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Years after fleeing the mansion where her mother died and her family fell apart, Ember returns without a plan. Without answers. Not for the town that still whispers about the Brannons. Not even for herself. She just needed somewhere to disappear.
But the house isn't empty.
A doll appears where she didn't leave it. A woman from an old family portrait starts showing up in her dreams. And at night, something moves just beyond the tree line. Watching, waiting.
Ember isn’t the only one tangled in it. Her cousin Ryker, steady and protective, has been keeping watch from the cottage out back, but he's hiding something. Luke, the man she left behind, is back in her life with secrets of his own. And Skeet, the town's golden man, smiles a little too wide whenever he says how much he'd love to see her gone.
The deeper Ember digs, the clearer it becomes—something was buried on that property.
And someone already dug it up.
Ember came home to escape the past.
Now it's coming for her.
The First Mistake is the tenth standalone in the Brannon House series, an exciting and hair-raising domestic thriller saga by USA Today bestselling author Stacy Claflin. To get the most enjoyment from the series, the books are best read in order, however you can read any of them on their own.
The Complete series:
The Perfect Death
Family Secrets
The Darkest Garden
Shattered Pieces
Grave Memories
Drowning Silence
Sleepwalker
Face Off
Lost Echoes
The First Mistake
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About the author
Stacy Claflin is a USA Today bestselling thriller author who has published more than 75 novels, including Girl in Trouble and The Perfect Death. She has always been curious about the human mind, and in her quest to learn more, she earned a degree in Psychology. Her favorite course was Abnormal Behavior, which has been useful in writing fiction.
Her love for thrillers goes back to her early childhood when she fell in love with Unsolved Mysteries and America’s Most Wanted. When Stacy was five, she got mad at a babysitter who wouldn’t let her watch the evening news. These days, she spends her free time listening to true crime podcasts or watching documentaries on the subject.
She has been telling stories for as long as she can remember, and as child would often get into trouble for trying to convince friends her wild tales were true. Now she puts her creativity to better use by writing page-turning stories that leave readers begging for more.
Stacy occasionally dabbles in other genres, so as you peruse her library of works, you’ll find some romance and paranormal tales, all with strong suspense elements.
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