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Beneath The Indiana Dark
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 19 2026
Pages: 334
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Nerissa Lockwood has spent fourteen years trying to disappear.
After surviving Henry Bennett-a man whose crimes shattered lives and silenced voices-she fled Kokomo, changed her number, and learned to live out of her car. Foster Park is the only place that still feels safe. Quiet. Predictable. A place where she can see every exit.
But one night, a patrol car rolls into the darkness...and Officer Kaelan Hartwell steps out.
He isn't loud. He isn't threatening. He doesn't demand answers or flash authority. Instead, he offers something Nerissa hasn't felt in years: space. Patience. A steady presence that doesn't push, doesn't pry, and doesn't pretend not to notice the fear shaking her hands.
When Kaelan realizes who she is-one of Bennett's victims-he makes a choice that could cost him his badge. He protects her without reporting her. He watches the park for danger. He becomes the quiet barrier between her and the world she no longer trusts.
And he isn't the only one watching.
Retired Major Theron Voss, the man who once fought to keep Nerissa from retracting her statement, is still tracking Bennett's victims from the shadows. When Kaelan calls him, old ghosts rise, old fears return, and old threats begin to stir.
Nerissa never wanted to be found.
But someone is looking for her.
And someone else refuses to let her face the dark alone.
A story of trauma, quiet resilience, and the unexpected bond between a woman who trusts no one and the officer who refuses to stop showing up-even when the night grows dangerous.
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