Five hundred thousand acres of North Carolina wilderness. Somewhere inside it, a town that doesn't appear on any map.
For over a century, a community has existed in the Nantahala mountains, preserving a simple life they hold dear, far from the world outside. Elizabeth Caswell was never supposed to find them.
A journalism student with something to prove, Liz has spent her whole life chasing the story that will finally make her name. When a rumor from a hiker leads her deep into the woods and into a place that shouldn't exist, she knows she's found it. What she doesn't expect is how quickly the story stops feeling like a story, and starts feeling like something worth protecting.
Then tragedy strikes, and the community she's come to love is suddenly a place under suspicion.
When the community draws the attention of a Sheriff with his own reasons for wanting them gone, Liz finds herself on the wrong side of the line she's spent her whole life defending.
She can write the truth, or she can protect the people living it. She can't do both.
- GenreUpmarket Mystery / Suspense
- SettingNantahala Mountains, North Carolina
- StatusComplete — seeking representation