Older and wiser, it should have been easy to go home... Twenty-five years ago Stephanie left beautiful Eugene, Oregon, and her beautiful best friend behind. She also left behind her parents bitter warfare and the truth that her feelings for Paula werent about friendship. Meeting again after all these years, Stephanie is more certain that ever that she will always love Paula. As Paula copes with the loss of her mother, family secrets and bigotry unravel around her, leaving S...

A love story where losing may be the only way to win... With staggering student loans to repay, CC Carlson is determined to please her new employers. The first assignment as a real estate lawyer is easy: deliver an eviction notice and make it clear that it will be enforced. She delivers her notice and ultimatum and only then realizes that the nearly 70-year-old occupant is the inspiring creator of a series of books that had filled her childhood with stories of love and courage...

For Parnelli “Nellie” Rafferty, the sexiest things in the world are women and automobiles. As a member of the “Carparazzi,” she makes her living as an auto industry spy, trolling the proving grounds scattered throughout the world and snapping photos of the newest prototypes and models before the manufacturers officially unveil them to the public.Jos Grant is just trying to get by. She stumbled into automotive espionage by accident, but when she realized how much she could make sell...

Addy Tornado wishes her love life was as dramatic as her name. A true romantic, Addy lives for the movies and yearns for a mate who is as beautiful, sexy, witty, and as smart as the heroines on the screen. Of course that someone would also have to put up with her OCD about color coordination…Mazie Midnight has one dream—to finish her Master’s program in music performance. She reinvents herself and moves to the west coast to attend Cammon University, hoping a new name and a new star...

The greatest hold on the present is the past.For twenty-five years the memory of her brother’s murder has followed Ari Adams like a shadowy companion. Now Ari has found new evidence, a picture of Richie’s killer and a new hope for justice. But what seemed to be a simple botched robbery proves to be far more sinister.To uncover the truth Ari must confront her own grief and misery—and face her father, Detective Jack Adams, who also blames himself for Richie’s death.

When Ari Adams journeys to Oregon’s wine country with best pal Jane Frank, she envisions sipping pinot noir on a gorgeous deck and staring at the sunsets across the Willamette Valley.But then they arrive at Sisters Cellars only to find that the sommelier, Dion Demopolous, has been murdered. Dion had been favored to win the Master Sommelier title at the world’s most prestigious wine competition, and now more than a few people are happy to see him gone.Mina Sommer, Jane’s chi...

Contractor Quinn O’Sullivan has traveling in her blood. Her aunt is a famous travel writer while Quinn herself moves from one apartment complex to the next as her team remodels them.When dear Aunt Maura kicks the bucket on her beloved Route 66, she leaves a dying request for Quinn—to take her on one last adventure.Suda Singh is the total opposite of risk-taker Quinn. As an emergency room doctor, Suda is calm, methodical, and intuitive. But most of all, Suda is safe....

A beautiful flower…love or obsession?Ari Adams is sure that her best friend, Jane Frank, doesn’t have to worry about the mysterious orchids that appear in more and more personal settings. One of Jane’s spurned lovers is likely the identity, but the aid of a professional puts both their minds at ease. After her own recent brush with murder—nearly her own—Ari is relieved to solicit help from local private investigator Elizabeth “Biz” Stone to uncover the identity of Jane’s secret adm...

When realtor Ari Adams discovers the body of a prominent businessman during a luncheon, the case fortunately falls in the lap of her girlfriend Detective Molly Adams. But when the death is ruled a suicide and Molly is pulled from the case, Ari is suspicious. And she begins to wonder if her current client isn’t involved.While her professional life veers onto a dangerous road, her personal life could explode at any time. Her absent father suddenly reappears, a woman from her past pro...

Five women. Five secrets.Attorney Victor Guzman knows their secrets, so it’s no surprise when he’s found dead in his law firm’s restroom.Real estate agent/amateur sleuth Ari Adams and her girlfriend, ex-cop-turned-private-investigator Molly Nelson, are working hard to build their careers and rebuild their relationship. While Molly investigates the Guzman slaying, Ari unravels a mystery of her own, a murder with roots going all the way back to her childhood.Each reve...

Once upon a time, Dani O’Grady let the artist Petra use her body as a canvas and became an anonymous Internet legend. She was also banned from Provincetown—it’s a long story.As a powerful CEO who prides herself on control, she keeps professional deals and personal pleasures strictly separate. The luscious, aggressive Cat, a guest at her son’s wedding, seems like a harmless dalliance.Once Dani untangles exactly who Cat is, she knows she’s got trouble. Adding to her problems ...

Respected sociology professor Diane Cole has written the book on love. Every matter of the heart is neatly explained, and Diane’s life spins in a smooth circle. At her fortieth birthday party a beautiful young stranger named Ronnie Frost surprises her with a kiss, and the predictable story that is Diane’s life is complicated further when Ronnie appears in one of her classes.Diane finds her views on love challenged by her own heart, as she fights the attraction she feels for a woman...