The Girl in Apartment 17: A Romantic Suspense Novel

At 2:17 a.m., Mara wakes to find her bedroom door open.Then she sees the front door.No forced entry. Nothing stolen. But someone has left a silver necklace on her kitchen counter - a necklace that belonged to Sophie Mercer, the young woman who vanished from Apartment 17 eleven months earlier.Mara came to Portland for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers that before Sophie disappeared, she believed someone was entering her apartment. Moving things. Unlocking windows. Watching.Across the hall lives Evan Cole, a guarded photographer who was one of the last people to see Sophie alive - and who knows far more than he is willing to say.The building manager has keys. Mara's controlling ex somehow has her new number. And every new lock seems to reveal another way in.As Mara follows the clues Sophie left behind, suspicion and attraction pull her closer to Evan, a man she isn't sure she can trust. But the most dangerous person may be the one who already knows her routines, her fears, and exactly when she feels safest.Because in Apartment 17, the question isn't whether someone is watching.It's whether they already have a key.A slow-burn romantic suspense novel about obsession, privacy, trust, and the terrifying difference between being watched and being seen.