[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"author-seo-elle-keaton-gxyx":3,"author-peers-elle-keaton-gxyx":182,"author-series-elle-keaton-gxyx":332},{"id":4,"slug":5,"name":6,"bio":7,"photo_url":7,"birth_date":7,"death_date":7,"wikipedia_url":7,"website_url":7,"twitter_url":7,"instagram_url":7,"goodreads_url":7,"open_library_author_id":8,"alternate_names":9,"works_count":10,"community_rating_avg":11,"community_rating_count":12,"most_common_genres":13,"roles":30,"featured_works":32,"follower_count":179,"is_following":7,"is_indexable":17,"verified":180,"viewer_can_post_announcements":180,"claimant":7,"faqs":181},"01kx9chjx8dn0x3y3rr6an3znw","elle-keaton-gxyx","Elle Keaton",null,"OL7782451A",[],6,"5.00",5,[14,18,21,24,27],{"name":15,"slug":16,"is_fiction":17},"LGBTQ+ Romance","lgbtq-romance",true,{"name":19,"slug":20,"is_fiction":17},"Romantic Suspense","romantic-suspense",{"name":22,"slug":23,"is_fiction":17},"Crime","crime",{"name":25,"slug":26,"is_fiction":17},"Contemporary Romance","contemporary-romance",{"name":28,"slug":29,"is_fiction":17},"Psychological Thriller","psychological-thriller",[31],"author",[33,68,98,128,155],{"id":34,"slug":35,"title":36,"description":37,"primary_cover_url":38,"cover_blurhash":39,"first_publish_year":40,"community_rating_avg":11,"community_rating_count":41,"page_count":42,"authors":43,"genres":45,"series":52,"enrichment":58,"role":31},"01kx9chjwy4s31qq6yhm6zna88","long-shadow-ct3m","Long Shadow","Niall's never known anything but betrayal. All Mat wants is Niall's heart; what will it take for Mat to coax Niall in from the cold? Their connection is tenuous, one step forward and two steps back — since a night on the beach, Niall's been avoiding Mat like a bad case of the flu, which, ironically, most of the sheriff's deputies have actually caught.\n\nMat is overworked, Niall is unnerved, and then things go sideways for real. A killer is loose on the island, and Niall and Mat will have to figure out whether they're stronger together than apart before it costs them everything.\n\nLong Shadow is a dual-POV continuation of the same couple's story from the Veiled Intentions series, pairing small-town romantic suspense with a slow-building second-chance connection.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fworks\u002F01\u002F01kx9chjwy4s31qq6yhm6zna88.jpg?v=017c589721","LAAAwJys0#t6-;%$TfS$KQx^tmoz",2020,1,262,[44],{"id":4,"slug":5,"name":6},[46,48,50],{"id":47,"name":19,"slug":20,"is_fiction":17},204,{"id":49,"name":22,"slug":23,"is_fiction":17},44,{"id":51,"name":15,"slug":16,"is_fiction":17},36,[53],{"id":54,"slug":55,"name":56,"position":57,"is_main_entry":17,"parent_id":7,"parent_slug":7,"parent_name":7},"01kx9chjxqhvhgw073n9gsbt3e","veiled-intentions-85tn","Veiled Intentions","2.00",{"pace":59,"complexity":7,"audience":60,"mood":61,"themes":65,"setting_period":7,"summary":67,"content_warnings":7},"moderate","adult",[62,63,64],"tense","romantic","atmospheric",[66],"slow-burn","Niall's never known anything but betrayal, and he's been avoiding the connection he feels with Sheriff Mat since a night on the beach. But as a killer's crimes escalate on their small island, Niall and Mat may have to choose between staying guarded and staying alive.",{"id":69,"slug":70,"title":71,"description":72,"primary_cover_url":73,"cover_blurhash":74,"first_publish_year":75,"community_rating_avg":11,"community_rating_count":41,"page_count":76,"authors":77,"genres":79,"series":88,"enrichment":94,"role":31},"01kx9ckbwpgj58xzjxj2tz81pv","real-trouble-qeoq","Real Trouble","Danylo Peters has issues, lots of them. He's not on Piedras Island by accident, he's not a nice guy, and Peters isn't his real name. Dany's hiding, trying to escape his family's influence and start a new life. But he must have been born under a bad sign, because the very man he's really running from is one of the first he runs into.