Stay a Spell

He came searching for answers about his past.

He found a town—and a woman—that officially doesn't exist.

Detective Callum McKinley’s life has been defined by one cold case: his younger brother’s vanishing thirteen years ago. Taking a leave from his precinct under the guise of a quiet trip to a Colorado cabin, Callum ends up stranded in Amberhollow, a town sealed off from the world by a century-old magical Veil.

Callum needs to figure out if this hidden town holds the truth about his brother, but the perimeter is locked down, and now he’s stuck. His only hope is making a deal with the town’s most infuriatingly charming witch: a sharp-tongued, quick-witted beauty who pushes every single one of his carefully built boundaries.

She promised herself she’d keep her heart—and her magic—locked away.

Then a rugged, stubborn detective barged into her world.

Winifred “Freddie” Rowley lives by one rule: keep her emotions buried. Her wild Resonance magic reacts to her deepest feelings, and after a past mistake left a scar on one of the people she loves most, she’s determined to keep her power dormant. She has her routines, her best friend, and her talking black cat.

Then Callum walks in—broad-shouldered, grumpier than a winter frost, and completely irresistible.

Helping a handsome outsider break the town’s highest law is a terrible idea—especially when her dormant magic flares to life every time he stands too close.

As they team up to dig into the town's secrets, quiet moments in the mountain air spark into a simmering, undeniable flame. But escaping the Veil comes with a devastating price: passing back into the outside world means forgetting Amberhollow—and Freddie—entirely.

Now, Callum has to choose between the truth he’s spent a lifetime chasing, or holding onto the only woman he’ll never survive forgetting.