Secrets After Sundown

A Small-Town Romantic Suspense Mystery (Morrow Bend Secrets)A student’s collapse exposes dangerous secrets-and brings two guarded hearts together.Divorced English teacher Emma Jones has worked hard to build a secure life for herself and her teenage daughter. Widowed football coach Bart Clemson is equally determined to protect his troubled son. When sixteen-year-old Kayla Morris collapses during a school assembly after taking a counterfeit pill, Emma and Bart are reluctantly paired to uncover how the drugs entered Morrow Bend High.Their investigation soon reveals altered visitor logs, planted evidence, coded messages, and suspicious meetings along the riverfront. When Bart’s son is accused of dealing the pills, the search for the truth becomes deeply personal.Emma trusts careful reasoning. Bart follows his instincts. Their conflicting approaches create friction but also an attraction neither expected. As their children begin conducting an investigation of their own, both families are drawn into a conspiracy controlled by someone willing to threaten innocent lives to keep the truth buried.With danger closing in and trust becoming their only protection, Emma and Bart must confront the secrets of Morrow Bend and decide whether two wounded hearts can risk beginning again.Secrets After Sundown is a clean small-town romantic suspense novel featuring mature protagonists, amateur sleuths, family drama, dangerous secrets, and a heartwarming second-chance romance.