When Damian Blackwood returns to the fog-soaked town he escaped twelve years ago, he expects ghosts—just not a fresh one. His estranged father is found dead, labeled a suicide, but Damian knows the Blackwood men don’t go out quietly. Determined to uncover the truth, he steps back into a place that hates him, fears him, and whispers his name like a curse. The investigation leads him to Isadora Vale—a breathtaking, dangerously enigmatic woman tied to Blackwood in ways no one dares speak of. She’s the town’s forbidden mystery: too beautiful to trust, too secretive to ignore. The deeper Damian digs, the more he realizes she is connected to every path he follows… including the ones soaked in blood. Bodies begin to surface. Old secrets crawl out of the dark. And a masked figure watching Damian from the shadows makes it clear that his father’s death was only the beginning. Blackwood wants him back. Blackwood wants him broken. Blackwood wants him dead. Damian’s past returns with brutal force—fire, betrayal, and a legacy of darkness he can’t outrun. As desire for Isadora pulls him in and danger tightens its grip, one truth becomes painfully clear: In Blackwood, everyone lies. Everyone hides something. And trust is the most fatal mistake. When Isadora’s most guarded secret explodes into the open, Damian is forced to choose between the woman he can’t let go of… and the truth that could destroy them both. In a town ruled by shadows, Damian must face the lesson he tried to forget: Don’t trust anyone.