Dead Line

The call never entered the network. The woman on the line is already dead. Seattle emergency dispatcher Maya Bennett receives an impossible call from the sister she buried twenty-two months ago. The connection will last twelve minutes. To trace it, Maya must work beside Ethan Cole, the audio-forensics detective she still loves. Maya hears missing people approaching mortal danger. Ethan can isolate authentic fear buried inside manipulated recordings. Their abilities offer clues, not proof—and a private-response empire is using emergency systems, realistic false calls, and institutional procedure to make people disappear. As the next countdown begins, Maya and Ethan must learn to trust direct truth more than grief, static, or the voices designed to divide them. The Dead Line is Book 2 of The Vanishing Files, a complete paranormal romantic-suspense story featuring reunited lovers, moderate closed-door intimacy, a high-stakes rescue mystery, and a satisfying happy ending.