Desperate Whispers and Silent Screams: a duology that delivers unforgettable characters, sizzling romance, and edge-of-your-seat suspense.
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Hideaway Box Set
In Desperate Whispers and Silent Screams, the latest installments in Stella Barcelona’s Black Raven series, tortured pasts, explosive secrets, undeniable attraction, and relentless enemies converge in idyllic island surroundings. Among the tropical beauty of the Florida Keys, trust is a gamble and survival isn’t guaranteed.
Desperate Whispers, Book One of the Hideaway Duology, delivers tension, desire, and a heart-pounding cliffhanger. The story continues in Silent Screams, Book Two of the Hideaway Duology, when enemies close in and a hard battle must be fought before the power of love can conquer all.
For high-stakes romantic suspense fueled ...
In Desperate Whispers and Silent Screams, the latest installments in Stella Barcelona’s Black Raven series, tortured pasts, explosive secrets, undeniable attraction, and relentless enemies converge in idyllic island surroundings. Among the tropical beauty of the Florida Keys, trust is a gamble and survival isn’t guaranteed.
Desperate Whispers, Book One of the Hideaway Duology, delivers tension, desire, and a heart-pounding cliffhanger. The story continues in Silent Screams, Book Two of the Hideaway Duology, when enemies close in and a hard battle must be fought before the power of love can conquer all.
For high-stakes romantic suspense fueled by lies, longing, and danger that lurks in paradise, read the Hideaway Duology. The eBook box set will on sale and available for “free” with your Kindle Unlimited subscription on November 13, 2025.
Desperate Whispers
One last chance for redemption.
In the Florida Keys, secrets don’t remain buried for long. Two powerful forces are on the hunt for Avery and her family. Both seek revenge, a priceless treasure hidden in plain sight, and a boy Avery loves more than life. As danger closes in on them, Avery and Quinn must navigate lies, longing, and fate’s desperate whispers…
Desperate Whispers, Book One of the Hideaway Duology, ends in ...
One last chance for redemption.
In the Florida Keys, secrets don’t remain buried for long. Two powerful forces are on the hunt for Avery and her family. Both seek revenge, a priceless treasure hidden in plain sight, and a boy Avery loves more than life. As danger closes in on them, Avery and Quinn must navigate lies, longing, and fate’s desperate whispers…
Desperate Whispers, Book One of the Hideaway Duology, ends in a heart-pounding cliffhanger. Continue Quinn and Avery’s story in Silent Screams, available soon on Amazon in eBook, Kindle Unlimited, and Print.
He’s haunted by his past. She’s hiding from hers. Their future depends on their decisions as suspense, passion, and danger converge in the tropical paradise of Hideaway Key.
Silent Screams
The final showdown is here. And not everyone will survive.
The powerful Bandallos want vengeance. The ruthless Stanilovs want blood. Both want Patrick—and both believe Avery holds the key to recovering a priceless treasure. As danger explodes on Hideaway Key, Quinn uncovers a shocking link between Avery’s past and the Black Raven job that broke him. Two tragedies—one buried, one unfolding—are connected by something far greater than coincidence.
Redemption demands a reckoning.
When Patrick is kidnapped, Quinn is haunted by ...
The final showdown is here. And not everyone will survive.
The powerful Bandallos want vengeance. The ruthless Stanilovs want blood. Both want Patrick—and both believe Avery holds the key to recovering a priceless treasure. As danger explodes on Hideaway Key, Quinn uncovers a shocking link between Avery’s past and the Black Raven job that broke him. Two tragedies—one buried, one unfolding—are connected by something far greater than coincidence.
Redemption demands a reckoning.
When Patrick is kidnapped, Quinn is haunted by the boy he couldn’t save. To bring Patrick home, Quinn must trust the one thing he’s spent the last year trying to silence—his intuition. And this time, he must listen. Because losing Avery would shatter him. And Patrick is running out of time.
A romantic bond forged by unforgettable fires. A child caught in the crosshairs of dangerous enemies. And a final showdown that will test everything Quinn thought he knew about love, loss, and fate. Click here to read an excerpt.



