Sunny Shelly’s Review: Into the Fading Twilight by Catherine Cowles

💫 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 💫

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞!

She’s known nothing but darkness for 413 days…but he’ll burn down the world to save her.

After a year in captivity, Nova Monroe is back in Starlight Grove—but she’s not the same woman who vanished. She lives on the edge, chases adrenaline, and refuses to be caged again. Cliff diving. Mountain biking. Anything to feel alive and outrun the memories clawing at her.

But the single dad with shadows of his own won’t let her face it alone. Especially when she finds herself needing a place to stay.

Kol Archer has made it his mission to protect her. As a Forest Service investigator, he’s no stranger to rugged terrain or battling for control. But nothing prepared him for Nova—her fire, her fight, the way she makes him feel something he thought was lost.

The closer they get, the more dangerous things become. Someone doesn’t want Nova to move on. And Kol is determined to stop them—no matter the cost.

Because for the first time in forever, Nova’s not just surviving. She’s learning how to live, how to trust, and reminding Kol he can, too. But as darkness looms, the truth could destroy them both…

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 → https://geni.us/FadingTwilightAmzn

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 → https://geni.us/FadingTwilightAudio

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 → https://geni.us/FadingTwilightPB

Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

I was really looking forward to Into the Fading Twilight after getting the epilogue in Across the Vanishing Sky, and Catherine Cowles did not disappoint with Nova and Kol’s story!

Kol is the forest services deputy who rescued Nova after she spent a year in captivity at the hands of a serial killer. She’s struggling to reacclimate and adjust to living with her best friend, Brae, who is now dating Kol’s brother Dex. When Nova begins to feel suffocated by the expectations and pressure of living with Brae and Dex, Kol offers her a space of her own in the apartment above his garage. Kol also just happens to *get* Nova in a way that Brae doesn’t seem to anymore.

As a single father to Skylar (love that girl!), Kol’s entire identity has become wrapped up in work and raising his daughter. He never carved out time for himself until Nova came along. He also doesn’t think he’s deserving of love because of the damage caused by his serial killer father. Yet there’s something about Nova that seems to steady the unease that lives inside of Kol.

Now, with another monster on the loose, Nova’s life seems to be in jeopardy again. And since Kol is heading the investigation, getting involved with the victim is the last thing he should be doing. But the connection between these two characters is undeniable, and they find in each other exactly what they have been missing from life.

The audiobook is performed in duet by Sebastian York and Brittany Pressley, who did a great job with these characters. (The audio is a full cast with Connor Crais, Adam Gold, Teddy Hamilton, and Jason Clarke rounding out the rest of the Archer brothers.)

Catherine Cowles always does a spectacular job with her romantic suspense stories, but this one hit a bit extra because of Nova’s traumatic past. Still, CC did a great job in writing the character, especially how she dealt with Nova’s mental wellness in the aftermath of her abduction. Nova is such a fighter.

Into the Fading Twilight was a beautiful story of survival and healing! Now, bring on Maverick! I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.