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In the hottest summer on record, Iron Lake reservoir is emptying, revealing secrets that were intended to stay hidden beneath the water. The tragic story of a missing man is a media sensation, and abruptly the writer and the cop falling in love is just a postscript to horrors neither could have imagined.
Best Selling Horror writer Chris Lassiter struggles for inspiration and he’s close to never writing again. His life has become an endless loop of nothing but empty pages, personal appearances, and a marketing machine that is systematically destroying his muse. In a desperate attempt to force Chris to complete unfinished manuscripts his agent buys a remote cabin. All Chris has to do is hide away and write, but he’s lost his muse, and not even he can make stories appear from thin air.
Sawyer Wiseman left town for Chicago, chasing the excitement and potential of being a big city cop, rising the ranks, and making his mark. A case gone horribly wrong draws him back to Lancaster Falls. Working for the tiny police department in the town he’d been running from, digging into cold cases and police corruption, he spends his day's healing, and his nights hoping the nightmares of his last case leave him alone.
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Publisher: Love Lane Books Limited
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Pairings: M-M
Heat Level: 4
Romantic Content: 4
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Gay
Protagonist 1 Age: 26-35
Protagonist 2 Age: 26-35
Tropes: Coming Home, Friends to Lovers, Hurt / Comfort, In Uniform, Small Town
Word Count: 67,000
Setting: Pennsylvania, USA
Languages Available: English, French, German
Series Type: Same Universe / Various Characters
New favorite!
I’ve enjoyed many of RJ’s books and series but this may be my favorite yet! I do like a story arc too and this looks like it will be a doozy. In this first story, the lake does its job of sparking Chris’s imagination particularly after skeletons turn up and he meets Sawyer. It adds a spooky atmosphere to much of the narrative. A cast of intriguing townsfolk, family and relatives all know each other’s business and some secrets. The suspense isn’t completely the focus as Sawyer and Chris have remarkable chemistry and the romance builds up naturally. Smexy scenes are smoking hot but moderately paced because there’s enough action going on in this town. I loved their characters individually and together. I hardly know how to explain how much, and what, kept me utterly engrossed other than the author’s skills reaching an even higher level. This series should be a big winner for her fans and for mystery lovers. Only the overarching mystery is not complete in this volume; the couple gets a happy ending. (No cliffhangers!)
