THE SILENCE OF DUNMARA

Some secrets don't stay buried. They live on in the silence. When investigative reporter Claire Silverwood learns that her closest childhood friend has died on a remote Scottish island - in circumstances the police can only call "probable homicide" - she books the next ferry to Dunmara, chasing nothing but a promise she never got to keep. What she finds is an island built on silence. A wealthy family that owns the land, the hotel, and the fear of everyone who lives there. A lighthouse keeper the whole village has already convicted in whispers - cold, guarded, and far too handsome for Claire's own good. And a truth about her friend's last year that no one on Dunmara wants disturbed. The deeper Claire digs, the more the island closes ranks around her - until the very man she was warned to fear becomes the only one willing to help her find out what actually happened the night Hannah Croft went over that cliff. As Claire uncovers an affair, a fortune built on fear, and a killer who has spent a year hiding in plain sight, she'll have to decide how much the truth is worth - to Hannah, to Dunmara, and to a future she never expected to want on an island that was never supposed to feel like home. The Silence of Dunmara is a slow-burn gothic romantic suspense novel about grief, courage, and the cost of speaking up in a place that has learned, generation after generation, to stay quiet - for readers who love atmospheric mysteries, small-town secrets, and a love story earned the hard way.