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Androscoggin After Dark
Four books. Four seasons. One river that never forgets.
Androscoggin After Dark is a dark romantic suspense and North Country crime series set along the fictionalized backroads, rivers, motels, logging roads, firegrounds, small towns, and forgotten places of northern New Hampshire.
Each book reveals another layer of the mystery, another secret from the riverbank, and another reason the North Country should never be underestimated.
Best read in order.
Signed Copies
Books from the riverbank, signed by Erica R. Buteau.
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Signed copies are available directly from Erica and ship within the U.S.
Single signed paperbacks: $20 each, U.S. shipping included.
Complete four-book signed set: $60, U.S. shipping included.
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Book One
When the River Freezes
Available Now
Tagline: Some secrets wait beneath the ice.
A cold river. A forgotten motel room. A woman who thought she had buried the past — until the North Country gave it back.
In When the River Freezes, the first cracks appear in the silence surrounding the North Star Motel, a missing woman, and the secrets buried deep in a small town that remembers more than it admits.
Available in Kindle and paperback. Free with Kindle Unlimited. Audiobook coming soon.
Book Two
When the River Thaws
Available Now
Tagline: Room 9 was locked for a reason.
Sienna Lavoie spent years trying to lock away what came with her family name: the whispers, the stigma, and the motel room no one ever forgot.
She thought the worst of it was buried in the mud.
Then the river began to thaw.
As old evidence rises and dangerous men grow nervous, Sienna is pulled into a search that reaches through motel records, washed-out roads, missing time, and the people who believed the North Country would stay quiet forever.
Available in Kindle and paperback. Free with Kindle Unlimited. Audiobook coming soon.
Book Three
When the River Runs
Coming August 1
Tagline: Some secrets do not stay buried. They travel downstream.
Summer comes hard in the North Country.
The trails turn dusty. The roads run hot. The river swells, shifts, and keeps moving whether anyone is ready or not.
In When the River Runs, the mystery widens beyond the first locked rooms, buried evidence, and old motel records. What began at the edge of the frozen river now travels downstream — through backroads, firegrounds, fishing spots, old loyalties, and people with too much to lose.
Kindle and paperback coming August 1. Free with Kindle Unlimited at release. Audiobook coming soon.
Book Four
When the River Burns
Coming September 1
Tagline: Where the river burns, the truth catches fire.
Autumn comes to the North Country in color, smoke, cold nights, public smiles, and private panic.
By the time the river burns, the secrets that began beneath the ice can no longer stay buried.
In When the River Burns, the final book of the Androscoggin After Dark season, old names, dangerous loyalties, hidden records, and buried truths move toward a reckoning no one can outrun.
Kindle and paperback coming September 1. Free with Kindle Unlimited at release. Audiobook coming soon.
Series Reading Order
Book One: When the River Freezes — Available Now
Book Two: When the River Thaws — Available Now
Book Three: When the River Runs — August 1
Book Four: When the River Burns — September 1
Each book has its own emotional arc, danger, romance, and revelations, but the mystery grows across the full series.
For the full experience, start at the river in winter and follow it through the thaw, the summer current, and the final autumn fire.
What to Expect
Dark romantic suspense.
North Country crime.
Small-town secrets.
Old family names.
First responders, deputies, motel rooms, firegrounds, logging roads, riverbanks, backroad rumors, bad coffee, worse decisions, and people trying to survive what others buried.
Heat, danger, grief, loyalty, and love stories that do not arrive clean.
“The woods keep their secrets. The river eventually gives them back.”
— Erica R. Buteau
Start Reading
Begin with When the River Freezes, Book One in the Androscoggin After Dark series.
Available now in Kindle and paperback. Free with Kindle Unlimited.
Order Signed Copies
Signed paperbacks and the complete signed four-book set are available directly from Erica while supplies last.