ADEYEMI AZEEZ OLUWASEYI

A house burns in the dead of night. A boy screams from inside. Another is arrested on the spot. But neither of them set that fire.
Weeks earlier, Nathan Rourke, a worn-out defense attorney from the city, returned to Hollow Creek—his haunted Southern hometown—after his brother’s sudden death. What was supposed to be a temporary visit becomes permanent when he uncovers chilling truths about the town he left behind.
Nathan takes on two high-profile cases: Elijah Moore, a wealthy teen accused of murdering his father, and Jace Carter, a poor foster kid charged with arson. But in a town where no one is ever found guilty, Nathan finds himself caught between lies passed off as justice, buried family secrets, and a decades-old system built on silence.
As Nathan digs deeper, the lines between his past and present blur. The deeper he searches, the more dangerous it becomes—not just for him, but for the boys whose lives depend on him.

Lena Hart has been hurt before. Badly. So when Ethan Vale walks into her life—handsome, gentle, successful—she doesn’t know whether to trust him or run. He says all the right things. Looks at her like she’s the only woman in the world. For the first time in years, she lets someone in.
But love shouldn't feel like this.
Because soon, women who look just like Lena start turning up dead.
Strangled. No signs of struggle. No forced entry. Each victim wore the same perfume Ethan gifted Lena. Each one met their end after falling for someone who seemed… perfect.
Now Lena is watching everything: his words, his habits, his lies. And she’s asking herself the question she doesn’t want answered—
What if the man she’s falling for is the one hunting her?
As the city panics and the bodies stack up, Lena has two choices: run, or play along long enough to figure out the truth.
But in this game of love and survival, one wrong move could make her the next victim.