The Rum Runner: The Legend of Captain John Stewart Hardcover – November 10, 2025

Caroline came to steal his secrets. But he stole her heart. When Case Pharmaceuticals investigator Caroline Oliver arrives at a decaying mansion on the Maine coast, just as a hurricane closes in, she expects corporate secrets tied to rumors of eternal life. Instead, she finds a house that is alive… and a man who should not exist.Edward Kelly is a billionaire of impossible age and rumored to be the long-dead Prohibition-era smuggler, Captain John Stewart. Haunted by a century-old curse, Stewart has spent decades hiding from a past that refuses to stay buried.A hundred years earlier, along the same storm-lashed coast, a private nurse named Ruth Wilson stepped into a world of passion, smugglers, secrets, and fell in love with a man the sea refused to drown.Now the house they built together remembers everything.As Caroline uncovers the truth of that past, she awakens something vengeful within the house's walls: something bound to betrayal, desire, and the cost of immortality. With a ruthless pharmaceutical company closing in, she and Edward must confront the past, the house, and a force born in dark waters.Because some storms do not end with the water.And some loves refuse to die.A gothic romance with strong horror and fantasy elements, The Cliff House Trilogy blends dual timelines, supernatural mystery, and an enduring love that spans more than a century.This omnibus edition includes all three novels, presenting the complete story of a haunted house, a generational curse, and a love that may be the only force powerful enough to break it.Perfect for readers of:RebeccaThe Haunting of Hill Houseand Outlander (early books) Read more