After catching her husband and boss in the act and crashing into a tourist on a Segway, Rowan’s two-year marriage ends with a bang—heartbroken, broke, and nursing a back injury, she retreats to her hometown of Peace Falls, riding shotgun in her sister’s 1990 Cadillac hearse, determined to recover, rebuild, and bolt back to D.C. as soon as she can stand upright. Hannah Jordan launches Peace Falls with small town, second chance romance where but Peace Falls has other plans starting with her physical therapist: Caleb “Cal” Cardoso, the former high school football star who barely noticed her back then but can’t take his eyes off her now. 💔Cal’s career is hanging by a thread after an ex tried to ruin him online—he can’t afford to lose a single patient or fall for one, but Rowan’s fire, sarcasm, and surprising sweetness are hard to resist. Jordan explores what happens when returning home for back injury treatment means falling for the high school star who never noticed you before, examining how when she offers him a deal—keep treating her if he helps her brother train for football—he agrees even though stepping back on the field dredges up grief he’s tried to bury and even though getting close to Rowan could ruin everything. 🏈
The author delivers small town, second chance romance where Cadillac hearses transport heartbroken wives back to hometowns where physical therapists have their own baggage, proving that sometimes recovery means more than just healing your back. Jordan writes protagonists whose past grief and present complications collide when professional boundaries blur. The first Peace Falls novel asks whether you can rebuild your life when falling for your physical therapist threatens both your recoveries. ❤️
Why I’m including this: Small town, second chance romance launching Peace Falls where after catching her husband and boss in the act and crashing into a tourist on a Segway, Rowan’s two-year marriage ends with a bang—heartbroken, broke, and nursing a back injury she retreats to her hometown of Peace Falls riding shotgun in her sister’s 1990 Cadillac hearse, determined to recover, rebuild, and bolt back to D.C. as soon as she can stand upright—but Peace Falls has other plans starting with her physical therapist: Caleb “Cal” Cardoso, the former high school football star who barely noticed her back then but can’t take his eyes off her now as Cal’s career is hanging by a thread after an ex tried to ruin him online, with him unable to afford to lose a single patient or fall for one but Rowan’s fire, sarcasm, and surprising sweetness are hard to resist—when she offers him a deal to keep treating her if he helps her brother train for football he agrees even though stepping back on the field dredges up grief he’s tried to bury and even though getting close to Rowan could ruin everything.
Her husband has a son she never knew about, now he’s in their home, and she doesn’t know if she’s safe—she thought she had the perfect life with a beautiful home and a handsome, successful husband a decade older than her who doesn’t look it. D.L. Fisher delivers psychological thriller where then TJ showed up: he’s eighteen, claims to be her husband’s son, and needs a place to stay as she didn’t even know Bennett had a child, let alone one so close to her own age, but he’s family, and she has no choice but to let him in. 😱The next day, a local girl is found dead in their community pool, and guess who’s the prime suspect? TJ—he insists he’s innocent, Bennett defends him, but something feels off, and she’s starting to question everything: her husband, her stepson, even herself. Fisher explores what happens when secret stepsons appear then become murder suspects, examining how can she trust the people she loves, or is the nightmare just beginning? 🏊
The author delivers psychological thriller where discovering your husband has an eighteen-year-old son coincides with dead girls in community pools, proving that sometimes perfect lives hide the most dangerous secrets. Fisher writes a wife whose beautiful home becomes a crime scene when the stepson she never knew existed gets accused of murder. The novel asks whether you can trust family when you didn’t know they existed until yesterday. 💔
What makes this special: Psychological thriller where her husband has a son she never knew about, now he’s in their home, and she doesn’t know if she’s safe—she thought she had the perfect life with a beautiful home and a handsome successful husband a decade older than her who doesn’t look it—then TJ showed up: he’s eighteen, claims to be her husband’s son, and needs a place to stay as she didn’t even know Bennett had a child let alone one so close to her own age, but he’s family and she has no choice but to let him in—the next day a local girl is found dead in their community pool and guess who’s the prime suspect? TJ—he insists he’s innocent, Bennett defends him, but something feels off and she’s starting to question everything: her husband, her stepson, even herself, asking whether she can trust the people she loves or if the nightmare is just beginning.
