain Delatour’s wife was murdered in their isolated manor, a crime he can’t remember but for which he was the only suspect. Now, his writer’s block is crippling, his daughter is slipping away, and he’s haunted by a terrifying suspicion: the serial killer from his novels has crossed into the real world.
Tenacious paparazzo Tessa Ravel is one scoop away from saving her career. When she learns the reclusive author is back in the spotlight, she goes undercover as his daughter’s babysitter, determined to expose the secrets of Delatour House. But the brooding, broken man she finds is not the monster she expected, and the gothic manor holds dangers far more real than celebrity gossip.
As a storm traps them on the island, the lines between hunter and prey blur. Tessa is the only one who can help Romain uncover the truth, but digging into his past might just get her buried. In a house that breathes secrets, the most dangerous story is the one that’s true.
Can she expose the killer before she becomes the final, bloody chapter in his masterpiece?
Read it if you like :
Three years ago, bestselling thriller author Romain Delatour’s wife was murdered in their isolated manor, a crime he can’t remember but for which he was the only suspect. Now, his writer’s block is crippling, his daughter is slipping away, and he’s haunted by a terrifying suspicion: the serial killer from his novels has crossed into the real world.
Tenacious paparazzo Tessa Ravel is one scoop away from saving her career. When she learns the reclusive author is back in the spotlight, she goes undercover as his daughter’s babysitter, determined to expose the secrets of Delatour House. But the brooding, broken man she finds is not the monster she expected, and the gothic manor holds dangers far more real than celebrity gossip.
As a storm traps them on the island, the lines between hunter and prey blur. Tessa is the only one who can help Romain uncover the truth, but digging into his past might just get her buried. In a house that breathes secrets, the most dangerous story is the one that’s true.
Can she expose the killer before she becomes the final, bloody chapter in his masterpiece?
Read it if you like :
- Forced Proximity
Isolated Setting (Gothic Manor)
Enemies to Lovers
Mistaken Identity / Undercover Heroine
Slow Burn Romance
Grumpy / Sunshine
Who-dunnit Mystery
Cold case
Artist/Writer Protagonist
Dark Past
Damsel in Distress
He Falls First
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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