Description
He seemed like her second chance. He may be her last mistake.Jess Malone came to the coast to disappear. Quiet mornings. Long walks. A house that finally feels like hers. After everything she survived, she just wants a place where her past can't reach her.
Brad Calloway looks like the answer to that prayer. Charming. Attentive. Kind in a way Jess hasn't felt in years. He knows what loss feels like. His wife drowned in the very waters Jess now calls home. Or at least… that's the story Brad tells.
When the man who once shattered Jess's life shows up without warning, Brad steps in. Protective. Intense. Exactly what Jess thinks she needs.
Until the whispers start. Small-town rumors about Brad's wife. About that night on the water. About what people heard and what they're too afraid to say.
Jess wants to believe she finally chose right. But the deeper she falls, the more the obsession beneath Brad's devotion begins to show. The locked doors. The flash of anger. The way he knows things about her past she never shared. The house, the town, and the coastline all begin to feel… wrong.
And then the hurricane warnings begin.
As a storm barrels toward shore, Jess is trapped, caught between the man she fears and the truth about the man she thought she loved. Because some dangers don't announce themselves. And the lies we tell ourselves to feel safe are the most dangerous of all.
The truth isn't coming to save her. It's coming for her.
A gripping coastal thriller about love, obsession, and the darkness that hides in plain sight. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Ruth Ware.