Wyatt Blake, district attorney turned defense lawyer, faces his first murder trial from the dark side—he’s representing Ryker Brando, a wealthy rock climber charged with murder for cutting the rope of his climbing partner, causing him to hurtle to his death. Morley Swingle launches Wyatt Blake with legal thriller where Colorado’s “Choice of Evils” defense will determine whether Wyatt can get Ryker off even though the man who fell was having an affair with Ryker’s wife—Wyatt, a widower with a six-year-old daughter, faces his own choice of evils in his personal life, as he battles grief and guilt over the tragic death of his wife. ⚖️Swingle explores what happens when district attorneys switch sides and defend rock climbers who cut ropes, examining how fans of Scott Turow, John Grisham and Scott Pratt will love Wyatt Blake whose first murder defense involves Colorado’s unique legal doctrine about choosing between evils. The author balances courtroom strategy with personal tragedy, creating stakes where defending a rope-cutter means arguing he chose the lesser evil when his climbing partner was sleeping with his wife. 🧗
The launch delivers legal thriller where Choice of Evils defense means proving cutting ropes was justified, proving that sometimes the most interesting legal cases involve literal cliffs and metaphorical moral precipices. Swingle writes a widower defense attorney whose grief over his wife’s death mirrors his client’s rage over adultery. The Wyatt Blake launch asks whether you can defend someone who chose between letting his partner live or die. 💔
Why I’m including this: Legal thriller launching Wyatt Blake where district attorney turned defense lawyer faces his first murder trial from the dark side—he’s representing Ryker Brando, a wealthy rock climber charged with murder for cutting the rope of his climbing partner causing him to hurtle to his death—Colorado’s “Choice of Evils” defense will determine whether Wyatt can get Ryker off even though the man who fell was having an affair with Ryker’s wife as Wyatt, a widower with a six-year-old daughter, faces his own choice of evils in his personal life battling grief and guilt over the tragic death of his wife—fans of Scott Turow, John Grisham and Scott Pratt will love Wyatt Blake.
The Last Green Valley: A Novel
In late March 1944, as Stalin’s forces push into Ukraine, young Emil and Adeline Martel must make a terrible decision: Do they wait for the Soviet bear’s intrusion and risk being sent to Siberia? Or do they reluctantly follow the wolves—murderous Nazi officers who have pledged to protect “pure-blood” Germans? Mark Sullivan delivers historical biographical fiction where the Martels are one of many families of German heritage whose ancestors have farmed in Ukraine for more than a century, but after already living under Stalin’s horrifying regime, Emil and Adeline decide they must run in retreat from their land with the wolves they despise to escape the Soviets and go in search of freedom. 🐺Caught between two warring forces and overcoming horrific trials to pursue their hope of immigrating to the West, the Martels’ story is a brutal, complex, and ultimately triumphant tale that illuminates the extraordinary power of love, faith, and one family’s incredible will to survive and see their dreams realized. Sullivan explores what happens when families must choose between two evils, examining how German-heritage Ukrainians caught between Stalin and Hitler faced impossible decisions about survival. ⚠️
The author delivers historical biographical fiction where fleeing with Nazis feels safer than waiting for Soviets, proving that sometimes survival requires allying with monsters you hate to escape monsters you fear more. Sullivan writes a family’s true story where every choice means betraying something—land, principles, or life itself—creating stakes where reaching freedom requires enduring horrors from both sides. The novel asks whether you can maintain faith and love when choosing between wolves and bears. 💔
What makes this essential: Historical biographical fiction where in late March 1944 as Stalin’s forces push into Ukraine, young Emil and Adeline Martel must make a terrible decision: wait for the Soviet bear’s intrusion and risk being sent to Siberia or reluctantly follow the wolves—murderous Nazi officers who have pledged to protect “pure-blood” Germans—as the Martels are one of many families of German heritage whose ancestors have farmed in Ukraine for more than a century, but after already living under Stalin’s horrifying regime Emil and Adeline decide they must run in retreat from their land with the wolves they despise to escape the Soviets and go in search of freedom, caught between two warring forces and overcoming horrific trials to pursue their hope of immigrating to the West in this brutal, complex, and ultimately triumphant tale that illuminates the extraordinary power of love, faith, and one family’s incredible will to survive and see their dreams realized.
