He’s been bound to his bones for a century. She has days to set him free. Forensic anthropologist Dr Margaret ‘Meg’ Jones has spent ten years running from her hometown. She doesn’t do ghosts, and she certainly doesn’t do feelings. But when she’s called back to Vernon Vale to examine a century-old unmarked grave, she gets more than she bargained for. Skeleton 4 has a smart mouth, the unmistakable swagger of a man who’d be smirking if he had lips, and a curse that will snap him back into oblivion by Halloween. He’s the most infuriating, charming, and impossible man she’s ever met. And he’s dead. For now. To break the curse, Meg must decode the truth etched into his bones, but every minute she spends with him is a minute she risks losing her heart. With the clock ticking down to midnight, she has to decide: can a scientist who worships facts trust a man who shouldn’t exist? And if she breaks the curse, does she lose him – or finally find the home she’s been running from?

Before You Forget is an open-door contemporary romance intended for an adult audience (18+). In the spirit of reader care, please be advised this story contains depictions of: •Grief and loss of a parent (father, deceased before the story begins; death by illness discussed) •Guilt and shame related to estrangement from a dying parent •Historic murder and violence (described during skeletal analysis; not depicted on-page) •Human trafficking and exploitation of vulnerable people (historic, discussed) •Supernatural curse/binding, a talking skeleton, and body horror-adjacent descriptions •Sexually explicit content, including consensual use of an object •Brief mention of a dead bird and skeletal trauma