He taught her how to survive the cold. Now she has to survive the truth.
She survived the mountains by trusting a killer.
Now the coast is asking for something far more dangerous—trust without certainty.
Reeve Hollis is trying to rebuild a life on the remote Washington coast, documenting a town clawing its way back from disaster. It’s quiet. Controlled. Safe—at least on the surface.
But safety was never meant for people like her.
Creed Jaxon was trained to eliminate threats, not build a life. Loving Reeve was never part of the plan—but neither was letting her go. Distance is the only thing keeping them intact… and even that is starting to fracture.
Because someone has found them.
Watching. Waiting. Studying every move.
A woman as precise and calculating as Creed—someone who knows how to dismantle a life piece by piece without ever being seen.
And this time, running won’t save them.
To survive what’s coming, Reeve and Creed will have to break every rule they built between them—about distance, about control… about love.
Because the closer the danger gets, the more it reveals the one truth neither of them can outrun:
The past doesn’t let go. It hunts.
Cold Vengeance is book 2 in the Ridge Runners Trilogy—an addictive dark romantic suspense series filled with obsession, danger, and high-stakes love. Best read in order.
