Characters of Hollow Ridge

The people behind the whispers. Every truth carries a cost; every silence keeps score.

Emma Keane

She fled Hollow Ridge, but guilt followed like a shadow. Twelve years later, Emma returns — fragile, secretive, haunted — to a town that remembers what happened by the river.

• Protective, evasive, carrying a past she refuses to name.
• A sister who ran — and a woman who may no longer know what running was for.
• Question for readers: Broken, guilty, or dangerous — what is Emma hiding?

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Sarah Keane

The river kept her. Bright, reckless, untouchable — until the night she vanished beneath the water. They called it an accident; the silence after said otherwise.

• A force of gravity: loved, envied, feared.
• The town rewrites the story; the river remembers the real one.
• Question for readers: Gone, innocent, or vengeful — what did Sarah leave behind?

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Sheriff Brian Cross

He wore the badge to protect Hollow Ridge — but the truth he carries is heavier than any law. Dependable. Trusted. And bound by a choice that never stopped echoing.

• The town’s anchor — or the man who knows too much?
• Protector, liar, or savior — depending on where you stand.
• Question for readers: What do you think Brian is hiding?

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