Julian Blackwood – författare

He always thought the running would keep him alive. He was wrong. The ghosts don't chase you to kill you; they chase you because they are cold, and you are the only fire left in the room.For years, Leo poured himself into the lives of others, But when the life he built with his bare hands is torched by a single spark, he's forced to face what he's been running from. A night he would never forget and A chance encounter with three ghosts from his past changes everything.Sitting with Ghosts is a dark, evocative narrative about the beauty of facing our wounds—and a reminder that the dark is nothing to fear when you are the one holding the match.

Sometimes, to find your story, you have to stop writing it.Sam Thorne is a man who lives by the deadline. A high-powered Manhattan author with a life curated for success, he's never met a moment he couldn't improve with an adjective. But when a career-ending disaster sends him to the remote, salt-sprayed town of Duck, North Carolina, he's forced to trade his laptop for a life he never planned.Annie Vance is the B&B owner who just wants to keep her roof from caving in and her peace of mind intact. She doesn't need a hotshot visitor from the city, and she certainly doesn't need a man who looks at her life like it's a rough draft. But as the salt air and the rhythm of the tide begin to dismantle Sam's "e;New York armor,"e; he finds himself doing something dangerous: he's falling for the woman who owns the house, the dog, and his heart.When a misunderstanding threatens to turn his quest for a new beginning into a betrayal of the only person he's ever truly seen, Sam must decide what matters more: the story he's been telling the world, or the woman he's finally learned to live for.