\n\nA new life in a new town seemed like the right decision for Soren Jorgenson, especially after a difficult case left him recovering from a gunshot wound and lonelier than he'd ever been. The two men find themselves on opposite sides of Soren's first case on Piedras, but neither can deny the attraction between them.\n\nReal Trouble is a dual-POV M\u002FM romantic suspense and the first book in the West Coast Forensics series. These characters originally appeared in Elle Keaton's Shielded Hearts series.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fworks\u002F01\u002F01kx9ckbwpgj58xzjxj2tz81pv.jpg?v=c172c2f63c","L?PP_voL_Nt8s.f6bbfl-;j[IUay",2021,258,[78],{"id":4,"slug":5,"name":6},[80,82,86,87],{"id":81,"name":25,"slug":26,"is_fiction":17},33,{"id":83,"name":84,"slug":85,"is_fiction":17},38,"Romantic Comedy","romantic-comedy",{"id":47,"name":19,"slug":20,"is_fiction":17},{"id":51,"name":15,"slug":16,"is_fiction":17},[89],{"id":90,"slug":91,"name":92,"position":93,"is_main_entry":17,"parent_id":7,"parent_slug":7,"parent_name":7},"01kx9d15fcaasfvm9fd4st9b0v","west-coast-forensics-rfbq","West Coast Forensics","1.00",{"pace":59,"complexity":7,"audience":60,"mood":95,"themes":96,"setting_period":7,"summary":97,"content_warnings":7},[62,63],[],"Danylo Peters is hiding from his family under a fake name on a quiet island — until the very man he's running from turns out to be the town's newest detective. Real Trouble follows two men on opposite sides of the law as they fight their way to trust.",{"id":99,"slug":100,"title":101,"description":102,"primary_cover_url":103,"cover_blurhash":104,"first_publish_year":40,"community_rating_avg":11,"community_rating_count":41,"page_count":105,"authors":106,"genres":108,"series":120,"enrichment":123,"role":31},"01kx9cq34shsd4v70ankcphq26","black-moon-nqwm","Black Moon","Summer is crashing into fall, and Sheriff Mat Dempsey and private investigator Niall Hamarsson have a wedding to plan. But a body is discovered floating in the harbor — the missing ex-Piedras Marine officer Duane Cooper, who'd been on the run for months. As Mat and Niall dig into who wanted Duane dead, and why he resurfaced now, old threads from their small island community pull tight around them.\n\nBlack Moon is the third and concluding book in the Hamarsson & Dempsey arc of the Veiled Intentions series, a dual-POV, slow-burn romantic suspense that follows the same couple across a linked mystery. It should be read after Conspiracy Theory and the earlier books in the series.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fworks\u002F01\u002F01kx9cq34shsd4v70ankcphq26.jpg?v=b37d8b2959","L5Bz2x-;00^,}uxvAb%L0fRkR-s,",254,[107],{"id":4,"slug":5,"name":6},[109,113,117,118,119],{"id":110,"name":111,"slug":112,"is_fiction":17},35,"Paranormal Romance","paranormal-romance",{"id":114,"name":115,"slug":116,"is_fiction":17},21,"Urban Fantasy","urban-fantasy",{"id":51,"name":15,"slug":16,"is_fiction":17},{"id":47,"name":19,"slug":20,"is_fiction":17},{"id":49,"name":22,"slug":23,"is_fiction":17},[121],{"id":54,"slug":55,"name":56,"position":122,"is_main_entry":17,"parent_id":7,"parent_slug":7,"parent_name":7},"3.00",{"pace":59,"complexity":7,"audience":60,"mood":124,"themes":126,"setting_period":7,"summary":127,"content_warnings":7},[62,125,63,64],"mysterious",[66],"A body pulled from the harbor threatens to unravel the fragile peace Mat and Niall have built, right as they're planning their wedding.",{"id":129,"slug":130,"title":131,"description":132,"primary_cover_url":133,"cover_blurhash":134,"first_publish_year":135,"community_rating_avg":11,"community_rating_count":41,"page_count":136,"authors":137,"genres":139,"series":149,"enrichment":151,"role":31},"01kx9crty53n13av6hr3edgnpa","conspiracy-theory-8kmj","Conspiracy Theory","Bitter and weary, homicide detective Niall Hamarsson burns his last bridge and retreats to the only place he's ever called home. But murder beats him there. Sheriff Mat Dempsey is a glass-half-full kind of guy who returned to the island after his father drowned to take care of his mother.