THE LAKE BETWEEN USUpdated at Sep 17, 2026, 04:23
Hannah Parker had the perfect life. A new teaching job in Atlanta, a cozy rental in Decatur, and Daniel Cole, the steady, golden-hearted man who was going to marry her in the spring.
Then she met him on the dock.
Ethan Cole is Daniel's uncle. Older. Quieter. Dangerous in the way only lonely men can be. He asks the questions no one else dares to ask. He sees the parts of her she thought she'd buried.