Emilia knows where she belongs, on the outside. Sharp-edged and broken. Loving hard and expecting nothing in return. Wes is all light and warmth and golden-boy charm, the kind of boy who should never want a girl like her.
Except he does. He always has.
When Emilia signs on as a counselor at a remote summer camp so her little sister can attend, Wes follows without question." He says it's for the adventure. For her.
But Camp Silver Hollow is hiding something.
The air is too quiet. The rules too strict. Counselors keep vanishing, and no one seems to care. Whispers flicker through the trees like warnings that something is shifting, something she can't quite name.
Some loves heal. Others awaken a part of you that was never meant to sleep.
And this summer? Something is finally waking up.
Camp Silver Hollow is a dark, atmospheric romance wrapped in the bones of a slasher story. But it's not really about the campfire scares-it's about survival, obsession, and the kind of love that grows out of ruin. At its heart, it follows Emilia, a girl shaped by trauma who volunteers at Camp Silver Hollow for her sister's sake, and Wes, the boy who's always seen her-even when she didn't believe she was worth noticing. What begins as a tense, haunted summer full of shadows and unease transforms into something feral and intimate: two people finding salvation in each other's darkness.
It's equal parts romance and reckoning. I don't shy away from blood, grief, or the aftermath of violence-but instead of letting those things define the story, they become the fuel for a love that's raw, obsessive, and unwavering. The Oregon woods, the creaking cabins, the firelit nights-they all become part of the story's pulse, making it feel both claustrophobic and strangely sacred, like the forest itself is a witness.
At its core, Camp Silver Hollow is a romantic horror novel where summer camp becomes a crucible for survival, loyalty, and a love that refuses to soften. It's not a light summer romance-it's heavy, messy, and beautiful in the way it explores trauma, resilience, and devotion. My aim was to write it so you don't just watch these characters-you live inside their skin, carrying the ache and the hunger with them.