• Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2020 December #1
  A body is discovered in the woods outside of Maple Crest, New Hampshire, and it is soon identified as that of an immigrant farm worker who was declared missing twenty years ago. The news calls Cadie Kessler back to Maple Crest, which was an idyllic hometown—until it wasn't. Cadie has spent years running from the memories of the summer she was eleven, which started out full of a new friendship and first love, and ended with a terrible tragedy. Now that she's returned, Cadie will fight to protect those she loves from being ruined by secrets that refuse to remain buried. But first she must fight a deadlier foe, one that threatens everything in its path—a forest fire that can't be contained. Dalton's debut is a story of friendship, family, and the consequences of acting out of fear, especially when those actions are performed to protect those we love. The storytelling is made even more vivid by the way the novel practically breathes the woods of New Hampshire. Copyright 2020 Booklist Reviews.

As a journalist, JULIE CARRICK DALTON has published more than a thousand articles in The Boston Globe, BusinessWeek, The Hollywood Reporter, and other publications. She contributes to DeadDarlings, The Writer Unboxed, and GrubStreet’s writer’s blogs. She also owns and operates a small farm in rural New Hampshire, the backdrop for Waiting for the Night Song, her debut.