Ashwood Hollow

<p><strong>Ashwood Hollow</strong><br><em>by Brinda Phokeerdass</em></p><p>Ten years ago Eva Merrick fled the town of Ashwood leaving behind a family scandal that destroyed her father's legacy and nearly broke her. Now reluctantly drawn back to settle her late mother's affairs Eva finds a town that hasn't forgotten-or forgiven.</p><p>The Ashfords Ashwood's most powerful family still control everything: the land the politics the whispered truths. But when Eva discovers a hidden file in her grandmother's abandoned home-one that questions the official story of her father's downfall-old wounds reopen and darker secrets begin to surface.</p><p>As she digs deeper into her family's past a chilling warning appears on her windshield: <em>Stop digging. Leave Ashwood.</em> But Eva refuses to be silenced. Not by veiled threats and not by Colt Ashford-the quiet complicated man whose loyalty may be as divided as her heart.</p><p>In a town where memory is weaponized and silence protects the powerful Eva must decide how far she's willing to go to uncover the truth-and what it will cost her to bring the past into the light.</p><p>Ashwood Hollow is a haunting tale of betrayal buried secrets and the fight to reclaim one's name in a town that never forgets.</p>