In the season of light and love, uncovering the truth could shatter everything—or set it free.

Private investigator Elise Harlow thought she’d seen everything by the time she’d moved to the charming town of Pine Bend. But when a family heirloom burns its new owner and strange connections to a 1917 tragedy come to light, Elise must untangle the gem’s dark history before the winter solstice. With time running out, she discovers the secret of the gem’s rightful lineage—and the devastating truth about its power.

In 1917, Isabella Windemere is trapped in a web of societal expectations, an unwanted engagement to a corrupt police officer, and the haunting legacy of the solstice gem—a pendant said to grant wishes but cursed to destroy the unworthy. Desperate to escape her suffocating life in Seattle, Isabella turns to Nathaniel Evergreen, her long-lost childhood friend. Together, they embark on a daring path that could lead to freedom—or tragedy.

Spanning two timelines and weaving together romance, suspense, and magical realism, Solstice Shadows is a story of legacy, love, and the choices that shape our futures.

Can the weight of the past be overcome, or will its shadows consume the present?