Sweetwater Parish Secrets

True-crime podcaster Jenna Vance arrives in Sweetwater Parish chasing answers to a thirty-year-old disappearance her own father never solved. The swamps are dense, the locals are silent, and the only man who knows the restricted terrain is Silas Thorne—a rugged, guarded woodsman who wants the past left buried.

Forced together when a child goes missing, Jenna and Silas begin a reluctant partnership that pulls them deeper into the parish’s hidden history. Late-night recordings by the river, a night trapped by rising water, and a carved landmark that matches her father’s forgotten notes turn suspicion into uneasy trust.

As threats escalate from anonymous warnings to direct danger, Jenna must decide whether the story she came to tell is worth the cost to the man who has slowly claimed her heart. Silas, long defined by his family’s silence, finds that protecting Jenna may finally set both of them free.

In the heart of the Louisiana bayou, two haunted people learn that the truth can be more dangerous—and more healing—than either ever expected.