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Some cases hit close to the bone. For amateur sleuth Sabrina Carlson, this is one of them. In Sabrina's mind, missing-persons investigations are always the hardest. Mostly because they remind her of losing her sister years before. If fighting off flashbacks of her sister's death isn't bad enough, this current case is one of the most difficult of Sabrina's career. After all, Claire Blakely didn't just disappear without a trace. She also didn't have any enemies. In addition, as far as Sabrina can tell, there are no leads to work with.

Secrets are told, so that with time, they may be discovered. Were Betsy Wheeler’s father and brother criminals? The sheriff, Noah Sommers, intends to find out and arrest them. Betsy finds her mother’s diary, and is confused by the entries because they didn’t make sense at first. When she finds the key to the entries, she discovers more than she’d ever imagined. Things were far from what appeared on the surface.

Sabrina Carlson misses the old days. When her scenic coastal hometown was as a peaceful as could be. When she spent her afternoons managing her family's coffee shop. When the idea of a murder taking place in her neighborhood seemed completely impossible. Unfortunately, those simple days are long gone. As a matter of fact, after the dead body of a local drug dealer is discovered one morning, Sabrina quickly realizes that her hometown of Treasure Cove is more dangerous than she ever realized.

Sabrina Carlson hasn't spoken to her father since they had a big falling out. In fact, as time goes by, she wonders if she will ever see him again. So, when her father turns up dead one morning, Sabrina is shaken to her core. As much as she wants to take time to grieve, she knows that isn't possible while a killer is on the loose. Truthfully, Sabrina won't be able to rest until her father's killer is brought to justice. Unfortunately, her dad had a knack for making enemies.

After orchestrating the biggest Ponzi scheme in Treasure Cove history, Roger Osgood has no shortage of enemies. So, when Roger turns up dead shortly after being released from prison, there are plenty of suspects to wade through. The question becomes, will Sabrina Carlson and her detective husband be able to track down the killer? Or will this case go cold?

When Daisy McDare attends a murder-mystery dinner theater performance, she worries that a real-life death will occur during the show. Is she just being paranoid, or does she have every reason to be concerned?

Like his parents Andy and Laura Friessen, Gabriel knows what it means to face an impossible situation. When he puts up an ad looking for a roommate, he never expects to meet a down-on-her-luck gorgeous single mom with a meddling family, a crazy ex-boyfriend, and enough chemistry between them to heat a county. The only problem is she doesn’t believe in happily-ever-after and sees falling in love as a mistake only fools make. But Gabriel can’t stop thinking about her, wanting her, and is determined to show her the road to love isn’t as dangerous as she believes.

Katy and Steven were the loves of each other’s lives until a tragedy and the fallout of Steven’s injuries drove the couple apart. They share a son, but Katy and Steven have moved on with their lives, dating other people, and neither has seen the other in five long years. But when Steven comes knocking on Katy’s parents’ door after learning she’s back in town, Katy is forced to face her estranged husband and the love that broke her heart, and his intentions regarding their all-but-over marriage are soon made very clear.

When Elizabeth Marston arrived home one night to find a shifter war happening in her back yard, she knew life would never be the same again. Unable to live in her own home, Elizabeth had no choice but to accept an invitation to stay with the handsome and hunky Ambrose Baxter. However, Elizabeth was about to learn that Ambrose was a shapeshifter with the ability to turn into a huge grizzly bear. And Elizabeth was also about to learn that life as the bear's house guest had its own special and pleasurable benefits.

Wealthy were-bear Zeke Croasdell was in an incredibly urgent need of a wife. His billionaire father was threatening to cut him off from the family inheritance if he did not find a mate soon. So Zeke paid 23-year-old Charlie Harrison to be his wife for long enough for him to claim the money. However, Charlie had no idea what being with a billionaire were-bear would be like. And she was set to be in for the shock of her life when she found out....