\n\nDays after Niall's arrival, a young woman's body is discovered in the local marina. It's murder. Niall isn't under suspicion, but Dempsey orders him to stay away from the investigation — a command that proves easier given than kept, as the two men are drawn into the case, and each other, together.\n\nConspiracy Theory is the first book in the Veiled Intentions series, a dual-POV, slow-burn romantic suspense following Niall and Mat as they navigate a murder investigation, a complicated shared history, and a small island community full of secrets.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx9crtykg57hnftc99k488rw.jpg?v=ffa7ee62bd","LDEV4y^h9FWE}S=_WBRjVr%0oKM|",2019,242,[138],{"id":4,"slug":5,"name":6},[140,142,146,147,148],{"id":141,"name":28,"slug":29,"is_fiction":17},41,{"id":143,"name":144,"slug":145,"is_fiction":17},40,"Suspense","suspense",{"id":51,"name":15,"slug":16,"is_fiction":17},{"id":47,"name":19,"slug":20,"is_fiction":17},{"id":49,"name":22,"slug":23,"is_fiction":17},[150],{"id":54,"slug":55,"name":56,"position":93,"is_main_entry":17,"parent_id":7,"parent_slug":7,"parent_name":7},{"pace":59,"complexity":7,"audience":60,"mood":152,"themes":153,"setting_period":7,"summary":154,"content_warnings":7},[62,125,63,64],[66],"A burned-out homicide detective returns to his island hometown to escape his past — only for a murder to follow him home.",{"id":156,"slug":157,"title":158,"description":159,"primary_cover_url":160,"cover_blurhash":161,"first_publish_year":162,"community_rating_avg":11,"community_rating_count":41,"page_count":7,"authors":163,"genres":165,"series":169,"enrichment":172,"role":31},"01kx9cx3qq1hj5jnbs6bq98byf","full-disclosure-x471","Full Disclosure","Niall didn't want to know what had happened to his mother after she disappeared years ago, but the past has a way of rising unexpectedly. Niall regrets answering the mid-morning phone call that brings the news: his husband Mat learns that Ana's remains have been found.\n\nIn recent years, Niall has learned to open his heart an inch or two, though he doesn't like it and finds it impossible to slam shut again. With Mat and their few close friends rallying around him, Niall faces the question of whether this discovery will bring closure — or open a whole new can of worms.\n\nFull Disclosure is set a few years after Black Moon and is the fourth book in the Veiled Intentions series. It closes out Niall and Mat's long arc and should not be read as a standalone.","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fworks\u002F01\u002F01kx9cx3qq1hj5jnbs6bq98byf.jpg?v=b57dafbdbc","L89@%=L1Ad?YSm=_~7EO*{,@$RI:",2024,[164],{"id":4,"slug":5,"name":6},[166,167,168],{"id":51,"name":15,"slug":16,"is_fiction":17},{"id":47,"name":19,"slug":20,"is_fiction":17},{"id":81,"name":25,"slug":26,"is_fiction":17},[170],{"id":54,"slug":55,"name":56,"position":171,"is_main_entry":17,"parent_id":7,"parent_slug":7,"parent_name":7},"4.00",{"pace":59,"complexity":7,"audience":60,"mood":173,"themes":177,"setting_period":7,"summary":178,"content_warnings":7},[174,175,176,63],"emotional","reflective","melancholic",[],"Years after their happily-ever-after, Niall must confront the discovery of his long-missing mother's remains — and whether the past will finally let him go.",0,false,[],[183,199,212,226,237,251,263,275,287,296,310,321],{"id":184,"slug":185,"name":186,"photo_url":187,"works_count":188,"top_genres":189,"affinity_score":179,"featured_cover_url":197,"featured_cover_blurhash":198},"01kjstcdr58f9s3637cyr5ahyp","rina-kent-bwo5","Rina