The Halloween Gate

Every Halloween, the lights in Hollow Creek disappear for exactly one hour. For generations, the villagers have followed one simple rule: When darkness falls, lock your doors and stay away from the forest. Investigative journalist Lena Moreau has built her career exposing supposedly supernatural mysteries. Ghosts, curses, and magic? She believes there is always a logical explanation. Until an anonymous letter brings her to Hollow Creek. Determined to uncover the truth behind the village's strange Halloween tradition, Lena finds herself drawn to Blackwood Manor—and to its infuriatingly secretive owner, Elias Blackwood. Elias is cold, sarcastic, and determined to make Lena leave. But Lena has never been good at walking away from a mystery. As Halloween approaches, strange symbols begin appearing throughout the village, shadows move through the ancient forest, and voices whisper beneath the walls of Blackwood Manor. Then Lena discovers the truth. Magic is real. Hidden beneath the manor lies an ancient gate separating the human world from something far more dangerous. For centuries, the Blackwood family has protected it. Elias is the last guardian. But this Halloween, the gate is beginning to open. And somehow, Lena is connected to the secret buried deep within Hollow Creek's past. Forced to work together, the skeptical journalist and the brooding guardian must uncover a centuries-old betrayal before the hour of darkness arrives. But the closer they get to the truth, the harder it becomes to ignore the dangerous attraction growing between them. Because some doors should never be opened. And some secrets are worth risking everything to uncover. The Halloween Gate is a paranormal romance filled with ancient magic, gothic mystery, slow-burning attraction, and the irresistible tension of a grumpy guardian and the woman determined to change his world.