When Sabrina Carlson investigates a murder, she always tries to stay as emotionally detached as possible. She doesn't want her personal feelings to cloud her judgment. The deeper she dives into the latest murder that has rocked her hometown, the more difficult it becomes to stay focused on the facts. Sabrina has a personal stake in this case. She knew the victim.

Tessa Caldwell’s carefully structured world is thrown into chaos when the handsome stranger she had an uncharacteristic fling with reappears in her life. Ben not only gets the promotion she thought was hers but is also intent on resuming their physical relationship. Although Tessa’s rational mind insists on a professional association, both her heart and her traitorous body have other ideas. Can her sensible nature possibly win against such temptation?

When Elizabeth Raleigh signed up to be a surrogate mother she was really in it for the $100k paycheck and nothing more. She knew her client was a “self-made billionaire from Chicago” but nothing much more. And quite frankly, she didn't want to know. However, a twist of fate revealed his true identity and she could not believe it. Her client was her childhood sweetheart Luke Johns. At first it seemed as if this deal was a match made in heaven and the type of unbelievable story you only read about in romance novels.

Celeste Everett needed a bit of naughty fun to break up the monotony of work and studying, and she knew just where to find it. After swiping right on a dating app, she had a date with a handsome man named Kevin Hartford. It was meant to be one hot night of intimacy, but sparks flew, and one night turned into two. And two turned into something else entirely. It was the best sex of her life. However, Celeste had no idea who Kevin really was and what he really wanted. But soon enough, all the secrets would be out. Including her own....

Divorced mother Chantilly Adair didn’t take the job as the head of the Castleberry Georgia Historical Society because she thought it would be easy, in fact, she felt the exact opposite, and that suited her just fine. Desperate to get away from Birmingham and her ex-husband, she took her pre-teen son and high-tailed it straight to her childhood home in Castleberry, Georgia, and the echoes of her recently deceased parents.

Young student Nina Wilson just wanted to have a bit of fun in Miami. But she ended up getting much more than she bargained for. When she met local billionaire Alex Conrad she immediately fell head over heels for a man who wasn't just wealthy. He was kind, charming and extremely driven too. He was perfect. And when Nina discovered she was pregnant with his child it felt like a dream come true. However, there were a lot of things about Alex that Nina had no idea about. And very soon the truth about how Alex made his first billion would be a truth that would come back to haunt both of them....

Peter and Abigail were childhood sweethearts whose parents did not approve of their spending time together, yet allowed it to happen due to their childrens devout ways and promise of innocence until marriage. Many years pass, and their love for each other grows with every passing year. What started out as knowing glances and cute conversations grew into hand-holding and long conversations of commitment and love.

Mansfield Mansion seemed the perfect home for Debbie and her two boys. Debbie wanted a fresh start after her divorce, and the beautiful mansion in the country seemed the perfect place for her family to start over. But the beauty of the mansion soon becomes overrun with terrifying evil that soon takes over their lives. Deadly visions appear, terrifying Debbie and the boys. Noises from beyond the grave have horrifying consequences, and physical altercations with an unknown entity have deadly results. For no one knows the horrific and deadly past that Mansfield Mansion holds, but Debbie and her family will soon find out. Can they leave Mansfield Mansion before they fall victim to the mansion's gruesome past?

One widow, one killer - who will die first? Gutsy, grieving Anna is determined to find who murdered her husband. Hampered by agonizing loneliness, her obsessive-compulsive mother, and her over-controlling father, she defies convention, and the law, to investigate on her own. When she runs up against Lee Adams, a handsome police detective who’s determined to save Anna from herself, she has to step up her rogue search for the killer, before time and dwindling leads run out.

When Julie Paver’s husband Matt moves his business to Atlanta, she is forced to leave behind her thriving jewelry boutique, Stones. The move threatens their 25-year marriage, because now if Matt isn’t out of town negotiating a merger, he’s spending late hours on overseas phone calls with his sexy-sounding second-in-command.