Kent","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fauthors\u002F01\u002F01kjstcdr58f9s3637cyr5ahyp.jpg",31,[190,193,194],{"name":191,"slug":192},"Romance","romance",{"name":25,"slug":26},{"name":195,"slug":196},"Dark Romance","dark-romance","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fcontributions\u002Fwork\u002F01\u002F01kjt57n7kp4d4f508v1xs047a_6a4e119f6627e.jpg?v=bcd657744c","L6Amk_0000~qyFD%aJ%L00_3?b9F",{"id":200,"slug":201,"name":202,"photo_url":203,"works_count":10,"top_genres":204,"affinity_score":179,"featured_cover_url":210,"featured_cover_blurhash":211},"01kjswa9yhz1xbrbyb8h4bsjjb","leigh-rivers-zesn","Leigh Rivers","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fauthors\u002F01\u002F01kjswa9yhz1xbrbyb8h4bsjjb.jpg",[205,206,207],{"name":195,"slug":196},{"name":191,"slug":192},{"name":208,"slug":209},"Fiction","fiction","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kjz4raeyx4qv5f12fes4wt3d.jpg","L04U.[$*004TMx9F%Moz9ZE1%g?b",{"id":213,"slug":214,"name":215,"photo_url":216,"works_count":217,"top_genres":218,"affinity_score":179,"featured_cover_url":224,"featured_cover_blurhash":225},"01kjsva6rbqz55s89z76x6xdxn","nora-roberts-qdrq","Nora Roberts","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fauthors\u002F01\u002F01kjsva6rbqz55s89z76x6xdxn.jpg",122,[219,222,223],{"name":220,"slug":221},"Mystery","mystery",{"name":191,"slug":192},{"name":144,"slug":145},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01ktw7rmhzas8trq8npax0qawc.jpg?v=b4c22279a0","L642ugIyx5RK.AIVxURP.AIVx9RO",{"id":227,"slug":228,"name":229,"photo_url":230,"works_count":110,"top_genres":231,"affinity_score":179,"featured_cover_url":235,"featured_cover_blurhash":236},"01kpmyw305cac1hesdyqwf8rng","tessa-bailey-yjxq","Tessa Bailey","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fauthors\u002F01\u002F01kpmyw305cac1hesdyqwf8rng.jpg",[232,233,234],{"name":191,"slug":192},{"name":25,"slug":26},{"name":84,"slug":85},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kqnavxtxgt0a4168d7ry2ke1.jpg","LjJ@B}K$Tdbb}aV@WAWVxbxaRjae",{"id":238,"slug":239,"name":240,"photo_url":241,"works_count":242,"top_genres":243,"affinity_score":179,"featured_cover_url":249,"featured_cover_blurhash":250},"01knphyv6a9hnvkvx0c33g4br6","iris-johansen-kwfl","Iris Johansen","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fauthors\u002F01\u002F01knphyv6a9hnvkvx0c33g4br6.jpg",26,[244,245,248],{"name":144,"slug":145},{"name":246,"slug":247},"Thriller","thriller",{"name":28,"slug":29},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx299j8a1415jfbg9bxw463v.jpg?v=6f127b4bd7","L3A,tQIU00oyMx~qIoRj039F~8M{",{"id":252,"slug":253,"name":254,"photo_url":255,"works_count":256,"top_genres":257,"affinity_score":179,"featured_cover_url":261,"featured_cover_blurhash":262},"01kjr34zswv8hvmqtdtw0kphry","penelope-douglas-8mzr","Penelope Douglas","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fauthors\u002F01\u002F01kjr34zswv8hvmqtdtw0kphry.jpg",14,[258,259,260],{"name":25,"slug":26},{"name":191,"slug":192},{"name":195,"slug":196},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kqpsq7f6nny20v11amzg8m3s.jpg","LPA-bZxbMxoz.mxaRPbbNdtRjER*",{"id":264,"slug":265,"name":266,"photo_url":267,"works_count":268,"top_genres":269,"affinity_score":179,"featured_cover_url":273,"featured_cover_blurhash":274},"01kndqpxc5j38qsj9ewwnptwrh","abigail-roux-dgry","Abigail