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When the Ground Gives Way

When the Ground Gives Way

Velden, Cora

Paperback

Series: Morrowline Response, Book 1

Mystery & ThrillerRomanceGeneral Fiction

ISBN13: 9798171326975
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 2 2026
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Some collapses start long before the ground moves.

When a predawn earthquake tears through Port Calder, forensic structural engineer Mara Voss is called to Harbor Nine-a luxury tower that had undergone major seismic strengthening. At the disaster site, she comes face-to-face with Eli Mercer, the Morrowline response coordinator she nearly married eight years ago.

As rescue gives way to investigation, the evidence refuses to fit a simple story: an altered structural connection, interrupted repair work, missing records, and a paper trail that no longer matches the building.

Mara knows the quake was the trigger. The harder question is what made Harbor Nine vulnerable before it struck-and who knew the risk was there.

To uncover the truth, Mara and Eli must navigate a fractured city, institutional pressure, and the unfinished history between them. Every answer pulls them closer to the failure-and to the second chance neither expected.

Because buildings can fail in seconds. The decisions behind that failure can take years to uncover.

When the Ground Gives Way is a grounded romantic suspense novel about disaster response, forensic investigation, and love tested under extraordinary pressure.

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