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The Empty Circle
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 2 2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Desirae Wheeler moves to Higginsville, Vermont, hoping for a quiet place to begin again. Her new farmhouse offers everything she wanted: peace, privacy, and miles of forest between her and the rest of the world. But the road behind her house leads somewhere it shouldn't, and the woods hold secrets that have been buried for decades.
It begins with a battered baseball glove found along Black River Road.
Inside are the initials M. Evans, written in a child's handwriting.
Then Desirae begins dreaming about a frightened little boy trapped inside a hidden house deep in the woods. Every night, the dream becomes more vivid. Every night, she gets closer to the truth. And every night, the boy begs her to help him.
As Desirae investigates, she uncovers the forgotten disappearance of Allen Evans and Genaveve Hale, two teenagers who vanished more than twenty years ago. Their story was dismissed as a runaway romance, but the deeper Desirae digs, the more she realizes the town has been carrying a secret for generations.
A strange symbol of two connected circles keeps appearing in her dreams. A forgotten parcel of land raises new questions. And someone who has spent decades hiding the truth will do anything to keep Desirae from finding it.
With her loyal golden retriever, Shine, beside her, Desirae must follow a trail of forgotten evidence, buried memories, and impossible clues before another life disappears into the empty circle.
Some mysteries are forgotten because no one knows where to look. Others are forgotten because someone wants them to stay that way.
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