Fame chewed me up and spat me out.
A stalker nearly destroyed what was left.
So I ran to Cedar Lake Falls, the last place anyone would look.
I’m Lucky Vale.
Once a rising star.
Now, a ghost hiding behind locked doors, sleepless nights, and music I can’t bear to touch.
Then I meet him.
Ethan Maddox—my quiet, disciplined next-door neighbor with a daughter who sings my songs and a past he refuses to talk about.
Ex-military.
Controlled.
Much too observant.
And somehow, impossibly, safe.
I tell myself not to fall.
But Ethan looks at me like he sees every broken piece I’ve tried to outrun.
And just when Cedar Lake Falls starts feeling like a place I could breathe again…my past finds me.
Danger doesn’t knock this time, it walks right in.
Ethan warned me he wasn’t a hero.
He never told me he was something far more dangerous.
A slow-burn, high-heat small-town romance with dark undercurrents, hidden pasts, and a love fierce enough to fight the shadows.
A note for Marian Andrew readers:
Although LUCKY is published under my A.D. Drew pen name, it carries Marian Andrew’s experimental approach to storytelling into contemporary romance, with unconventional prose, rhythm, fragmented thoughts and a strong focus on character voice.
Print length: 310 pages
Language: English
Publication date: February 24, 2026
Reading age: 18+ years
Paperback book dimensions: 6 × 9 inches
Fame chewed me up and spat me out.
A stalker nearly destroyed what was left.
So I ran to Cedar Lake Falls, the last place anyone would look.
I’m Lucky Vale.
Once a rising star.
Now, a ghost hiding behind locked doors, sleepless nights, and music I can’t bear to touch.
Then I meet him.
Ethan Maddox—my quiet, disciplined next-door neighbor with a daughter who sings my songs and a past he refuses to talk about.
Ex-military.
Controlled.
Much too observant.
And somehow, impossibly, safe.
I tell myself not to fall.
But Ethan looks at me like he sees every broken piece I’ve tried to outrun.
And just when Cedar Lake Falls starts feeling like a place I could breathe again…my past finds me.
Danger doesn’t knock this time, it walks right in.
Ethan warned me he wasn’t a hero.
He never told me he was something far more dangerous.
A slow-burn, high-heat small-town romance with dark undercurrents, hidden pasts, and a love fierce enough to fight the shadows.
A note for Marian Andrew readers:
Although LUCKY is published under my A.D. Drew pen name, it carries Marian Andrew’s experimental approach to storytelling into contemporary romance, with unconventional prose, rhythm, fragmented thoughts and a strong focus on character voice.
Print length: 310 pages
Language: English
Publication date: February 24, 2026
Reading age: 18+ years
Paperback book dimensions: 6 × 9 inches
