WinterBook 01
When the River Freezes
The river remembers.
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Erica R. Buteau · New Hampshire’s North Country
Come for the books.
Stay for the river.
Dark romantic suspense. Small-town secrets. A river that refuses to forget. Step into the world of Androscoggin After Dark.
The Androscoggin / A real river. A world of fiction.Photographs from Erica’s riverbank
Slow-burn romanceNorth Country crimeFour connected booksOne unforgettable place
The River Series · Best read in order
Follow the river.
Read the secrets in order.
From the first body in the ice to the last fire on the water. Four seasons of danger, desire, and truths that won’t stay buried.
SpringBook 02
When the River Thaws
The ice is gone. The secrets are not.
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When the River Runs
Room 12 was never just a room.
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When the River Burns
The river remembers. This time, it burns.
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From the world of Androscoggin After Dark
Berlin, New Hampshire · 1974
The Burn Line
Before the town had secrets, it had systems.
Twenty-two-year-old Julie Moreau cleans the places respectable men leave dirty. Armed with a blue notebook, she follows the small clues left behind as women disappear from Berlin, New Hampshire, into excuses, silence, and a web of hidden debts.
A standalone historical crime thriller
Four separate books
The whole river,
on your bookshelf.
The complete four-book paperback set, with signed and unsigned options. A North Country escape to keep or give.
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One collected volume · November 1, 2026
One book.
Every season.
The River Series Omnibus brings all four stories together with the final series epilogue, Something That Held. Paperback and hardcover preorders.
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A little longer by the waterFrom the existing Androscoggin After Dark photograph collection.
Stay by the river
One more chapter.
One quiet moment.
Settle in where the stories began. Mix a little river sound, follow the valley’s history, or linger over the real photographs behind the fiction.
Spend a little longer at the river →The Riverbank Shop
Take the North Country
with you.
Something for the next chapter, the next cold morning, and the reader who always stays up a little too late.
Your next book bag.
The Androscoggin After Dark eco tote
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For when the river freezes.
The Androscoggin After Dark sweatshirt
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A little North Country warmth.
The embroidered Riverbank beanie
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From the Riverbank
There’s more
beneath the surface.
The Burn Line is Here
The Burn Line is a standalone historical crime thriller from the world of Androscoggin After Dark, set in Berlin, New Hampshire in 1974. Before the town…
Read the story →When the River Runs Is Here | Androscoggin After Dark Book Three
Book Three of the Androscoggin After Dark romantic suspense series is here. When Derek Donovan vanishes near the Androscoggin, Room 12 comes back into the light.
Read the story →Androscoggin River: A Poetic Journey Through Time
Long before Androscoggin After Dark, poet Lucy Larcom stood at Berlin Falls and heard something in the river: movement, mystery, strength, and the story of human…
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The author behind the river
Meet Erica R. Buteau.
Author, homesteader, and North Country storyteller. Erica writes from the place she calls home: its river roads, mill-town memories, deep woods, and the people who make a life here.
A little more about Erica →A little extra from the riverbank
Take the long way back.
Keep exploring with the Room 12 Route Card, behind-the-books notes, and more from the world of Androscoggin After Dark.