August 1st was launch day for When the River Runs, Book Three in my Androscoggin After Dark romantic suspense series — and honestly, I cannot think of a more perfect weekend for this book to arrive.
It is ATV festival weekend here in the North Country. The trails are loud. The dust is flying. Engines are everywhere. The river is running dark beside roads, rail beds, trailheads, and places locals know better than to stop after dark.
In other words?
Claire Caron’s book has officially entered the world.
By July, the trails are dust.
When the River Runs moves the Androscoggin After Dark series out of winter ice and spring mud and straight into the heat of a North Country summer.
This book belongs to dusty trails, hot engines, locked gates, old rail beds, river mud, crowded festival weekends, and the uncomfortable truth that some routes are used for more than riding.
When Derek Donovan disappears near the Androscoggin River, everyone wants to call it one more reckless ride gone wrong.
Then his ATV is found caked in river mud.
Inside is a cracked motel key tag marked Room 12.
And suddenly, the North Star Motel case is not finished at all.
Meet Claire and Reid
Claire Caron knows the trails, the gates, and the old ways through better than most. She is sharp-mouthed, hard to scare, and absolutely not interested in being handled.
Fish and Game Officer Reid Boucher knows the woods. He knows the river. He knows when a scene has been staged.
He also knows exactly how close to stand without touching her.
Their story is full of danger, restraint, heat, and the kind of reluctant partnership that becomes impossible to ignore once the dust settles and the truth starts surfacing.
The series gets bigger
Book One, When the River Freezes, introduced the frozen secrets of the North Star case.
Book Two, When the River Thaws, opened Room 9 and dragged more of the truth out of the mud.
Book Three, When the River Runs, asks a bigger question:
What if the motel was never the whole system?
What if the rooms were only stops?
What if the real danger was always the route?
That is the heart of this book. The Androscoggin River is not just a setting in this series. It is a witness. A corridor. A keeper of secrets. And in When the River Runs, the river starts giving back more than anyone is ready for.
Now available
When the River Runs is available now.
If you have been following Maura and Elias, Sienna and Jonah, and the dark secrets buried along the Androscoggin, Claire and Reid are ready to pull you deeper into the valley.
And if you are new to the series, welcome to the North Country.
Small towns keep secrets.
Rivers keep the rest.
In the North Country, desire runs deep.
So do the bodies.
Book Three of Androscoggin After Dark
When the River Runs is available now
By July, the trails are dust — and Room 12 is waiting.
When Derek Donovan vanishes near the Androscoggin, everyone wants to call it one more reckless ride gone wrong. Then his ATV turns up caked in river mud, with a cracked motel key tag marked Room 12.
Claire Caron knows the trails, the gates, and the old ways through. Fish and Game Officer Reid Boucher knows the woods — and exactly how close to stand without touching her.
In the North Country, desire runs deep.
So do the bodies.
