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The carefree lives of four sixteen-year-olds were changed forever when they witnessed a cold-blooded murder. Everett, Jackson, Mason, and Ryder, The Association, have shared dark secrets since they were in high school. As teenagers, they suffered threats to themselves and their families. Blackmail was a reminder that their lives were under close scrutiny while they achieved success in their chosen professions. As adults, they decide ‘no more.’ As they start their investigation into the murder, they have no idea how their unknown enemy manipulated their lives. As an investigative ...

The carefree lives of four sixteen-year-olds were changed forever when they witnessed a cold-blooded murder. Everett, Jackson, Mason, and Ryder, The Association, have shared dark secrets since they were in high school. As teenagers, they suffered threats to themselves and their families. Blackmail was a reminder their lives were under close scrutiny while they achieved success in their chosen professions. As adults, they decide ‘no more.’ As they start their investigation into the murder, they have no idea how their lives have been manipulated by their unknown enemy. Jackson Vance is ...

The carefree lives of four sixteen-year-olds were changed forever when they witnessed a cold-blooded murder. Everett, Jackson, Mason, and Ryder, The Association, have shared dark this dark secret since high school. As teenagers, they suffered threats to themselves and their families. Blackmail was a reminder their lives were under close scrutiny while they achieved success in their chosen professions. As adults, they decide ‘no more.’ As they start their investigation into the murder, they have no idea how their unknown enemy manipulated their lives. Everett Troy returns to his hometown...

Preston Reynolds, a former Army Ranger, left a part of himself in the desert from hell. Life as he knew it was over. No woman would ever want to look at or touch him. He never figured on Cindi Pearl Sullivan sashaying in and turning his world upside down. Cindi's personal motto had always been, "do a good deed, for a friend in need." In her sometimes klutzy way, she shows Preston life is to be lived, and he could enjoy the loving caress of a woman.

Daniel Thompson lived his life as a risk-taker and a rule-breaker. Surfing the challenging waves in Australia, racing at LeMans, and climbing the seven summits in the world…until he died climbing Mount Everest. Becoming an Angel hadn’t been all bad. He watched over his family in Eden Prairie, broke a few rules by interfering with their lives, and got called onto the cloud by St. Peter several times. He’s surprised when he receives a message from St. Peter since he hasn’t broken any rules in quite a while. When he meets with the Gate Keeper of Heaven, he’s shocked by St. Peter’s ...

Cupid is on the hunt for a very special couple. Grayson Wolff and Jennie Reynolds are at the mercy of his arrow of love. This Valentine’s Day their lives will be changed forever. Grayson Wolff was currently enjoying the success of the microbreweries he’d added to his family’s chain of roadhouses. Working and taking care of his nine-year-old nephew didn’t leave time in his life for a woman. That all changes when Malibu Barbie comes and orders a Pina Colada, with extra fruit. With her California tan and white shorts she sticks out like a rose among a field of cacti. He didn’t do one...

What would the summer be without a barbecue cook off in Eden Prairie! Martina Lacatelli, owner of Martina’s Kitchen Magic, is overwhelmed with catering orders and personal chef accounts. She tapes a hastily written ‘Help Wanted” sign to the front window of her father’s Italian delicatessen. Fear of falling behind on her services, she hires a stranger, the only person who applies for the job. When her brother signs her up to be a contestant on a nationally televised barbecue cook off against the Masqued Chef, she’s torn with indecision. If secrets from her past were revealed, they ...

Chelsea Townsend runs a local dancing school in Last Chance Beach. Five years ago, her partner dropped her during a performance. The resulting injury killed her chance of becoming a Prima Ballerina. Her dancing career always took precedence, but she regrets giving up a chance to have a life with the only man she’s ever loved. She’s worked hard to reopen the historic Gershwin Theater. When someone breaks into her dancing school, it sets off a chain of events that reveals the untold secrets surrounding the old theater, including a twenty-five-year-old murder. It will take a police ...

‘Fate can be cruel, but one should never ignore second chances…” Iris Templeton has been in witness protection for 18 years. When she gets an announcement about her 35th high school reunion in Beacon Pointe, she decides to "escape." She's willing to risk everything, even her life, for one more night with the only man she's ever loved. As a prosecuting attorney dealing with high-profile cases, Leif Nielson decides that attending his high school reunion is the perfect way to escape for a few days. Would his best friend be there? He'd lost touch with Iris eighteen years ago. His letters ...

Georgie Barlow is a reporter for a small-town newspaper in New Jersey. The only adventure in her life is lived through her three pets that she’s written up in her graphic novels: The Pawsome 3. Margo, a Maine coon cat; Todd, a Beagle and Merlin, an African gray parrot who interacts with Alexa all day. Her life changes in ways she never expected when she finds a piece of map in the bottom of her purse. The same day she finds this mysterious item, her editor asks her to temporarily take over the police beat. Her life is immediately pushed into the fast lane when she gets a hot lead. ...

