Misplaced trust and a broken heart send Maggie Harrington R.N. fleeing from her position in a big-city hospital in search of a fresh start. Unexpectedly, she finds herself lured to the charming hamlet of Serenity, North Carolina. Friendly townspeople persuade her to stay temporarily--a desperate revelation keeps her there. She settles into a position of clinic nurse for the town's elderly doctor and his wife, vowing to allow no man into her heart again. Enter Ross Harrington, battling his own deamons of love and betrayal. They are increasingly drawn to one another as they discover they share much in common. Just as her wounds begin to heal, Maggie's ex-fiance arrives in Serenity carrying a deep secret about Maggie. Frightened by his bizarre behavior as he tries to win her back, she discovers his motives are etched in greed, which places her in the direct path of danger. As Maggie and Ross's friendship blossoms into love, their lives are thrown into termoil as Maggie's secret catapults them on a terrifying journey into a dangerous love triangle. ...a powerhouse ending and sparkling prose, Serenity is an odyssey of self-discovery.

Serenity

Romance

Land, Dixie

Romantic Suspense

Alabaster Book Pub

Lisa York felt her life was perfect...too good to be true. She learned it was! As her husband's career dreams are realized, a series of unexpected events reveals a dark, disturbing side of Steven York that leads to the destruction of their marriage, the divided loyalty of their daughters and murder!

Exit Wounds

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Alex Sheridan: CIA operative Spence Craven Jr. Business owner, life-long friend of Alex Angelina Cardoza: Beautiful daughter of wealthy Colombian business magnate Teresa Cardoza: Wife of Phillipe and mother of Angelina Phillipe Cardoza: Self-made, powerful business tycoon. Alfonse Guarina: Merciless drug kingpin As their lives converge, they discover they're linked not only by circumstance but by the secrets each keep as well. Land takes readers on an action-packed ride from ornate embassies and opulant homes in the Colombian business and political world, to the remote jungle hideaway of a treacherous drug lord.

Circle of Secrets

Thrillers & Suspense

Every successful operative gathers enemies throughout his career; AgentAlex Sheridan is no exception. When powerful drug lord Alfonse Guarinoescapes from prison, he is obsessed with seeking revenge against Alexfor destroying his lucrative drug empire. Alex and Angelina plan a romantic evening wihout their twoyear-old daughter. Alex enters their home to find his wife bound to achair, surrounded by three gunmen, weapons aimed at him. Criticallywounded and left for dead, Alex wakes to learn Angelina has vanishedwithout a trace. His only clue, a taunting note from Guarino: “I promisedyou’d pay! This is so perfect. Your wife is convinced you’re dead. Youknow she is alive. What a lovely, sensous woman she is!” A pursuit that spans two continents begins, and every avenueAlex explores becomes a dead-end. Even her family’s fortune can’t buythem the ticket to Guarino. He has simply disappeared. Like many others who have found the dark-haired, blue-eyedbeauty irresistible, Guarino is captivated by Angelina. His deepest desireturns from vengeance to a compelling passion for her love. As the puzzle is pieced together, lives are indangered andrelationships are threatened, and answers come from some shockingsources. Every successful operative gathers enemies throughout his career; AgentAlex Sheridan is no exception. When powerful drug lord Alfonse Guarinoescapes from prison, he is obsessed with seeking revenge against Alexfor destroying his lucrative drug empire. Alex and Angelina plan a romantic evening wihout their twoyear-old daughter. Alex enters their home to find his wife bound to achair, surrounded by three gunmen, weapons aimed at him. Criticallywounded and left for dead, Alex wakes to learn Angelina has vanishedwithout a trace. His only clue, a taunting note from Guarino: “I promisedyou’d pay! This is so perfect. Your wife is convinced you’re dead. Youknow she is alive. What a lovely, sensous woman she is!” A pursuit that spans two continents begins, and every avenueAlex explores becomes a dead-end. Even her family’s fortune can’t buythem the ticket to Guarino. He has simply disappeared. Like many others who have found the dark-haired, blue-eyedbeauty irresistible, Guarino is captivated by Angelina. His deepest desireturns from vengeance to a compelling passion for her love. As the puzzle is pieced together, lives are indangered andrelationships are threatened, and answers come from some shockingsources.

