Tail Me By Ava Hunter ❲Complete — 2024❳

And in the heart of the mountains, surrounded by the silence, Elara realized that she didn’t want to run anymore. She had found her home, and the man who was meant to tail her—to keep her safe, always. If you'd like to explore more of this story, let me know:

Later that night, sitting by the fireplace, Elara finally felt her heart slow down. Caleb was looking at her, his eyes warm again, but filled with a new protective intensity. Tail Me by Ava Hunter

It started with a dead sparrow on her doorstep. Then, the phone lines in her remote cabin went dead. One chilly evening, as she was watching the sunset from her porch, the familiar silhouette of her manager appeared at the edge of the tree line—not alone, but with the menacing stranger she had been hiding from. And in the heart of the mountains, surrounded

For a few weeks, it worked. The town of Oakhaven welcomed her, treating her like just another resident. Caleb showed up regularly, "checking in" on the fence line, but he was always sitting on her porch. Their connection was instant, a quiet comfort in the chaos of her life. She found herself watching for his truck every afternoon, the way his heavy boots sounded on the wood planks bringing a sense of safety she hadn’t felt in months. But the past is a jealous thing. Caleb was looking at her, his eyes warm

Caleb was the opposite of everything she was used to. He was quiet, rugged, and smelled like pine needles and diesel fuel. He worked the surrounding acreage, and his eyes were the color of the old hickory wood in his barn. When Elara accidentally drove her SUV into a ditch on her first rainy night in town, Caleb was the one to pull her out.

Elara Vance didn’t run to the Smoky Mountains because she wanted to see the autumn leaves. As the reigning country-pop princess, she was running from the blinding flashbulbs, the controlling manager who felt more like a warden, and the stalker whose notes had gone from fan-mail to threats. She left her tailored suits and platinum record awards in Nashville, trading them for flannel, hiking boots, and a cabin in the middle of nowhere that her uncle owned. She just wanted to disappear. Then she met Caleb Stone.