Nightcall

DUAL POV

She is fragile and hurt; he’s withdrawn, and burdened by family secrets he can’t escape. When Iris and Wade’s paths cross, their love forces them to confront the pain they’ve buried − risking not only reopening old wounds, but suffering new ones, even deeper.

Iris is stuck. Haunted by a car accident that destroyed her family, she takes a sabbatical year to heal, only to sink deeper into isolation. Her passion for cinema fades, she drops out of college, and the boy she once loved has become a ghost she cannot escape.

Then, across the street on Downhill Avenue, a new family moves in. On the surface, the Mulligans are elegant and composed, but behind closed doors, they are far from perfect. Especially Wade: quiet, detached, and haunted by his father’s death.

Iris and Wade see in each other the same wounds and the same silences. Despite his warnings to stay away, she finds herself drawn to him – because with him, for the first time in a long while, she feels alive.

But Wade hides a secret far more dangerous than Iris could ever imagine, a secret stained in blood. And when the past threatens to explode, together, they must decide if love is worth the scars it might leave behind.