{"product_id":"when-the-river-freezes-a-north-country-romantic-suspense-novella-androscoggin-after-dark","title":"When the River Freezes: A North Country Romantic Suspense Novella (Androscoggin After Dark)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA body in the ice. A secret in a red coat. A river that remembers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The river saw everything. The trouble was, rivers did not testify. Girls did not always get to either.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaura Vale came home to Milan, New Hampshire for quiet, distance, and the kind of winter that makes old ghosts easier to ignore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen a body surfaces in the frozen Androscoggin, and a dying man drags an eighteen-year-old secret into her barn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSadie Bell was supposed to be just another troubled girl who ran.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaura never believed that story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt nearly destroyed her once. Now the past is back with blood on its hands, a crescent-shaped warning on her porch, and Deputy Elias Thorne asking questions Maura has spent years trying not to answer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause someone kept a ledger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNames. Dates. Road markers. Motel rooms. Little crescent moons pressed into the margins like a brand. A girl in a red coat stole the proof, hid what she could, and ran into the snow before powerful men could bury the truth for good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the river does not forget.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Maura and Elias follow the trail through frozen roads, back-country motels, old police reports, and the dark bends of the Androscoggin River, old loyalties begin to crack. Room 12 heard more than anyone admitted. Sadie knew more than anyone wanted. And the men who made the North Country their hiding place are willing to kill to keep their secrets under the ice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe deeper Maura digs, the harder it becomes to separate danger from desire — because Elias is determined to keep her alive, Maura is determined not to need saving, and the truth they uncover could burn through half the county before the thaw.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey thought winter would keep their secrets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey were wrong about Maura Vale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the River Freezes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Book One in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAndroscoggin After Dark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a North Country romantic suspense series set along the Androscoggin River, where old mill towns, winter roads, motel rooms, buried evidence, slow-burn heat, and small-town secrets collide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA note for readers:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAndroscoggin After Dark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e does not look away. This series reckons with violence against women, a predatory network that ran on silence, and a town that decided some girls were easier to explain than to find. Come for the slow-burn romance and the frozen-river mystery. Stay for the women who are finally done being quiet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eANDROSCOGGIN AFTER DARK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA North Country Romantic Suspense Series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook One — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the River Freezes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook Two — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the River Thaws\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook Three — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the River Runs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — August 1\u003cbr\u003eBook Four — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the River Burns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — September 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBest read in order.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Each book cracks open another secret the river has been keeping — because in the North Country, some things do not drown. They wait for spring.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStart where the ice breaks. Meet Maura Vale. And find out what Room 12 heard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45916888236223,"sku":"dd834171-6dc1-4070-a1bd-6e1ce74a5cad","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/0ec864065b621088e017592b71ec58a2.jpg?v=1785093231","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/when-the-river-freezes-a-north-country-romantic-suspense-novella-androscoggin-after-dark","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}