Green chile has never been more dangerous.Psychologist Maddie Swallows’ decision to return to New Mexico seemed like a good idea at the time, considering the divorce and her two teenagers she’d dragged along for the ride.But that was before the New Year’s Eve party she was guilt-tripped into attending. Before a member of the town council wound up dead and everyone at the party became a suspect. And before she was forced to unravel the secrets of her former ...

A small-town mayor. A stranger with a sketchy past.Two weeks before Christmas, Katie is kicked out of her apartment. Again. Rather than wander the streets and continue to work for a dirty cop, she escapes, determined to disappear for good. Until her car breaks down in a small New Mexican town, and everything is threatened when she falls for the charming mayor.Sam Freedman is the first bachelor mayor of Amor. After convincing the locals that having a mayor w...

Retirement isn’t nearly as relaxing when people keep dying.Retired sisters, Jo and Dottie Darby, never expected to find themselves taking over their sister’s tacky souvenir store-slash-bakery in the small coastal town of Starlight Ridge. But after her untimely death and the reading of the will, here they were.There were two problems with this.One- The souvenir store was in a state that would give hoarders nightmares.Two- Neither Jo nor Dottie...

She already left one fiancé. She didn’t need another.When Bree Garrett’s former college roommate invites Bree to move to Starlight Ridge, a small tourist town on the Californian coast, she is all too happy to leave the deserts of New Mexico and the memories of her former life. She only has three conditions:One- No one can find out about her fear of water—totally embarrassing when you live next to the ocean.Two- No seafood. She can't stomach it. Yeah...

She’s falling in love. He’s just playing a part.When Adeline Baker was told that big-time Hollywood actor, Eli Hunt, wanted to film a movie in Starlight Ridge—and inside her small chocolate shop—she told them they were crazy. But the film crew arrived, and Eli Hunt with them, and fantasy quickly became reality. Adeline knew Eli would be charming—she’d read the magazines and seen the interviews—but she’d underestimated the pull he’d have on her. Too bad she couldn’t...

He’s a real estate developer who has a job to do. She’s the one who is going to stop him.As the mayor’s assistant, Zoe Flores has had a front row seat to how quickly the small town of Amor has changed. So when she’s assigned to help real estate developer Stephen McAllister replace several local businesses with high-class stores, she plots to save Amor and drive Stephen out of town.When Stephen shows up in Amor, the only thing he wants to do is buy out the p...

He’s done playing the dating game--this small town won't let him quit.After spending six years in Thailand while working for a service organization and chasing after the only woman he’s ever loved, Travis Matkin is done playing games. Desperate for a new start and a chance to settle down, he moves to California to manage a small-town hardware store. The people of Starlight Ridge are all too happy to have a new face and promptly set their ...

Read the first three books in the Borrowing Amor series, where New Mexico meets small-town romance.Chile peppers, hot air balloons and white sand dunes mix with a small-town mayor, a fake fiancé, and a second chance at love.Borrowing Amor:A small-town mayor. A stranger with a sketchy past.Two weeks before Christmas, Katie is kicked out of her apartment. Again. Rather than wander the streets and continue to w...

She’s the high school klutz. He’s the best friend. But it wasn’t enough.Alexa Parker’s only goal is to get into the best pre-med program in the country. No big deal. Except that nothing in her life ever goes as planned.If an ice cream machine is going to explode, it will be her pulling the handle.If a cactus is going to be sat on, it will be her butt that will be full of needles.The only thing going right is the fact that her lifelong—and on...

The Swallows family is now playing all the parts: Murder Suspect, Victim, and Sleuth.Maddie and Benji are finally getting married. Three decades of friendship have led to this moment, and Maddie isn't going to allow anything to spoil it. Then a stranger shows up less than an hour before their wedding. A man Maddie has never met before. Her father.Maddie ultimately decides he should stay, he’s her father after all. But she and Benji haven't even made it thro...

He’d rather ride the waves than the tide of romance.Isaac Larson is the picture of surfing perfection, killer smile included. But ever since his long-time girlfriend left their small town for the summer—and never came back—it has been harder to find things to smile about. It isn’t until she turns up on the beach two years later, ready to pick back up where they had left off, that he realizes he’s finally ready to move on.Leanne Warner had only intended to s...

Two retirees. A gun. And a movie star.Jo Darby never believes the local gossip, especially when that gossip claims that her favorite movie star, Eli Hunt, will be filming in their small town. That kind of thing is always too good to be true. And yet, the film crew rolls into town and Jo can’t contain her excitement—even joining the movie as a background extra while her older sister, Dottie, stays home. But when a film crew member is murdered on Jo’s first day on se...