Silent Nightshade

At the Wallshire Manor Yule Ball, everyone is hiding something… and before the night is over, someone will end up dead.

Christmas in Wallshire is supposed to be magical.

Twinkling lights line Main Street. Snow falls like a promise. And the annual Wallshire Manor Yule Ball is the event of the season—a glittering night of champagne, waltzes, and old-money secrets hidden beneath perfect smiles.

For Peyton Hart, it should have been simple. Wear the dress. Attend the ball. Go with Richmond Braun—the charming journalist who actually shows up when he says he will.

But Wallshire has a way of turning beautiful things dangerous.

When tensions between the town's elite begin surfacing behind closed doors, Peyton quickly realizes the Yule Ball isn't just a holiday tradition—it's a battlefield wrapped in velvet and gold. 

Rivalries simmer beneath polite conversation. Old grudges refuse to stay buried. And someone in Wallshire is unraveling fast.

Then a shocking murder turns the most glamorous night of the year into a nightmare.

As Peyton digs deeper alongside the infuriatingly guarded Detective Levi Kessler, she finds herself caught between secrets, suspicion… and feelings she can no longer pretend don't exist. Because the more walls Levi puts between them, the more impossible it becomes to ignore what happened beneath the mistletoe.

But in a town built on appearances, wanting the wrong person can be just as dangerous as uncovering the truth.

And this Christmas, someone is willing to kill to keep their secrets silent.

Fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Knives Out, and Only Murders in the Building will love this cozy winter mystery filled with small-town secrets, simmering tension, holiday glamour, and slow-burn romance.