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The Shadow of Sylvia: A Dark Romance, Locked Room Mystery
Sylvia, newly widowed at thirty years old, has spent all winter living alone in Chambers Estate on the hill above Hayse Haven following her husband’s murder. Although, she’s not always alone. As a social media influencer, Sylvia is used to the feeling of being watched. But the eyes watching her from the dark woods surrounding the estate belong to one new follower she didn’t expect.
As if juggling her complicated feelings for her no-longer-secret admirer and the role in her late husband’s company she inherited weren’t enough, Sylvia has also agreed to host Hayse Haven’s annual Bid-A-Date event at the estate. What starts as a charity event to benefit the town’s small businesses soon takes a turn for the worse and becomes a crime scene. With a snowstorm raging outside and a murderer in their midst, no one can leave.
As bodies begin piling up, Sylvia is left with a growing sense of uncertainty, wondering if the crime she and her friends are trying to solve is connected to her late husband’s murder or if her mystery man is the culprit.
Either way, is she next?
In this small town, dark romance, locked room mystery, no one is safe, and everyone is a suspect.
The Shadow of Sylvia is the second story in the Hayse Haven mystery series. While backstory will be provided, it is intended to be read after The Silence of Autumn.
This book contains mature content.
As if juggling her complicated feelings for her no-longer-secret admirer and the role in her late husband’s company she inherited weren’t enough, Sylvia has also agreed to host Hayse Haven’s annual Bid-A-Date event at the estate. What starts as a charity event to benefit the town’s small businesses soon takes a turn for the worse and becomes a crime scene. With a snowstorm raging outside and a murderer in their midst, no one can leave.
As bodies begin piling up, Sylvia is left with a growing sense of uncertainty, wondering if the crime she and her friends are trying to solve is connected to her late husband’s murder or if her mystery man is the culprit.
Either way, is she next?
In this small town, dark romance, locked room mystery, no one is safe, and everyone is a suspect.
The Shadow of Sylvia is the second story in the Hayse Haven mystery series. While backstory will be provided, it is intended to be read after The Silence of Autumn.
This book contains mature content.
313 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 25, 2025
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June 20, 2025
both of these books were great. I love the fun adult Nancy Drew style mystery in the series matched with steamy romance. I like that leann wrote a morally gray staker in a cozy mystery, and even though he is supposed to be a villain, he is a very likable and charming person. I couldn't put this book down!
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February 23, 2026
Read this book in a weekend during a blizzard so I really felt like I was in the book! Great murder mystery that gave modern Clue vibes with some more smut ;)
loved that this book is the second in the series but focuses on two side characters from the first book. you saw the town setting from new perspectives & got to know these other characters more intimately.
loved that this book is the second in the series but focuses on two side characters from the first book. you saw the town setting from new perspectives & got to know these other characters more intimately.
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