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When the River Thaws
Book Two in the Androscoggin After Dark series has arrived.
Mud season has come to the North Country. The roads are soft, the culverts are roaring, and the river is starting to give back what winter tried to keep buried.
I’m so excited to share that When the River Thaws, Book Two in the Androscoggin After Dark series, is officially available now in Kindle, paperback, and Kindle Unlimited.
Room 9 was locked for a reason.
If When the River Freezes cracked open the ice, When the River Thaws is where the ground turns soft, the backroads wash out, and old secrets start rising through the mud.
This book belongs to Sienna Lavoie: rough around the edges, sharp-mouthed, tired of being judged, and carrying more than she wants anyone to see. Sienna has spent years trying to lock away everything tied to the North Star Motel, her family name, and the room no one wants to talk about.
But mud season does not care what anyone wants hidden.
When a woman’s shoe is found behind a culvert off Stillwater Pond Road, Sienna is pulled into a dangerous search that leads back to motel rooms, washed-out roads, hidden records, and the men who thought the North Country would stay quiet.
And then there’s Jonah Rusk.
Fire-and-rescue captain. Strong, steady, sweet in a way that makes Sienna suspicious, and far too good at showing up when the ground gives way. Their story brings more heat, more danger, and a whole lot of tension to the thaw.
At its heart, When the River Thaws is about what surfaces when survival has been messy. It is about missing women, family shame, old roads, bad men, buried evidence, and the terrifying moment when a woman realizes she is not asleep anymore.
Dark North Country mysteries. Old secrets. A river that never forgets.
The ice is gone.
The secrets are not.
And this time, Sienna is wide awake.
If you’ve already read When the River Freezes, thank you for coming back to the North Country with me. If you’re just finding the series now, welcome to the river.
Start with Book One, When the River Freezes, then continue with Book Two, When the River Thaws. And if you’re ready for what comes next, Book Three, When the River Runs, is available for preorder now.
Four books. Four seasons. One river full of secrets.
And if you read and enjoy either book, leaving a quick review on Amazon or Goodreads helps more than you know. Reviews help new readers find the series, and every single one makes a difference.
Start with what froze. Stay for what thaws.
The Androscoggin never gives everything back at once.
Coming next:
When the River Runs
Summer comes to the North Country next. The river runs higher, the woods get louder, and the secrets still left behind are not staying quiet.
The thaw does not cleanse.
It reveals.