*READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD SILVER MEDALIST*Three Siblings. One Year. Everything Changes.Stained glass artist Callie Davis is in desperate need of a vacation. Burnt out and on the edge of a nervous breakdown, she’s taking refuge on Massachusetts’ tiny Carter Island. Callie yearns for long, lazy days and pretty walks on the beach—blessed solitude and an escape from the pressures of her career and complications of her life. Then she bumps into gorgeous Nate Carter, and everything changes.Sheriff Nathan Carter couldn’t be happier now that the height of the summer season has finally come and gone. After four endless months, tourists have packed their bags and headed for the mainland. The quiet days of autumn are about to befall the town—the way Nate and his fellow Sandersonians like it best.But nothing ends up quite the way Nate expects when he meets the beautiful blond with the big blue eyes. Callie’s pretty smiles hide secrets—deep, dark mysteries that have the potential to rip apart their lives.

I always finish the job. Until Violet.VioletI think I found him. The man who doesn't fear my father.Xavier Dyer takes tall, dark, and dangerous to new levels. He steals my breath and sets my heart to pounding. The cold steel of his gun should frighten me.I'd like to say I tried to stay away, but I'd be lying. He sucks me in with every breath, using his body, his hands, his voice to seduce me.He commands me in the bedroom and leaves me wrecked.Until I discover who he really is. And just how he came to find me.The bastard lured me in and gave me the one thing I desperately needed. He knew I would let him do whatever he wanted to me.Right up until that final second.XavierShe has no idea what I really am.Violet Wynn is the daughter of a monster. Her billionaire father will be to blame for her death. He deserves it.Violet started off like every other job to me. She was nothing more than a target. A paycheck. But then I touch her, taste her, and devour her. All I want is more.As the hours tick by, I start to question whether or not I'll be able to pull the trigger at the end.But I must. It's her or me. That's the only way this can end.And if I have to string her along?So be it. I'm a Shade. Nobody escapes my wrath.Not even Violet.

Finalist: Sarton Women's Book AwardNearly twenty-five years ago, Kathleen Halloran’s brother drowned during the last summer they ever spent with their grandmother on a remote island off Maine’s coast. Like a siren’s call she can’t resist, Kathleen is pulled back to Little Sister Island. She leaves her job and her girlfriend, packs up her few belongings, and moves into her grandmother’s cottage.Molly Cooper loves life on Little Sister, where the islanders take care of their own. Kathleen Halloran doesn’t belong here, and her arrival stirs up unwelcome memories for the islanders—including Molly’s brother. Molly is certain Kathleen will pack up at the first big blow. When she doesn’t, Molly begins to see maybe there’s more to Kathleen than she thought.Sometimes, before you can move forward, you have to look back.

When her fairy-tale life becomes a tragedyShe’s looking for vengeance After her double-crossing, thieving husband disappears, Geneva Carrington Beck and her puppy—the only thing the no-account left behind—recruit Montana outfitter Calhoun St. Pierre to track him down. But their mountain mission takes a dangerous turn when criminals searching for the missing man make his bride a target…and a widow. Now a reluctant hero has to partner with and protect the renegade wife.From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.

She already died once. This time, she’s determined to live.Willa Monroe is happy in Rosemary Mountain, a safe landing place where nobody seems to look too closely at her. She’s content with a quiet life alone, until she meets the gorgeous, broody Cole and starts to hope for more.Cole Hawkins is running from his past, trying to figure out who he is after leaving behind a life of military service. But the past collides with his future the moment he sees Willa, the woman he failed to save. She doesn’t remember him, but he could never forget her haunted eyes—or her husband’s rage the night she supposedly died.It’s a second chance for them both, but only if Willa’s secret stays safe. If anyone else discovers who she is, the past will come for them both, and even Cole’s special forces training may not be enough to save them.Author Note: Mountain Secrets is a small-town romantic suspense novel with fade-to-black heat. Each book in the Rosemary Mountain Romantic Suspense series is a standalone novel featuring a different couple. This series is great for readers who love small towns, found family, protective heroes, sizzling banter, steamy kisses, and fade-to-black romance that is never explicit.

Finalist for Best Romantic Suspense in the Carolyn Readers Choice Awards! Blue-Blooded WomanAs an ambassador’s daughter, Langley Canfield has lived all over the world, but she’s never fit in—not abroad and not at home. She thought she found a man who loved her, but when it becomes obvious that she’s the only one with deep feelings, Langley breaks up with him and heads across the country for a friend’s wedding.Blue-Collar GuySpecial Forces Sergeant Ryder Pienkowski knew that he’d never be able to hold on to Langley Canfield, that she was completely out of his league, but it still stuns him when she ends things between them. He’s trying to get her out of his head when her father arrives and tells Ryder there’s a death threat directed at her. Without hesitation, Ryder hops on a plane and flies out to protect Langley. She might not want him anymore, but he’s not letting anyone hurt her.