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Sadie Nettleton fled Slaughter Creek ten years ago, leaving behind the only home she’d ever known - and the only man she ever loved. Unable to cope with her sister's madness, or the terrible secret she and her sister share, Sadie swore never to return. But when her grandfather is murdered, and her sister charged with the crime, Sadie has no choice but to come back and face the ghosts of the past... For Sheriff Jake Blackwood, time has not dimmed the love he felt for Sadie Nettleton - or the pain of her leaving.

To face down a tragic past She must first confront the long-withheld truth… A disturbed fellow student made Kate McKendrick’s high school a hunting ground. Now, as Briar Ridge High’s new principal, she’s struggling to help the divided town—and herself—heal. But a vengeful individual...

This place had been her home Now it was a crime scene The sooner Special Agent Macy Stark can sell her childhood home, the sooner she can escape her small town and shameful past—until she discovers a body in the wall and her childhood nightmares return. Handsome local Sheriff Stone Lawson...

She’ll never give up on finding her baby. And neither will the sheriff of Whistler. For five years, Cora Reeves has searched for her baby, who went missing in a fire—a baby she swears is still out there. When the private investigator sniffing out clues ends up dead, Sheriff Jacob...

If there's a naughty list, Izzy Sassafras is on it - but she's ready to make a new start this Christmas. Especially after leaving her lying, cheating, no-good husband and fleeing to her old hometown of Matrimony, Georgia. Izzy's made herself a promise: No more men. All she wants to do is get her wedding business up and running - and mend fences with her estranged sisters. But Izzy knows she's in trouble when her very first client, a smooth-talking Texan, makes her light up like a Christmas tree.

I den lille bjergby Crooked Creek findes en kvinde myrdet. Hun arbejdede på et børnehjem, der lukkede og blev forladt 30 år tidligere. Kriminalassistent Ellie Reeves finder ud af, at næsten alle, der havde forbindelse til det forladte børnehjem, nu er forsvundet. Børnehjemmets gamle arkiver er væk, og da Ellie undersøger stedet, finder hun knogler, der måske har tilhørt forældreløse børn.

Lara er ved at bage cupcakes, da hendes datter Ava løber ud for at nå skolebussen. Men Ava dukker aldrig op i skolen. Pigens bamse bliver senere fundet i byens park. Ellie Reeves og politiholdet arbejder i døgndrift for at finde pigen, og Ellie opdager, at en anden pige forsvandt samme dag året før.

I den brændende hede sommer hærger en række skovbrande i bjergene, da liget af en ung kvinde findes i en flod. Liget er omgivet af en cirkel af sten, og i vandkanten ligger en perlekæde. Da endnu en ung kvinde findes død og omgivet af sten, indser Ellie Reeves, at hun er oppe imod en uhyggelig seriemorder.

Andet bind i krimiserien om kriminalassistent Ellie Reeves fra Georgia i Appalacherbjergene. Da kriminalassistent Ellie Reeves er ude at vandre i Appalacher-bjergene, som hun ofte er, efter at hendes forældres mørke hemmelighed er blevet afsløret, finder hun pludselig liget af en ung kvinde ligge i skoven på et leje af blomster med en tornet brombærranke om halsen og hænderne foldet i bøn. Snart findes endnu en ung kvinde dræbt i vildmarken. Ellie og hendes team er oppe imod en uhyggelig seriemorder, der myrder unge kvinder. Og pludselig kommer Ellie selv i fare.