Roux","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fauthors\u002F01\u002F01kndqpxc5j38qsj9ewwnptwrh.jpg",12,[270,271,272],{"name":191,"slug":192},{"name":15,"slug":16},{"name":144,"slug":145},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kndqsx8wz4amga67dfvn3snh.jpg?v=28154dd762","LNP%Caxa_Nt7t7M_ayx].8tRIUV?",{"id":276,"slug":277,"name":278,"photo_url":279,"works_count":280,"top_genres":281,"affinity_score":179,"featured_cover_url":285,"featured_cover_blurhash":286},"01kndqpxcbgt90zsgre40sjsza","madeleine-urban-sq74","Madeleine Urban","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fauthors\u002F01\u002F01kndqpxcbgt90zsgre40sjsza.jpg",11,[282,283,284],{"name":15,"slug":16},{"name":191,"slug":192},{"name":144,"slug":145},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kndqpxcf6cfqvb83q4kpzrzy.jpg","LARC;{x]-=%M_3WBM{WB~q?bocM{",{"id":288,"slug":289,"name":290,"photo_url":7,"works_count":291,"top_genres":292,"affinity_score":179,"featured_cover_url":7,"featured_cover_blurhash":7},"01kmewxwfnah8496n5zfzj872f","nicol-zanzarella-nowo","Nicol Zanzarella",10,[293,294,295],{"name":220,"slug":221},{"name":191,"slug":192},{"name":15,"slug":16},{"id":297,"slug":298,"name":299,"photo_url":300,"works_count":301,"top_genres":302,"affinity_score":179,"featured_cover_url":308,"featured_cover_blurhash":309},"01kjq6vw9tzh6c3fpaq2rj26e9","navessa-allen-cvmg","Navessa Allen","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fauthors\u002F01\u002F01kjq6vw9tzh6c3fpaq2rj26e9.jpg",8,[303,304,305],{"name":25,"slug":26},{"name":195,"slug":196},{"name":306,"slug":307},"Erotica","erotica","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kjq6vwawtec9y9eq6abxya9h.jpg","L7Eo_Pof00WB%MWB~qj[%Ma|-;xu",{"id":311,"slug":312,"name":313,"photo_url":314,"works_count":301,"top_genres":315,"affinity_score":179,"featured_cover_url":319,"featured_cover_blurhash":320},"01kkz4gd3c22zrd7t4dar59am7","l-a-banks-h2th","L. A. Banks","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fauthors\u002F01\u002F01kkz4gd3c22zrd7t4dar59am7.jpg",[316,317,318],{"name":191,"slug":192},{"name":111,"slug":112},{"name":115,"slug":116},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kmfhjn7xwcevfacbqk7h5ear.jpg","LJF}NP*I-XI:01M0EL$*~Dpbw|NZ",{"id":322,"slug":323,"name":324,"photo_url":325,"works_count":301,"top_genres":326,"affinity_score":179,"featured_cover_url":330,"featured_cover_blurhash":331},"01ksqwsbzwpnvy6t08ycpv47zc","jessica-r-patch-28an","Jessica R. Patch","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fauthors\u002F01\u002F01ksqwsbzwpnvy6t08ycpv47zc.jpg",[327,328,329],{"name":22,"slug":23},{"name":25,"slug":26},{"name":84,"slug":85},"https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Feditions\u002F01\u002F01kx2sm97w3mhm9n0rcvxvfyw9.jpg?v=c34bbe67cf","L4Bg-rVC8{kE0bMd.RV?qGyDx[RO",[333,343],{"id":54,"slug":55,"name":56,"is_complete":180,"total_count":334,"parent":7,"children":335,"books":336},4,[],[337,338,340,342],{"id":129,"slug":130,"title":131,"position":41,"primary_cover_url":133,"cover_blurhash":134,"first_publish_year":135},{"id":34,"slug":35,"title":36,"position":339,"primary_cover_url":38,"cover_blurhash":39,"first_publish_year":40},2,{"id":99,"slug":100,"title":101,"position":341,"primary_cover_url":103,"cover_blurhash":104,"first_publish_year":40},3,{"id":156,"slug":157,"title":158,"position":334,"primary_cover_url":160,"cover_blurhash":161,"first_publish_year":162},{"id":90,"slug":91,"name":92,"is_complete":180,"total_count":339,"parent":7,"children":344,"books":345},[],[346,347],{"id":69,"slug":70,"title":71,"position":41,"primary_cover_url":73,"cover_blurhash":74,"first_publish_year":75},{"id":348,"slug":349,"title":350,"position":339,"primary_cover_url":351,"cover_blurhash":352,"first_publish_year":75},"01kx9d15epswnhqwzzxetnna3k","real-danger-xjw4","Real Danger","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.seekquel.app\u002Fstorage\u002Fcovers\u002Fworks\u002F01\u002F01kx9d15epswnhqwzzxetnna3k.jpg?v=34019584f6","LV9G^RR[EA%2%7a-I{xas?ohXBax"]