Run the River Road

When the star runner for a local moonshine ring vanishes from every known route, a haunted sheriff with a family history in the trade must stop the deliveries and expose the leak in his own office before a single ambush destroys the people he swore to protect.Shorty Holbert’s mountains remember all the deals a man ever made. When the old man’s truck tires are found sliced, and his ’41 ends its run slammed into a bank, Sheriff Bobby Holbert is thrown into a case of old loyalties and new betrayals. The town knows its names—the Banks, the Cashes, the Holberts—and everyone has something to hide: moonshine jars in barns, hauls behind false plates, and hearts that keep beating the way they always have.Bobby wants one thing: to keep his family safe and his life simple. But a deputy with a vendetta, an employee who’s been whispering to the wrong people, along with a young runner who can’t seem to stay out of trouble, make that impossible.This is a story of second chances, love, and slow-burning justice—where roots run deep, and choices cut deeper. By the time the snow comes, everyone in Forkton will know what they’re willing to lose.What price will a community pay to keep its secrets buried?