Peter Llewelyn’s fans saw him as a world-famous concert pianist, director and composer. No one saw the emptiness in his heart at the loss of his wife and little boy, Martin. Retreating from the public eye, he pours everything into his award winning musicals. He agrees to be a guest conductor at a concert that will benefit children. The favor includes judging songs written by novice songwriters. To his displeasure, the composer could claim the song was arranged by the great Peter Llewelyn. The high-end condo units at the Vanderbilt Beach Resort are perfect for a min-vacation and getting ...

Matilda Hennypenny is content, running her B&B, and raising her three adopted daughters, Faith, Hope and Charity. Life isn’t always kind, having lost her fiancé, under questionable circumstances. Her life changes when she gets a special skeleton key for her birthday, from her late, eccentric grandmother, Margie. Virginia, Ginger, and Irene, her stepsisters, will receive the same special gift in the month of their birthdays. The stipulation is Matilda has to discover what her key opens before Virginia’s birthday in June. The puzzles won’t be solved until the last sister opens her gift...

Lidia Cunningham has no memory of the first six years of her life. Her adoptive parents provided a loving home but hadn’t been forthcoming on information about her past. As a well-respected fire marshal, she’s made a personal commitment to investigate the cause of a fire and bring the ones responsible to justice. When Blackwell Industries has unexplained fires, she discovers the remains of a body that, by all rights, should have been undetectable. This case is like no other and hits too close to home. Eleven years ago, she had an affair with the President of Blackwell Industries. It was...

YOU’VE BEEN SOLD. Lucien Behr’s world is shaken when he read the three words. This wasn’t supposed to happen. He’d specifically requested his name not be put up for silent auction at the Artis–Naples Philharmonic annual Spend the Weekend with a Bachelor fundraising event. He drew the line when it came to making himself available to pamper and submit to the whims of a spoiled socialite. He’d only attended the event to honor the memory of his late wife. Time stood still when Jonelle Madison walked in like a starlet strolling across the red carpet. Twenty years ago Jonelle had ...

Jordan Bishop loves her job as a US Park Ranger patrolling the New Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation area. She’s fascinated by the Delaware View House. The former inn built 1837, is a victim of the Tocks Island Dam project that devastated the area in the mid-sixties. As a single mother, she spends her free time leading her daughter Emma on adventures where Jordan snags pictures of the old inn. She doesn’t know what she expects to find in developing her latest photos, but it’s not the apparition in the attic window or the onset of dreams about the same young ...

Virginia Hennypenny has worked hard to prove she could fit into a man’s world, running her construction company. Her well-ordered life is shaken when she receives a key with an accompanying riddle for her birthday from Margie, her late, eccentric grandmother. The key to the past isn’t always pleasant, but the mystery must be solved to prove one’s innocence. Even if you can’t hold the answer in your hand, it can be right in front of you. The slow hand may not be yours, but your heart will recognize the treasure of love it will hold. Does the key open a door, or a box, or is it a ...

Love never dies. Sometimes it just needs a rest. Living together the last two years of law school, Sean and Nancy Jean planned to spend the rest of their lives together until reality stepped in and tore them apart. Sean Harrigan made the biggest mistake of his life, walking away from Nancy Jean. Owner of a prestigious financial investment firm, he’s achieved untold success. There’s one thing he needs to achieve total and complete happiness. Get Nancy Jean to forgive him. Hopefully, he could awaken the sleeping love she felt for him because his had never died. Nancy Jean Griffin believed...

Caleb Hughes Thompson, owner of Hughes Department Stores, business-driven world is shattered when he receives a letter, written by his recently deceased brother. His dying wish is to have Caleb locate his daughter, the result of a one night stand. He should start in Eden Prairie, Indiana.Erin MacKenna is a third-grade teacher in the Abraham Lincoln primary school in Eden Prairie. One crazy night of indiscretion resulted in the most wonderful gift she’d ever been given, her daughter Danielle. Not wanting to damage her daughter of a preacher reputation, she tells everyone she was ...

Ginger Hennypenny takes delight in running her music shop, Key to Heart and Soul and overseeing her piano rescue foundation. On her birthday, she’s given a key with a riddle from Margie, her eccentric grandmother. Her sisters received a key that would eventually lead them to a treasure, but Ginny’s key won’t open anything. You expected to find a regular key, but this is the key to everything you know and love. Your quest has two parts. The pen is mightier than the knife, which points to guilt. The story must be written. Doing the right thing isn’t always the right thing to do. The ...

Cameron MacGregor’s lifelong dream was to become a US park ranger. In school, she’d earned the nickname Paula Bunyan. She knew more about the ecosystem of the forest than her teachers. Raised by her grandfather from the time she was nine years old, she’d come to appreciate the beauty and wonder of nature in the Alleghany Mountains of Pennsylvania. Only one boy looked beyond the un-female personage and saw the warmhearted, sweet girl she kept hidden from her classmates. Now, after twenty years, he’s come back home to Laurel Heights. She’s well trained and devoted her life to the ...