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THE MOONLIGHT MOTEL

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THE MOONLIGHT MOTEL
A Gothic Desert Romance
Lila Merren has drawn the same neon sign since she was seven years old. She has never been able to see the face of the figure standing in the mist behind it.

Then her roommate posts a photo from a drive north, and the place is real. The Moonlight Motel, Jemez Springs, New Mexico.
Her mother lets her go with a warning. Lila’s grandmother walked into those mountains at seventeen and never walked back out.
The caretaker has been behind that desk since 1865. He knows exactly what mercy costs.

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Mercer Ranch

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The wire wasn’t broken.
It was cut.
Savannah crouched at marker forty-two, brushing her fingers just above the clean slice in the fence line. No rust. No sag. Whoever did this had taken their time. Beyond the gap, boot prints pressed deep into the dirt—then tire tracks.
A truck.
Not desperation. Not someone slipping through in the dark.
A route.
She straightened slowly, the South Texas sun climbing behind her, heat already rising off the brush. Somewhere out there, someone had decided Mercer Ranch was a shortcut.
Savannah swung back into the saddle
Let them try it again.

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Hollow Moon Manor

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The manor knew the moment she crossed its threshold.

Cold brushed the back of Skye Holloway’s neck, soft as breath. The great door closed behind her with a final, echoing hush, and the warmth of the outside world fell away. Portraits lined the walls — red-haired women with green eyes, watching. Waiting.

She had never been here before.

Yet the marble beneath her boots felt familiar. The air smelled of old stone and memory. And somewhere deep inside the house, something stirred, as if the land itself had recognized her blood and awakened.

Skye had come home.

The manor had been waiting.

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