JC Ward
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JC Ward
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🌽 From Harvest to Harbor Series 🌊
(Stalked and Coasted)
"For a heart-stopping moment, they’re gone, as if swallowed whole by the darkness and the soil below. The earth seems to hold its breath, time stretching and compressing into an odd dreamlike sensation as I stand frozen, watching, caught at the edge of this unfolding drama."
When Rachelle is compelled to return to her rural childhood home to care for her ailing mother, she must set aside her aspirations of a vibrant life in the big-city.
Isolated in endless cornfields, Rachelle finds herself overwhelmed by the monotony of country living. But soon, she begins to sense that something is not as it seems. Hidden among the tall stalks are unsettling secrets waiting to surface. Mysterious messages start to appear, leaving her fearing for her safety and questioning what might be happening in her own backyard.
In the silent embrace of coastal Maine, a family seeks solace from the echoes of their past. But as the ocean whispers its secrets, new challenges arise.
Coasted follows Rachelle and Elliot as they navigate the turbulent waters of heartbreak and hope. Fleeing from a life marked by trauma, they find hidden agendas and unspoken truths that threaten to unravel their fragile progress. they find allies in unexpected places and confront adversaries hidden in plain sight.
Coasted is a thrilling tale of resilience, redemption, and the complex tapestry of human nature. Venture beyond the shores and discover a story where hope floats, healing waits, and the strength of family transcends even the darkest of shadows.
Coasted is the sequel to Stalked.
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Three years ago, on St. Patrick’s Day, Allie’s boyfriend vanished without a trace. The night was full of laughter and green confetti. Then, there's a blank space in her memory she's never been able to fill. No charges were filed. Allie was left with only fragments, clues that indicate she was the last person to see him alive.
Each year since, while everyone else celebrates, Allie stays isolated, cut off from the world. She refuses invitations, and lives inside the unanswered question that has defined her: What did I do that night?
When the third anniversary arrives, memories begin to surface uninvited, sensory flashes of music, laughter, and fear that do not align with the version of events she has clung to.
By the end of the night, Allie must confront the truth she's tried to recover for the past three years.
Edith never expected her early retirement from teaching to lead to murder.
Now the owner of a quaint ocean-town bookstore in Maine, she’s built a quiet life among books, loyal customers, and her ever-watchful guinea pig, Peanut. But when her normally civilized book club meeting erupts into sharp words and long-buried grudges, Edith assumes the drama will end with hurt feelings.
She’s wrong.
By night time, one of the club members is found dead, and the clues point directly to the very readers who were arguing in her shop just hours before. With suspicion turning neighbors against one another and whispers threatening her store’s reputation, Edith must rely on her teacher’s instincts, her knowledge of human nature, and Peanut’s oddly timed wheeks to untangle the truth.
Because in this book club, everyone has a motive.