Elusive Embezzler

A quiet inn. A buried secret. A widow who isn't ready to trust again.

After the sudden loss of her husband, accountant Jenna Ross retreats to rural Georgia to rebuild her life as owner of the Peach Blossom Retreat. The historic inn offers quiet routine and distance from grief she's still learning to carry.

But Jenna has always possessed something more than sharp instincts. She has second sight. A subtle awareness that warns her when something isn't right.

At the inn, that awareness deepens, especially beneath the watchful portrait of Nettie Wyndham, whose presence feels less like memory and more like guidance.

When a decade-old embezzlement scandal resurfaces and a guest is found dead on the property, Jenna's intuition sharpens into certainty. The past isn't finished, but someone is determined to keep it buried. Jenna's second sight is warning her of one undeniable truth: she's closer to the killer than she realizes.

As suspicion tightens around the inn, Jenna finds herself drawn to Ethan, her steady, protective landscaper whose quiet strength challenges her guarded heart. Trusting again may be dangerous, but ignoring the connection between them could be worse.

In this slow-burn romantic suspense, love and danger intertwine as a widow discovers that listening to her instincts may be the only way to survive.