Eighteen years ago, when Ava Collette learned of her husband Eric’s affair, she stayed with him, choosing to keep her family together. She managed the betrayal, but only at the expense of her mental and emotional stability.

Consuming herself with implementing rules and practices she thought would ensure she’d never again find herself blindsided, Ava developed obsessive-compulsive tendencies and an aversion to crowds. She believed that only home was safe from being hurt again.

Today, eighteen years have passed, and Eric’s past arrives knocking at Ava’s door sending her spiraling with grief.

At the encouragement of her best friend and her therapist, Ava leaves her home in Georgia and heads west where she plans to visit her mother in Phoenix and figure out how to deal with her exhumed devastation. While making the trip, she jots a list—her Heartbreak Bucket List. This time, rather than guarding herself from the pain, Ava decides to tackle her grief, starting from within.

Hating Cameron Hunter shouldn’t be this easy.

I’m basically a golden retriever puppy. I love everyone and want everyone to love me.

But Cameron is the singular exception to my “love everyone” rule, and the hatred goes both ways.

First of all, he’s one of THOSE guys. The kind that looks like he belongs on the cover of Yacht Club Weekly. Second of all, he’s way too good at his job. The man is a walking Wikipedia. His walking tours of historic downtown Charleston stay booked weeks in advance.

Did I mention I run tours along the same route?

When we’re both up for a magazine feature that could kick our respective careers to the next level, our rivalry turns into a heated competition.

He will make you feel the awe of sitting in the cockpit, the wonder of taking flight, and the unbridled joy of achieving goals. Despite his disqualifying impairment and “the family burning flames of alcohol,” he will be an airline pilot. Nothing matters more.As he grows up, the author immerses himself in the world of pilots and cockpits and hangars. He soaks up every gem of aviation wisdom his father and other pilots impart, earning his pilot’s license before he can drive and, at seventeen, becoming the youngest licensed flight instructor in the U.S. Later, his story flies you from the skies of Alaska to America’s East Coast, and on to Greenland, Iceland, and Europe, The big dream, the dream of becoming an airline pilot, though, remains elusive. Finally, on a stressful cross-Atlantic flight in a single-engine airplane with a broken compass and iced-over wings, Roberts realizes that further growth, both personal and career, requires pushing aside beliefs he learned in his formative years. He must think for himself, take risks, form his own ideas.He must unlearn… to fly.

Who knew an imaginary husband could be more trouble than a real one?

New teacher, Nikki Fallon, is trying to ward off the unwanted attention of Coach Carlin. She should
a) slap him silly.
b) report him for harassment.
c) invent an imaginary husband.

Nikki opts for “C” and is not prepared for how the plan backfires. Sure, pretending she’s married to get rid of a player is fine, but when she meets Officer Ross, the campus cop, being available is suddenly very important. How can she untangle her web of lies before true love passes her by?

Hope and Alex… Two wounded hearts meet in an island paradise.
Can a reluctant spark become an unbreakable destiny?

After her predictable and carefully ordered life is upended, Hope Collins is desperate for change. This comes when she unexpectedly wins a scuba diving resort on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. But she arrives to complications, especially one tall, gorgeous, yet enigmatic dive instructor.

Alex Monroe is trying to forget the past and only wants a quiet life. Leading dives on a tropical island might not be what he had planned, but he’s made peace with it. Kind of. But his existence is turned upside down when Hope arrives and he finds himself captivated by her.

Both have reasons for avoiding a romantic entanglement, but a series of mishaps drives them together. Hope has learned never to trust a man. Alex has closed himself off, existing but not living.