Veil of Ash & Vows: A Runaway Bride Romantic Suspense

By Vivienne Crowne

VEIL OF ASH & VOWS: A Runaway Bride Romantic Suspense
A vanished bride. A mountain town that keeps its own secrets. A sheriff who sees too much.
On a storm-lashed night, society heiress Celia Voss fakes her death and disappears. In Echo Peak, she becomes Lena Hart-a woman with a burned phone, a forged ID, and one rule: don't be seen. Sheriff Holt McCrae notices anyway-how she maps exits, how her hands still when danger walks in.
When a ruthless fixer prowls the mountain corridor and wildfire licks the ridge, slow-burn sparks collide with edge-of-seat peril. As an abandoned sawmill turns into a trap, Lena must choose keep running or testify-and risk the first man who finally feels safe.
VEIL OF ASH & VOWS blends moody mountain-town atmosphere, small-town resilience, and a protective hero with a secret-identity heroine who refuses to break. Closed-door romantic suspense with a clean, earned HEA.
You'll get:
- Romantic suspense, closed-door: high tension; heat off-page, emotion on-page
- Slow burn → earned HEA: tenderness, trust, and a finale that lands
- Small mountain town: diner gossip, found family, a sheriff who shows up
- Relentless antagonist: a fixer who weaponizes debt, lies, and fear
- Signature set pieces: storm run at the gorge, wildfire brink, sawmill showdown
Read if you love: runaway-bride twists, protective sheriff heroes, secret identities, small-town romance, and women's suspense with heart.
Content notes: brief language; non-graphic peril/fight; mentions of past domestic abuse (off-page).
Specs: Dual POV - Present-day small-town setting - Closed-door intimacy - Stand-alone in the Love in the Shadows series.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FPDJ2R6Q
• ISBN13: 9798263181987
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"