Blood Moon - Evelyn M. Exley

"She left the ravine behind-until it called her back."

Finalist in Romance and Inspirational Fiction categories, 2026 American Legacy Book Awards. One of eight finalist placements across titles

On the night of Maddie's college graduation, a blood moon rises-just hours before a tragic accident at Dead Man's Ravine takes her best friend's life and impacts the lives of three others. In the aftermath, their little college town needs someone to blame. They choose Myles-the driver of the car that night, and the wealthy boyfriend her best friend left behind.

To Maddie, Myles seems untouched by what happened, hiding behind sarcasm and an air of casual indifference. But beneath the surface he carries a burden he refuses to share. As Maddie begins to see past the mask, an unlikely friendship forms between them. But in a town where anger lingers longer than compassion, their growing bond is met with fierce resistance. 

Now, five years later, another blood moon rises over Dead Man's Ravine. Drawn back to the place where everything changed, Maddie must confront the love she left behind... and the possibility that some bonds, once forged in the darkest moments, refuse to disappear.

*For readers drawn to emotionally rich dramas with romance at its core, Blood Moon is an intimate, character-driven story about the quiet ties that bind us and the complexities of relationships shaped by loss.