Sinister Secrets (Wicks Hollow Book 2)

Leslie Nakano leaves her corporate career and purchases a turn-of-the-century mansion in Wicks Hollow, a town near Lake Michigan, planning to renovate it into an inn. She is unbothered by rumors of the house being haunted, though she is interested in finding missing gems that once belonged to Red Eye Sal, a Prohibition-era bootlegger who lived there. Blacksmith Declan Zyler, who specializes in historical restorations, recently discovered he has a fifteen-year-old daughter and is adjusting to single fatherhood. When Leslie hires him to restore the iron staircase at her inn, they unknowingly disturb a ghost from the past—one determined to see justice served. Until they resolve the spirit's unfinished business, neither Leslie nor Declan can move forward with their lives. This romantic suspense novel combines contemporary romance, cozy mystery, and supernatural elements in a small-town setting. Previously published as The Gems of Vice and Greed, it is the second book in the Wicks Hollow series, which does not require reading in order.