Three can keep a secret as long as two are dead…

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Don't Believe a Word

When ex-librarian Angela Austin inherits her grandmother’s hundred-year-old house, she sees a chance to rebuild her life—and finally feel safe. Juggling furious relatives and a will that forbids selling the property, Angela hires Restorations Done Wright to turn the Queen Anne Victorian into a charming bed and breakfast. But the renovation unearths more than rotting beams and leaking pipes. When a long-buried skeleton is discovered in the cellar, Angela learns that the house she loves is steeped in secrets her grandmother took to the grave—and the quiet Long Island town of Pequot Point is anything but welcoming.

Architect Roen “RJ” Wright never intended to stay in Pequot Point. Drawn home by his family’s failing business, he agrees to renovate Angela’s house despite his grandfather’s fierce objections. As vandalism escalates and gossip turns dangerous, Angela and Roen team up to uncover what really happened decades ago when Angela’s grandfather vanished—and why so many townspeople suddenly have a stake in uncovering the truth. Could the skeleton in the cellar be Angela's missing grandfather? Their search exposes stolen fortunes, domestic violence, and a forbidden love that ties their families together in ways neither could have imagined.

As attraction flares and danger closes in, Angela and Roen must decide how much truth they can survive. Because in Pequot Point, every secret has a cost, and some lies were told for good reasons. One thing's certain. The past is never really finished… and the truth never stays buried for long.