Across the Vanishing Sky

Braedyn Winslow swore she would not go back to Starlight Grove. Her best friend, who gave up a great deal for her, disappeared without a trace there, and the town has taken everything else since. Now Brae returns with a young son, determined to learn what happened.

Her closest neighbor is Dex Archer, a reclusive, rugged man who lives apart from town and says little. Locals trade whispers about him and his brothers, and about the violent father who raised them. Brae looks past the scowl and the family name and sees a loyal, kind man.

Someone does not want her asking questions. Warnings start to arrive, and the further she pushes into her friend's disappearance, the more dangerous things become. Dex has sworn never to trust anyone again, yet he is the only person Brae can lean on.

The book is a romantic suspense with a slow-burning pull between a wary single mother and a guarded mountain man. Dex spent years trying to outrun his dark past, and protecting Brae may mean stepping back into it.