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What the River Buried: A Small-Town Romantic Suspense
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 8 2026
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Lena Hart came back to town for one reason only: sell her late aunt's riverfront bait shop, keep her head down, and leave before old memories could get their claws into her again.
Then the river gives something back.
After heavy rain tears open the bank behind the property, Lena finds evidence tied to a woman who vanished years ago, a case this small town never truly solved and never truly stopped whispering about. The more questions Lena asks, the clearer it becomes that somebody wants the past to stay buried.
The last man she wants anywhere near her is Sheriff Eli Mercer, the one man she never quite got over and the one person who still knows how to get under her skin. He knows Lena is in danger. She knows trusting him could rip open every part of her life she barely survived the first time.
As threats close in and old secrets rise with the river, Lena and Eli are pulled into a deadly search for the truth. But in a town built on silence, loyalty, and long memory, digging up the past could cost them everything... including the second chance neither of them ever meant to want.
What the River Buried is a gripping small-town romantic suspense filled with buried secrets, second chances, danger, and a love that refuses to stay in the past.
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