The Clockmaker's Code: Ironwood Artifacts

A hidden cipher. A forgotten inheritance. And a secret someone would kill to keep wound tight.Elena Thorne didn't come back to Ironwood Creek for a mystery. She came to bury her grandfather's secrets and sell his crumbling Victorian estate. But when she finds a 1920s gold pocket watch hidden beneath the floorboards, she discovers that her grandfather wasn't just a surveyor-he was a guardian.Caleb Vance likes his life predictable. After years of Army chaos, he's found peace in the rhythmic ticking of his clock repair shop. But when Elena Thorne walks in with a watch that beats like a human heart and a black SUV trailing her every move, Caleb's protective instincts override his common sense.The watch isn't just a timepiece; it's a mechanical key to a vault hidden deep within the mountain's silver mines. As a winter storm closes in and the shadows in the Thorne Manor grow long, Caleb and Elena must decode the past before the present catches up to them.One thing is certain: in Ironwood Creek, time is running out.

Pages: 232, Paperback, Independently published