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A forgotten past. A dangerous legacy. A city that remembers everything.
Amira thought leaving East Palo Alto was how you survived.
You get out. You build a new life. You don't look back.
But the city never forgot her.
When Amira returns home after years away, she expects familiar streets and lingering memories; nothing more. Instead, she steps into a quiet storm of watchful eyes, whispered warnings, and a sense that something is moving just beneath the surface. The past she buried hasn't stayed buried. It's been waiting!
Then there's Jayden.
The boy who once watched over her from the shadows is now a man who moves with intention and secrets of his own. He knows the streets. He knows the danger. And he knows far more about Amira's family than she ever did. His presence is unsettling, protective, and impossible to ignore, especially as the tension between them reignites in ways neither expected.
What begins as a tense reunion turns deadly when Amira learns the truth: her mother didn't die by chance. She died protecting something powerful, something hidden deep within the city's underbelly. A secret tied to bloodlines, buried alliances, and a vault no one was ever meant to open again.
Now, Amira is the last living connection to that secret.
As a hidden organization resurfaces, the streets she once loved become a battleground. Old loyalties fracture. Enemies reveal themselves. And the block she grew up on is forced to reckon with a danger that threatens everyone it touches.
Jayden is pulled into the crossfire, not by accident, but by design. Their families are bound by a history written long before either of them understood what was at stake. Together, they hold two pieces of a legacy that could expose the truth... or destroy them both.
With every step closer to the truth, the danger tightens. Trust becomes fragile. Love becomes risky. And survival demands more than strength, it demands sacrifice.
Because in East Palo Alto, the past doesn't fade quietly.
It watches. It waits. And when the time comes, it collects.
Shadows in Blue is a gripping urban suspense novel layered with mystery, emotional depth, and slow-burning tension. It explores generational secrets, community loyalty, and the cost of inheriting a truth no one prepared you for.
Some shadows protect you.
Others hunt you.
And once they recognize you...there's no going back!
About the Author
Bundy, Sherri: - Sherri Bundy is a Bay Area storyteller who transforms real-life struggle into powerful, purpose-driven fiction. Raised in a community where resilience was a way of life, she writes stories that honor the people who fight, rise, and keep going, even when the world tells them not to. Her debut novel, Shadows in Blue, blends urban grit, emotional truth, and generational secrets into a suspenseful journey about courage, legacy, and the shadows that shape us. Beyond the pages, Sherri is committed to uplifting others through women's empowerment, youth mentorship, and her wellness brand, Beautiful Struggle Inc. She believes in healing, in growth, and in using every setback as fuel for the next breakthrough. Rooted in her community and guided by purpose, Sherri continues to create stories that inspire, elevate, and remind readers that strength does not come from perfection, it comes from rising anyway. She lives in the Northern California-Bay Area, writing for the women who came before her, and the ones still learning to stand in their own power.
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