She painted the truth. Then she vanished.
When gallery curator Izzy Moreno leaves Denver for a surprise birthday trip to the mountain town of Sylva, North Carolina, the last thing she expects is to end up staying at Bridlepath Farm with Grant Scott—the quiet, rugged horse trainer who seems determined to keep everyone at arm’s length.
But beneath the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Sylva has always buried its secrets well.
After discovering an abandoned cabin filled with haunting paintings left behind by a missing artist decades earlier, Izzy becomes obsessed with uncovering what really happened the night the woman disappeared.
The deeper she digs, the more dangerous the questions become—especially when the investigation begins pointing toward one of the most powerful families in Jackson County.
Grant knows exactly how dangerous the Hollis name can be.
And when Izzy’s curiosity places her directly in the path of Wade Hollis and his son Cal, protecting her becomes more than a responsibility—it becomes personal.
As attraction ignites between them, Izzy and Grant find themselves drawn into a cold case someone never wanted reopened.
In Sylva, the mountains remember everything.
