Description
In the rugged, isolated expanse of New Zealand’s West Coast, life in Silver Bend is defined by familiar routines and quiet solitude. For Alex Winter, the town's lone police officer, the biggest threats are usually wandering livestock. That peace evaporates the moment a hiker finds a traveler’s body hidden in the dense, unforgiving bush, dragging a two-decade-old cold case back into the light.
Enter Rowan Price, a sharp-witted British liaison sent to manage the investigation. Rowan is everything Alex has spent her life avoiding: sophisticated, intimidatingly brilliant, and dangerously captivating. As the two women traverse the treacherous wilderness to hunt a killer, their professional boundaries begin to fray under the weight of an undeniable, scorching chemistry.
The deeper they probe into the town’s history, the clearer it becomes that the secrets of Silver Bend are as deeply rooted as its ancient forests. In a place where silence is a survival skill, Alex must decide what she is willing to risk when the truth threatens to destroy the town and her self-control alike. This is a high-stakes game of shadows and desire, where the only thing more lethal than the past is the feeling pulling two strangers together.
