A troubled hero returns home to a family nightmare in this thrilling Coltons of Shadow Creek tale!

Hired to renovate his family's former mansion, River Colton hopes to find answers to his deepest questions. Plagued by memories of his fugitive mother, the ex–marine finds danger to his life in the estate's secret chambers – and danger to his heart in Edith Beaulieu, its beautiful new guardian.

But someone doesn't want Edith or River in the seemingly haunted house. When Edith falls victim to too many 'accidents' – and falls hard for River – the Texas loner risks everything to protect her. If the ghosts of Coltons past lurk in the shadows, it's up to Edith and River to hunt them down...