Love was never meant to end in murder, but for Ellar Day it became her legacy.
Set against the rugged beauty and hardship of an 1880s Colorado mining town, The Notorious Murder of Ellar Day is a meaningful reflection of love that dared to cross racial divides.
Nineteen-year-old Ellar Day finds herself caught between the man she loves and a community steeped in rigid prejudice. When their ill-fated relationship puts her family in peril, Ellar forsakes her heart and turns to a prominent newspaper editor for a new beginning—unaware that his promises of safety come with a dark past and a treacherous scheme.
Told from beyond the grave, this romantic tragedy brims with passion, betrayal, and the quest for redemption. Inspired by true Colorado events, this novel honors the memory of lives cut short by injustice and buried beneath the cold silence of the American West.
Tropes:
- Female Centric
- Based on two true crimes
- Shotgun Wedding
- Sweeping Slow Burn
- Spicy Scenes
- Ghost Story told from beyond the grave
- Gothic Victorian Western
- A novel based on actual events
