Secrets simmer beneath the surface—and love may be the most dangerous risk of all.
Coastal Virginia ♫ Charming College Town ♫ Mystery
Cherry Bay appears to be the perfect college town, full of quiet streets and second chances. But beneath the charm lie secrets waiting to be uncovered. As young women find the courage to claim their futures, the men who fall for them discover there’s nothing they won’t risk to keep them safe.
What if the future is already written?
Gage
When Rory Marlowe Bishop walks out of my past and into my bar, I realize she’s not just a kid anymore. Now she’s hell on wheels and a special kind of temptation. But I can’t afford the distraction, not with the responsibility I’ve inherited. I’m raising my two young siblings who have inherited the unexplainable family “gift” of premonitions that always seem to come true.
It’s safer to keep my distance from the enigmatic private investigator. Rory doesn’t need to be tangled up in my family drama. At least that’s what I tell myself until my brother goes missing…
Rory
Gage Palmer was the hero of my childhood, entering my life when I needed him most. A decade later and I’m instantly reminded of the teenage crush I never quite got over. But neither one of us can act on our growing feelings once he hires me to find his brother. I won’t stop until I help him uncover the truth. Not when I have the chance to reunite a family instead of breaking one.
Even if it means revealing secrets that could destroy us.
Even if it means our future is already written in the wreckage.
Inspired by Nate Smith's Wreckage, this small-town, single-dad, angsty romantic suspense might just grab hold and not let go.
LINCOLN
A new town and a quiet, anonymous life are all I want. These hopes are ripped away after I rescue my neighbor from an attack.
Now, nothing else matters but keeping Willow safe. As long as another woman isn’t hurt on my watch, I’ll happily toss aside my privacy and even use my famous family’s connections in ways I swore I wouldn’t.
Only one problem—Willow doesn’t agree.
WILLOW
Years of hiding from the gang who killed my dad means just standing next to my world-famous neighbor puts me in danger. So when Lincoln insists on walking me to work each night, I should decline the secret thrill of his company, but I don’t. Soon, our time alone in the dark has me craving impossible things—craving him.
Until someone from my past finds me and promises retribution.
Now, I’ll do anything to make sure it isn’t Lincoln who pays the price for my mistake… even give him up.
But what if it’s already too late to save either of us.
One charming hero. One impossible inheritance. One modern fairy tale.
ELLE: Today was supposed to be my new beginning. I inherited a fortune from the father I never knew and met the most charming man on campus.
Now that the university's golden boy only has eyes for me, my happily ever after should be within reach. Instead, I have ninety days to complete an impossible challenge or lose everything to the cousin determined to steal what's mine.
Even worse, if the secret I’m hiding comes to light, I risk far more than a castle. I risk losing the first man who's ever made me believe I belong.
HUDSON: Everyone thinks I have my pick of the women on campus. They're wrong. The truth is, I never really saw any of them… until Elle smiled at me.
Now all I want is the quiet girl everyone else overlooks. Every day she shows me another reason she's unlike anyone I've ever known. And nothing I've ever accomplished means as much as making her laugh.
I'll do whatever it takes to help her claim the future she's earned and keep the bullies and thieves at bay.
What I don't expect is for the secret she's keeping to be the one thing that tears it all apart.
The best fairy tales aren't about castles or crowns. They're about finding the one person who finally feels like home.
A heartwarming contemporary romance with found family, a cinnamon-roll hero who falls first, slow-burn chemistry, and a love that heals.
Grab it today and see why Writer’s Digest chose it as Romance of the Year in their 2021 Self-Published E-book Awards.
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