Silent Signal

Oakhaven hides its crimes in fog. Emily Vance, logistics coordinator for the port, has lived five years with the guilt of her testimony - until a dead foghorn loop crawls across the harbor radios and an encrypted text arrives from the man she sent to prison: Check the logs, Em. You read the wrong wave.Julian Barrett is out on early parole, silent since a childhood accident, and done waiting for her to hear him. The night she found stolen schematics in his locker, the upload came from the harbor master's office. Arthur Sterling, her mentor, has been moving unregistered cargo through Pier 4 and using Emily's trust as cover. Julian didn't break in to steal. He broke in to trap the route, and Sterling flipped the frame.Clearing his name means pulling buried server logs, intercepting ghost shipments, and staying ahead of a man who can clone a parole badge and wipe evidence in real time. It also means the years of denied want finally breaking open: in the back of a radio shop, a fogged car above the docks, an abandoned lighthouse, the hold of a dead freighter. Julian doesn't speak. His hands, his notes, and the way he takes her apart say enough.On Halloween night, with the town distracted by fireworks and Sterling ready to pin the entire operation on Julian for good, Emily has one broadcast, one frequency jammer, and a choice she already made the first time she surrendered to the man she condemned. The signal is live. The fog is lifting. And some frequencies, once locked, don't let go.Explicit erotic thriller with frequent on-page sex, graphic language, and a suspense plot. For adult readers.