Travis
Travis Hale is chief of police in the small lakeside town of Pelion, Maine — a role he has built for himself after a troubled younger adulthood, and one that still hasn't fully erased his reputation as the family's problem brother.
Haven Torres arrives in town for a season of seasonal work with her brother Easton, hoping for a quiet reset after years of drifting. When she sets her sights on another man in town, she strikes a deal with Travis: he'll help her make her intended jealous, and she'll return the favor by helping him unsettle her brother over an old grudge.
What starts as a mutually useful arrangement slowly turns into something neither of them planned, as staged moments give way to real ones and both are forced to reckon with what they actually want. Travis follows Archer's Voice as the second book centered on the Hale family of Pelion, this time from the perspective of Archer's brother.
Chief of police in Pelion, Maine, working to outrun a difficult past.
A traveler passing through Pelion for seasonal work, hoping for a fresh start.
Haven's brother, also working in Pelion for the season.
The man Haven initially sets her sights on, prompting her arrangement with Travis.
Travis's brother, the protagonist of Archer's Voice.