Love Me Like a Mixtape: A Dark Romantic Suspense Novel

By Kayla Shaw

The last thing Cassie Swift left behind was a mixtape and a warning.

Lena Swift never meant to come back to Briar Falls. Not to the house that still smells like her sister's cigarettes and perfume. Not to the mother who calls Cassie "troubled" instead of missing. And definitely not to Jude Maddox, the dangerous boy Cassie once loved-and the one everyone says Lena should stay away from.

But Cassie planned for this.

Hidden inside a handmade mixtape are clues only Lena can follow: old songs, old crimes, and messages that point toward the people Briar Falls protects most. The deeper Lena digs, the clearer it becomes that Cassie did not run away. She uncovered something rotten beneath the town's pretty lies, and someone made sure she disappeared before she could prove it.

Jude says he wants to help. The police say he cannot be trusted. And every track pulls Lena closer to a truth built from obsession, corruption, missing girls, and the kind of love that can either save you or ruin you.

To find out what happened to her sister, Lena will have to decide who is lying, who is dangerous, and whether the boy everyone warned her about might be the only person still telling the truth.

Dark, atmospheric, and emotionally charged, Love Me Like a Mixtape is a romantic suspense novel about grief, obsession, small-town secrets, and the ghosts girls leave behind when no one listens.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H124JV97
• ISBN13: 9798196054792
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"