After a painful divorce, Emma Cross thinks she’s finally found peace in a quiet countryside home with her golden retriever, Cooper. But when Cooper begins fixating on the same section of wall night after night, her fragile calm begins to crack. Something is wrong inside the house something watching.

Her new neighbor, Dr. Ryan Hale, a calm and steady veterinarian with his own scars, offers to help. He doesn’t believe in ghosts, but he does believe in instincts and Cooper’s behavior doesn’t lie. As they uncover the remnants of a long-buried secret beneath Emma’s home, the bond between them deepens, blurring the line between fear and desire.

Each discovery draws them closer to a truth that could destroy the safety they’ve built, and yet neither can turn away. The darkness in the house mirrors the shadows they’re both running from. And when passion flares between them, it becomes clear that trusting each other might be the only way to survive what’s been waiting below.

As danger closes in and old ghosts refuse to stay buried, Emma must decide whether love is strong enough to face the truth or whether some walls are meant to stay sealed forever.

Can love born in fear become the light that saves them both?

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Their story is only one among the souls forever Bound by Instinct.

In a world where instinct runs deeper than logic, love and danger move side by side. Bound by Instinct follows five souls whose closest companions creatures with eyes that see beyond hold the key to unraveling mysteries buried in shadow. Each story pulses with desire and unease, every heartbeat echoing between trust and fear. From windswept coasts to quiet, forgotten farms, the bond between human and animal becomes something timeless a bridge across life, death, and the kind of love that refuses to fade. Sometimes salvation isn’t human at all. It’s the instinct that never lets go.

Juliette Mara Voss