Sophie’s gift is changing. Cameron is hearing things she can’t explain. And in Willowmere, another girl has been found dead at Harker’s Pond.
A year after Sophie Huang and Detective Cameron Walsh broke open Willowmere'''s century-old cover-up, the town has settled back into something like quiet. The founding families lost control of the story. Sophie and Cameron found a way to be together. Life felt almost normal.
Now Sophie’s psychometry is doing something new. Where she once saw fragments of the past through touch, she’s beginning to slip deeper into moments that feel too real and too vivid to ignore. She doesn’t understand the rules yet. She hasn’t told Cameron.
Cameron has been keeping her own secret. Since moving to Willowmere, she’s been hearing voices that don’t belong to anyone alive. She hasn’t told Sophie.
When a local teenager’s death is ruled an accident within hours, the town accepts it and moves on. Everyone except the people who knew her best including Sophie, whose evolving ability shows her something that doesn’t match the official story.
The deeper Sophie looks, the more it becomes clear that Willowmere is still protecting something that includes old families, old power, and secrets that didn’t stay buried the first time.
As Halloween approaches and the veil thins, Sophie’s abilities grow stronger and harder to hide. Cameron’s grow louder. And whatever is stirring in Willowmere is no longer content to stay quiet.
To find the truth, Sophie and Cameron will have to trust each other with the parts of themselves they’ve been most afraid to reveal. Some secrets protect the people you love. Others just make you lonely.
Sapphic paranormal cozy mystery. Established couple tested by evolving abilities. Multi-POV. Fair-play murder mystery. Atmospheric small-town Oregon Halloween. Standalone with HEA. No cliffhanger.
Tropes: established couple, evolving paranormal abilities, multi-POV mystery, small-town secrets, Halloween, sapphic, found family, the case nobody wants you to solve
When the Veil Breaks is Book 2 of The Willowmere Mysteries. Third-person POV. ~38,000 words. Can be read as a standalone.
Perfect for fans of The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Ex Hex, and Cat Sebastian.
Genre: Mystery
A year after Sophie Huang and Detective Cameron Walsh broke open Willowmere'''s century-old cover-up, the town has settled back into something like quiet. The founding families lost control of the story. Sophie and Cameron found a way to be together. Life felt almost normal.
Now Sophie’s psychometry is doing something new. Where she once saw fragments of the past through touch, she’s beginning to slip deeper into moments that feel too real and too vivid to ignore. She doesn’t understand the rules yet. She hasn’t told Cameron.
Cameron has been keeping her own secret. Since moving to Willowmere, she’s been hearing voices that don’t belong to anyone alive. She hasn’t told Sophie.
When a local teenager’s death is ruled an accident within hours, the town accepts it and moves on. Everyone except the people who knew her best including Sophie, whose evolving ability shows her something that doesn’t match the official story.
The deeper Sophie looks, the more it becomes clear that Willowmere is still protecting something that includes old families, old power, and secrets that didn’t stay buried the first time.
As Halloween approaches and the veil thins, Sophie’s abilities grow stronger and harder to hide. Cameron’s grow louder. And whatever is stirring in Willowmere is no longer content to stay quiet.
To find the truth, Sophie and Cameron will have to trust each other with the parts of themselves they’ve been most afraid to reveal. Some secrets protect the people you love. Others just make you lonely.
Sapphic paranormal cozy mystery. Established couple tested by evolving abilities. Multi-POV. Fair-play murder mystery. Atmospheric small-town Oregon Halloween. Standalone with HEA. No cliffhanger.
Tropes: established couple, evolving paranormal abilities, multi-POV mystery, small-town secrets, Halloween, sapphic, found family, the case nobody wants you to solve
When the Veil Breaks is Book 2 of The Willowmere Mysteries. Third-person POV. ~38,000 words. Can be read as a standalone.
Perfect for fans of The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Ex Hex, and Cat Sebastian.
Genre: Mystery
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