Promises to Keep

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

In this sequel to Serenity, tensions build as Maggie and Ross Harrington are forced to deal with problems from their pasts, coupled with new threats that arise to endanger their very way of life.

Return to Serenity

Alabaster Books

Susan Slade's life was about as good as it gets. The only child of middle-aged parents, she grew up secure in their love. A young woman now, she's surrounded by friends and a wonderful man who wants to marry her. Her picture-perfect life begins to unravel with the deaths of her parents just months apart. Her pain deepens as she begins to settle their estate and discovers a bundle of documents--documents that shake Susan's faith in all she thought was real. Thus begins an agonizing search for her true identity that takes Susan to the N.C. coast and into the arms of another man. The suspense is never-ending as she defies forces intent on blocking her search and follows a trail of buried secrets that uncover forbidden liasons and dark, deadly scandals in her ancestry.

Grave Secrets

Mortal threats force Diana Delaney to flee her Midwest home. She takes refuge with a favorite cousin in Greensboro, North Carolina, and meets Lance Cassidy, a handsome widower who is struggling with the loss of his wife while keeping her memory alive for their two young daughters. Before long, Diana finds herself immersed in their lives. Soon after her move, and to the shock of her family and new North Carolina friends, the deadly threats against Diana resume. Who leaked her secret destination? Only her parents and local authorities knew where she was headed. As answers begin to surface, Diana faces the most critical confrontation of her life when she finds herself a captive in the terrifying grip of her adversaries

Deadly Company

The gates of Remington Way guard more than the grand estate of aging philanthropist and former Academy-Award-winning movie queen, Carla Desmond Remington. After her beloved husband dies, Carla contacts a freelance writer, Kristi Kallen, to pen her memoirs from secret journals Carla has kept through the years. Kristi moves into one of the estate's guest cottages and soon realizes all is not as it seems among the staff, whom Carla treats more as close friends than employees. As the manuscript progresses, Kristi becomes part of that inner circle. She finds herself increasingly attracted to handsome and somewhat mysterious Rand Harrison, foreman of the grounds and gardens who enjoys very special privileges on the estate. As the intimate details of Carla's life unfold, Kristi uncovers scandals, illicit affairs, and the wrongful conviction in a decades-old murder that still haunts her. With this knowledge comes danger when an unexpected turn puts both women's lives in peril.

Guarded Secrets

In Deadly Company, Diana Delaney narrowly escaped death at the hands of Ashley Marsh and, Rob, her accomplice. During her rescue, Rob was killed, and Ashley suffered a head injury that led to amnesia. She was confined to a mental hospital for treatment before standing trial for kidnapping and attempted murder. As Deadly Beauty begins, Ashley, who has kept the return of her memory a secret, has escaped from the institution with another patient and disappeared without a trace. Months later, the wreckage of a car and remains of the man she fled with are found at the foot of a North Carolina mountain. Remnants of her clothing are scattered near the crash site. Her bank accounts are still open, her condo is untouched, there has been no contact. At last, it appears Diana and Lance are free of Ashley and her obsession with him...or are they?

Deadly Beauty

After Abigail Worthington suffers a stroke, the wealthy widow makes two critical decisions that will change her life and the lives of those around her. First, she hires nurse/companion Lydia Chandler, and second, she decides to spend the summer at her beloved beach home where she hopes to rest and continue her rehabilitation.  Before leaving for the beach, Abigail informs her property manager of her plan. But in her eagerness to return, she decides to go a day early without notifying anyone. What she and Lydia find when they reach Abigail's home stuns them. Thus begins the first of a number of incidents that throw this entire elite community into shock and turns their summer into turmoil. A romance heats up in the wealthy neighborhood known as The Cove as scandals threaten the careers of some very high profile individuals even reaching into the Federal Government.

Fatal Affair

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