The River and the Veil: Where Secrets Flow and Shadows Wait: A Novel

By Cora Corry

In the quiet town of Birchwood, where the river carries whispers of the past and the trees stand as silent witnesses, Evelyn Whitaker returns to a place she once called home-only to find that the past has been waiting for her.

When she steps back into Whitaker Manor, the decaying house that looms over the town, she discovers a hidden journal, cryptic symbols, and a shard that hums with eerie energy. The deeper she digs, the more she realizes that Birchwood is not just a town shaped by its history-it is bound to it. Some secrets refuse to stay buried. Some doors, once opened, cannot be closed.

As Evelyn reconnects with old friends and long-standing rivalries, she is drawn into a web of family mysteries, supernatural forces, and truths that threaten to unravel everything she thought she knew. In her search for answers, she must decide: should she protect the past or break free from it once and for all?

A haunting and beautifully woven tale of secrets, love, and redemption, The River and the Veil explore the delicate balance between memory and reality, grief and healing, past and future. Because in Birchwood, the past is never truly gone-it lingers, waiting for someone to listen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DXMVJD1V
• ISBN13: 9798310865808
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"