PREORDER – Crimson River (Illustrated Cover) by Devney Perry

This is a preorder book that releases on July 21, 2026. The author is offering a preorder incentive. If you submit the incentive form by July 10, you will receive art prints for each book.

Orders that contain preorder books will not ship until ALL the books in your order are released. If you want your order for released books to ship sooner, please place separate orders.

Stats

Format: Paperback (plain edges); author indie version with illustrated cover

Pages: 348

Published: July 21, 2026

Estimated spice: Spicy

Goodreads rating: 4.1+

Fable rating: 4+

Publisher description

A small town, romantic suspense story from #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Devney Perry.

Lyla Eden has spent the last few years watching her siblings fall in love. Meanwhile, she’s married to her job. It’s on her hundredth consecutive workday that her sister stages an intervention, kicking Lyla out of her own coffee shop. With nothing else to do, Lyla sets out on her favorite hiking trail.

It’s there that she spots a man washing blood from his hands in a stream. One moment she’s staring at the jagged scar on his face. The next, his hand is around her throat. But by some miracle, he lets her go.

Shaken to her core, Lyla reports the incident to the local police. Two days later, Vance Sutter arrives in town, armed with endless questions and a tarnished badge.

Vance may be ruggedly handsome but he’s as mysterious as the man he’s hunting. And he’ll be gone from Quincy in a blink. Yet Lyla’s crush is impossible to stop.

No matter how hard Vance tries to ignore it, there’s no denying the chemistry between them. And avoiding Lyla is not an option. After years of chasing dead ends, she’s his only lead to closing the case that haunts his career. So together, they’ll retrace her steps.

To find the scarred man she met beside a crimson river.