The Creek Keeps Secrets: A Small-Town Romantic Suspense Novel

Some secrets drown in the dark. The deadliest ones rise with the flood.Archivist Mara Ellis returned to Mason Creek for one reason: to catalogue the county's flood-damaged courthouse records before demolition and finally put her brother's twenty-year-old death to rest. But when she unearths a sealed flood map and a missing incident log, she realizes the tragedy was no accident of nature. It was an engineered catastrophe.The only person she trusts with the truth is Luke Hartley-the town's brooding rescue captain who broke her heart the night her brother died. Luke is steady under pressure, fiercely protective, and carrying a dangerous silence of his own. When veiled warnings turn into lethal sabotage, Luke moves between Mara and the powerful families desperate to keep their crimes submerged.Trapped between an oncoming storm, a corrupt town, and an undeniable slow-burn desire, Mara must unravel the conspiracy before the river claims its next victim. In Mason Creek, digging up the truth doesn't bring peace-it costs lives.A twisty, can't-put-down romantic suspense perfect for fans of Nora Roberts, Laura Griffin, and Melinda Leigh.