The Lantern Pact: Secrets Beyond the Pines: A Claire Whitmore Story

by Mike Yarbrough

Claire Whitmore believed the secrets of Marrow Creek had been exposed—but the lantern’s glow lit more than just old wounds. When a most-trusted partner disappears and a warning arrives under the cover of darkness, Claire is pulled into a deeper web of corruption than she ever imagined. The shadows stretch into politics, land deals, shell companies—and to a man who built power in a small town and kept silence as his foundation. Now the ledger she once held as proof becomes a burden, the light she followed becomes a target, and the only way out is through the darkness.
She must expose the man who held the town’s truth captive, even if it costs everything she has—or let the unseen empire remain hidden. Because once the lantern wakes the past, nothing stays buried.
When a lantern’s glow reveals what’s buried, the darkness doesn’t disappear—it moves.

166 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 26, 2025