When the Wicked Fall by Blaire Morgan—Secrets, Suspense, and a Dangerous Kind of Attraction
Some places make getting away from it all sound like the perfect plan.
For bestselling author Meaghan Ryers, a remote Alaskan village seems like exactly what she needs. No spotlight. No expectations. No one who knows her name.
Then she finds a car engulfed in flames. Suddenly, disappearing from the world isn't quite so simple.
Why Readers Will Love When the Wicked Fall
Fast-paced romantic suspense packed with secrets, danger, and unexpected twists
A bestselling author heroine who finds herself caught in a mystery she can't ignore
A protective sheriff hero determined to uncover the truth—and keep Meaghan safe
A remote Alaskan setting that adds isolation, atmosphere, and tension to every page
A compelling mix of family secrets, conspiracy, mystery, danger, and slow-burn romance
A mystery that refuses to stay buried
Enter Sheriff Donovan Kyndall, a man who knows his community—and knows that everyone has secrets. But the strange car fire presents more questions than answers, especially when there's no body and Meaghan's account doesn't quite fit the evidence.
Then Donovan receives an anonymous call.
The caller knows things about his past that a stranger shouldn't know.
And that's when this seemingly isolated mystery begins to feel much bigger—and much more personal.
In When the Wicked Fall, Blaire Morgan combines the tension of a mystery with the emotional pull of romantic suspense. As Meaghan and Donovan investigate what happened, they uncover a conspiracy connected to Donovan's family history. The closer they get to the truth, the more dangerous things become.
And, inconveniently, the harder it becomes for them to ignore the attraction between them.
Perfect for readers who like their romance with a side of danger ...
If your ideal romantic suspense includes a capable heroine, an honorable law-enforcement hero, a mystery with plenty of questions, and a romance that develops while the characters are trying to stay alive, When the Wicked Fall checks a lot of boxes.
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Read an Excerpt from When the Wicked Fall
Prologue
Fire snaked into his lungs. Suffocating. Debilitating. He couldn’t breathe, his body immobile. He clawed at the air, at the coarse rope binding his feet, at everything his hands could reach. Why were his hands free?
Is this how someone feels when they burn?
Helios promised him there would be consequences. It had only been one more fire, one more kill. He had craved it more than he feared Helios’s warning.
One more mistake.
Smoke curled upward from the flames, dancing up the walls in a seductive swirl of lights and sound. The crackling of gunshots echoed somewhere beyond the steel door.
No chance of escape.
He didn’t deserve to die this way. His scream lodged deep in his lungs, so deep it burned his insides. A round of hacking coughs escaped his scorched lips. He desperately wanted water or a beer. Yes, when he got out of this—if he made it—he’d down a whole six-pack of Bud Light and thank whatever powers that be for his salvation.
I’ll be good. If you let me live, God, I’ll be good forever.
Did he hear his name coming back to him from the darkness beyond the flames? Yes, but from where, exactly?
Damian.
It’s only in my head. No. No, no, no!
He heard shouts, or was fear mocking him? He yanked at the ropes around his ankles and tore away flesh covered in his own blood. Why couldn’t he move?
The door pounded. No, someone pounded on the door. The blaze caressed the floor around him, moving closer with a lover’s passion, inch by inch. He heard the loud crash this time and was certain someone stood on the other side of the door. A gust of air whooshed into the room, and the fire found new life. It tormented him, licked his skin. A scream escaped, louder now because of the burn. Two muscular bodies in masks lifted him away from the center of the inferno. His eyes remained open, even as the sensation of floating carried him away from the chamber. He’d promised to be good and he would be. No man or woman or creature walking the earth could claim to be so good as he from this moment on and into forever.
Darkness consumed his whispered thanks while a cacophony of sirens trumpeted his fall into oblivion.
End of Excerpt. Excerpt © Blaire Morgan. Shared here with permission from the author.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Published by: Blaire Morgan Books
Publication Date: September 14, 2026
Series: Kyndall Family Suspense Series, Book 3
Reader content note provided by the author: Features non-graphic violence, minimal mild language, and moderate romantic intimacy (PG-13).
Meet the Author: Blaire Morgan
Blaire Morgan is a pseudonymous American author blending danger, emotion, and high-stakes storytelling into gripping romantic suspense. She lives wherever the next adventure takes her—usually somewhere with a lot of trees, or a place that exists only in her imagination.
Find her online at www.blairemorgan.com.
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If When the Wicked Fall sparks your interest, explore more romantic suspense and check out Witness in the Shadows and Shadow of Betrayal, books one and two in the series.
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