A dark psychological thriller packed with small-town secrets, buried trauma, and shocking twists.She escaped her past-and the man she never forgot.Now both are pulling her back into a deadly game she may not survive.Jillian Thorne built her career making the unreal feel real.On Hollywood soundstages, she stages murder, kidnapping, and violent crime with chilling authenticity-turning fiction into gripping entertainment.But nothing she's created compares to the truth waiting in Blue Gil.Nearly six years after escaping her small hometown, Jillian is drawn back by the suspicious death of the town's beloved high school football coach. What first appears to be a tragic loss quickly unravels into something far more sinister-a dark mystery no one is willing to confront. Because in Blue Gil, secrets aren't just buried… they're protected.As disturbing clues surface and a brutal tragedy strikes dangerously close to home, Jillian finds herself trapped inside a real-life psychological thriller. The instincts that made her successful in Hollywood may be the key to solving the crime-or the very thing clouding her judgment.Everyone in this small town is hiding something.Including Jillian.To uncover the truth, she must break through an unspoken code of silence, deception, and loyalty-and face the past she thought she left behind. Because some secrets refuse to stay buried.And in this twisted game of suspense, trusting the wrong person could be deadly.Have you been Aleatha'd?This is a complete 80K stand-alone psychological thriller with a STEM FMC who needs to learn secrets before it's too late. The only connection to Aleatha's FEAR OF FLAMES is that our favorite podcasters from Crime Daily Podcast are back, showing the readers another perspective.*You do not need to read Crime Daily Podcast book one, FEAR OF FLAMES before RISING WATERS. Aleatha Romig is a New York Times and USA Today best selling author, who has been voted #1 "New Author to Read" on Goodreads July 2012 - Present! Aleatha has lived most of her life in Indiana growing-up in Mishawaka, graduating from Indiana University, and currently living south of Indianapolis. Together with her high-school sweetheart and husband of twenty six years, they've raised three children. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she's not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns, she likes to spend her time with her family and friends. Her pastimes include exercising, reading and creating heros/ anti-heros who haunt your dreams! Aleatha enjoys traveling, especially when there is a beach involved. In 2011 she had the opportunity to visit Sydney, Australia to visit her daughter studying at the University of Wollongong. Her dream is to travel to places in her novels and around the world. CONSEQUENCES, her first novel, was released August 2011 by Xlibris Publishing. October 2012 Ms. Romig rereleased CONSEQUENCES as an Indie author. TRUTH, the sequel, was released October 30, 2012 and CONVICTED, the final installment of the Consequences Series, was released in October 8, 2013! Aleatha is a "Published Author's Network" member of the Romance Writers of America and represented by Danielle Egan-Miller of Brown and Miller Literary Associates.
