Whiteout: Two Romantic Suspense Novellas

By Dani Pettrey and Lynette Eason

Brace yourself for double the suspense in these snowbound adventures as an avalanche forces two couples to face down their enemies in a ski resort shut off from the outside world.

In Buried in Shadows by Dani Pettrey, Cassandra Parker arrives at her best friend's destination wedding, praying her stalker hasn't tracked her to Colorado. Also part of the wedding party is Sheriff Joel Brunswick, the man she stunned by leaving at the altar to hide a dangerous truth. When an avalanche strands their ski group in an abandoned lodge, it becomes chillingly clear that Cassandra's stalker has followed her . . . and he's willing to kill to make her his.

In Snowbound Secrets by Lynette Eason, Dr. Maya Sullivan fully intends to escape her past and finish planning a retreat for military veterans at the ranch she's inherited. Unfortunately, her plans go sideways when an avalanche traps her in a Colorado ski resort. An unexpected reunion with her high school crush forces her to confront past wounds, but she soon realizes someone is targeting her, and their search for a shadowy enemy becomes a matter of life and death.

A gripping romantic suspense novella collection from bestselling authors Lynette Eason and Dani Pettrey featuring second-chance romance, trapped together forced proximity, military and law enforcement heroes, a small-town destination wedding, and snowbound survival at a Colorado ski resort.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076424597X
• ISBN13: 9780764245978
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Action, suspense, romance

Buried in Shadows was a suspenseful story. Cassie a medical examiner called off her wedding to Joel, a sheriff to prevent him from being killed. Now along with some of their family and friends they are at a wedding venue and get caught in an avalanche and trapped by a blizzard not realizing the stalker is with them. This story is full of action, suspense, romance, faith, and a race against time before someone dies. In Snowbound Secrets, Dr. Maya Sullivan is on the other side of the avalanche at the resort where she runs into two of her oldest friends, Gideon Price and Vance Harland. A series of attacks against Maya brings Gideon to her rescue as a protector until they can find out why she is being targeted and by who. There is a lot of action in this story and suspense as far as who is after Maya and why. I thought both stories were really good and the ending of both was a shocker as to who was behind the attacks.

snowy romantic suspense novellas

Buried in Shadows by Dani Pettrey was an intense mountaintop ski adventure with plenty of suspense. When a wedding party goes heli-skiing on an untouched side of the mountain, a stalker with deadly intent follows Cassie and her ex-fiance Joel. An avalanche and trying to outsmart the murderer and stormy conditions made the plot fast-paced. The villain, who had a first person voice in the story, was difficult to guess. I wish it had been a full-length novel; that way, I could have gotten to know Cassie and Joel better. There were many characters in the wedding party so it was difficult to keep them all straight, especially when murders started happening. It was an enjoyable story overall, though I did get confused at times when backstories among the characters of the wedding party left me feeling like I missed something. Snowbound Secrets by Lynette Eason took place at the same ski resort as the first novella but followed Maya and Gideon, stranded at the resort after the avalanche. Childhood friends with crushes on each other, unbeknownst to the other party, Maya and Gideon take their time getting to know each other again until someone tries to kill Maya and that accelerates their relationship. Maya and Gideon were army veterans and battled PTSD throughout the story. They both had emotional baggage which seemed a bit too deep and intense to fully flesh out in a novella. The dialogue felt somewhat stilted and their heart-to-heart sharing sounded more like detached factual recounting of traumatic events than true emotional connection. The villain was easy to spot but the reasoning behind the attempted murders was a surprise. I received a complimentary copy courtesy of Bethany House via Interviews & Reviews and NetGalley. I was under no obligation to post a positive comment and all opinions are my own.