A Debt of Wishes Book 3 : Cult Following: A Supernatural, Procedural Slow Burn Romance

When a conspiracy theorist influencer disappears mid–livestream while investigating a controversial wellness retreat, the internet does what it does best.

It panics.

Within hours, Detective Caleb Mercer's station is flooded with calls from devoted followers convinced their favorite truth-seeker has uncovered something dangerous.

Caleb suspects something far more ordinary.

Until he doesn’t.

As he begins investigating the retreat—part spiritual sanctuary, part self-optimization empire—he makes one critical mistake.

He tells Trixie to leave him alone so he can work.

Trixie, who thrives on belonging and has recently discovered a fondness for cult-adjacent communities, takes this as a challenge.

She joins one.

The robes are comfortable. The affirmations are enthusiastic. The emotional climate is extremely warm.

Possibly too warm.

While Caleb follows financial trails and online breadcrumbs, Trixie navigates guided vulnerability circles, curated enlightenment, and devotion that tastes just slightly artificial.

Are the retreat and the cult connected?

Is the influencer in danger?

And is all warmth created equal?

As internet paranoia collides with manufactured belonging, Caleb must untangle truth from performance—while trusting the one person who might be having entirely too much fun on the inside.

Because not every conspiracy is real.

But not every community is harmless either.