"The first girl died in L.A. The second washed up at my feet."

I came to Seabridge Bay to escape the blood on my hands.

As a former LAPD detective, I was done chasing shadows—until the murders followed me with the same ritual, same signs and same nightmare.

That's when I met Damien Cross—a quiet contractor with haunted eyes and dangerous hands. He calms the storm in my head, touches me like he’s the only one who could ever do that…

But, what if he’s not saving me? What if he’s the one I need saving from?

Because someone is killing women. 

And the deeper I fall, the more I wonder— Is the real monster him...or me?

The Sweetest Lie In The Dark 

She watched me with her pen unmoving. “Have you noticed anything that might trigger these episodes?”
“Sleep,” I muttered. “Dreams, a lighthouse I discovered, Damien, sometimes it’s his touch, sometimes it’s a sound. Last night I heard Ivy whisper my name.”
She hesitated. “Do you believe she’s tryi...

She watched me with her pen unmoving. “Have you noticed anything that might trigger these episodes?”

“Sleep,” I muttered. “Dreams, a lighthouse I discovered, Damien, sometimes it’s his touch, sometimes it’s a sound. Last night I heard Ivy whisper my name.”

She hesitated. “Do you believe she’s tryi...

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