Deneen Kingsley (20) has always sensed more than she should—stray flashes of power, the soft murmur of spirits caught between worlds, the unsettling way the land itself seems to breathe beneath her feet. She’s spent her life pretending those instincts are nothing more than imagination. Until she rescues a golden retriever and the mountains begin whispering her name.
The only thing standing between her and the darkness gathering its teeth is Sunny, the golden retriever. Too perceptive. Too calm in the presence of the impossible. A too-knowing gaze, a heartbeat that resonates with the earth, and an aura whispered about in the oldest mountain tales. Locals speak of Sun Down’s Hounds, spirit-guardians born in the rift between fire and soil—omens of both protection and terrible change.
When Deneen’s childhood friend Ethan Rivers returns to Everville on a covert assignment gone wrong, the past collides with a future she can no longer avoid. Ethan is tangled in secrets he doesn’t yet understand, and his presence forces Deneen to confront a lineage braided with mountain magic, blood-debt, and buried horror. As their reunion sparks a slow-burn romance, they must decipher the riddles of the Dragon Lines before Everville’s folklore completes its long-awaited transformation … from story, to prophecy, to feast.
As the stakes rise, Deneen must embrace her legacy and confront Luther Blackwood, the enigmatic architect behind the town’s supernatural turmoil, facing not only the darkness that threatens her community but also the truth about her own power and heritage.
Because in these mountains, the past is never gone.
It’s just waiting for the right girl—and the right hound—to come home. Or be claimed.
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