The Ashgrove Files

A Paranormal Romance Trilogy

By Elena Vale Marlowe

A letter arrives with no return address.
Inside is a name that should have
stayed buried.
A warning no one living should hear.


Book 1, Whispers in Ashgrove, is now available on Amazon.

Start the Series

Whispers in Ashgrove
Book 1 of The Ashgrove Files

When Nora Hale returns to Ashgrove, she expects old memories, unanswered questions, and the quiet ache of a past she never fully escaped.

What she finds instead is a letter that should not exist, a warning tied to someone long dead, and a presence that seems to know exactly what she has lost.

As buried history begins to surface, Nora is drawn into the mystery of Ashgrove House, an orphanage fire the town never truly left behind, and Elias Mercer, a man with secrets of his own.

A gothic paranormal romance about old letters, haunted rooms, buried grief, slow-burn attraction, and a love story shaped by the dead.

Continue the Journey

Shadows Over Ashgrove
Book 2 of The Ashgrove Files
Now Available!

Some secrets refuse to stay buried… even in Ashgrove.

Still recovering from the events that upended her life, Nora Hale returns home determined to start over. But Ashgrove hasn’t forgotten her—and neither has the darkness surrounding the abandoned Northridge State Hospital. When a newly uncovered patient file surfaces, Nora is pulled back into a mystery far more dangerous than before.

As she searches for answers, Nora finds herself caught between rising threats and a connection she isn’t sure she can trust. Every clue draws her deeper into a web of secrets, lies, and a presence that seems to be watching her every move.

A haunting mystery. A forbidden connection. A town that refuses to let go. Shadows Over Ashgrove continues The Ashgrove Files, a paranormal suspense series where every truth comes with a cost.

The Trilogy

Book 1: Whispers in Ashgrove

Now available on Amazon. A letter, a haunted house, and a long-buried orphanage fire draw Nora Hale back into Ashgrove’s past — and toward Elias Mercer, a man whose secrets may be as dangerous as the house itself.

Book 2: Coming Next

The haunting deepens as buried family history, slow-burn attraction, and unanswered grief pull Nora and Elias closer to each other — and closer to the truth Ashgrove refuses to release.

Book 3: Planned

The final secrets of Ashgrove House come to light as love, loss, and the dead demand an answer.

The Ashgrove Files blends gothic atmosphere, romantic tension, and paranormal mystery across a trilogy of haunted secrets. Each book follows the emotional and supernatural consequences of Ashgrove’s past, where old letters, vanished histories, and unfinished grief continue to shape the living.

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Contact

Questions or inquiries are welcome.

Email

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