Lingering Flames
By Anna August
Publisher: Illilouette Ink, LLC
Published: October 2, 2025
ISBN: 9781969917011
Genre: Romantic Suspense
The sparks between them weren’t the only fires started in Evers Hollow.
Rose Everson Finch thought her childhood friendship with Finn Murphy would last forever. But a disagreement shattered their bond.
She returns to New York City, only to learn that love is an illusion.
She’s since moved back to Evers Hollow, caring for her beloved grandmother and hiking the woods that inspire her middle-grade books.
A late-night phone call will change her past, her present, and threaten to turn her future to ash.
Finn Murphy never told his best friend Rose that he loved her.
Not as they grew up together, or the night she committed to marrying another man.
He’s avoided their small town since.
But family obligations bring him back.
Now he’s made a promise:
To protect Rose.
Lingering Flames is a small-town, friends-to-lovers, he-falls-first, romantic suspense in The Everson Legacy series by author Anna August. Set in the scenic mountains of Western North Carolina, it’s a full length novel with a steam-filled happy-ever-after.
About the Author
Anna August writes romantic suspense and contemporary romance. She enjoys writing imaginative characters with complicated backgrounds. She cherishes books with plot twists, humor, and happily ever after’s.
Born and raised in California, Anna has also lived in Illinois, Texas, North Carolina, Idaho, and England. She served as a military spouse alongside her active duty husband in the US Air Force for twenty-one years. She holds a bachelors degrees in English and also in Geology, after discovering her love of rocks during a camping trip to a gold mine as a child.
When she’s not writing, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two adult children at their home in Boise, Idaho. She also enjoys gardening, gluten-free baking, and random home improvement projects.