Crime analyst and newly disgraced deputy police chief Vera Boyett doesn’t visit home often, and she certainly doesn’t venture back into the cave on her family land—but when the remains of her long-missing stepmother are discovered, Vera will have to face a past that threatens all she is. Debra Webb launches Vera Boyett with private investigator mystery where she and her sister Eve had a fairy-tale childhood: good until it was tragic, with a stepmother they never found a bond with—at least they had each other, a baby half-sister, and a mutual devotion that would have them do the unthinkable. 🔦It’s a summer in small-town Tennessee, so thick with humidity it could drown you and so rife with secrets it could smother you—and deep beneath the surface, there are more bodies than you’d think. Webb explores what happens when disgraced deputy chiefs return home to face long-buried family secrets literally unearthed, examining how fairy-tale childhoods that turned tragic created sisters with mutual devotion strong enough to do the unthinkable. 😱
The author delivers private investigator mystery where cave discoveries of stepmother remains force confrontation with pasts that threaten everything, proving that sometimes the deepest secrets are buried in family land. Webb writes a crime analyst whose professional disgrace pales compared to what the cave on her family’s property reveals, creating stakes where investigating your stepmother’s death means exposing what you and your sister did. The first Vera Boyett novel asks whether you can uncover the truth when the truth might destroy you. 💀
Why I’m including this: Private investigator mystery launching Vera Boyett where crime analyst and newly disgraced deputy police chief Vera Boyett doesn’t visit home often and certainly doesn’t venture back into the cave on her family land—but when the remains of her long-missing stepmother are discovered Vera will have to face a past that threatens all she is as she and her sister Eve had a fairy-tale childhood good until it was tragic with a stepmother they never found a bond with, though at least they had each other, a baby half-sister, and a mutual devotion that would have them do the unthinkable—it’s a summer in small-town Tennessee so thick with humidity it could drown you and so rife with secrets it could smother you, and deep beneath the surface there are more bodies than you’d think.
For more than twenty-five years, Philadelphia homicide detective Bree Taggert has tucked away the nightmarish childhood memories of her parents’ murder-suicide—until her younger sister, Erin, is killed in a crime that echoes that tragic night: innocent witnesses and a stormy marriage that ended in gunfire. Melinda Leigh launches Bree Taggert with mystery and suspense where there’s just one chilling difference: Erin’s husband, Justin, has vanished, and Bree knows how explosive the line between love and hate can be, yet the evidence against her troubled brother-in-law isn’t adding up. 🔍Teaming up with Justin’s old friend, former sheriff’s investigator and K-9 handler Matt Flynn, Bree vows to uncover the secrets of her sister’s life and death, as she promised Erin’s children—but as her investigation unfolds, the danger hits close to home, and once again, Bree’s family is caught in a death grip, and this time, it could be fatal for her. Leigh explores what happens when detectives must investigate family murders that mirror their traumatic childhoods, examining how promises to protect nieces and nephews drive investigations even when the evidence points to people you want to believe in. ⚠️
The author delivers mystery and suspense where sisters’ deaths echo parents’ murder-suicides creating patterns too terrible to ignore, proving that sometimes history doesn’t just repeat—it targets the same family twice. Leigh writes a homicide detective whose professional skills battle childhood trauma when her sister’s murder forces her to relive the night her parents died. The first Bree Taggert novel asks whether you can solve your sister’s murder when the evidence suggests your family is cursed. 💔
What makes this compelling: Mystery and suspense launching Bree Taggert where for more than twenty-five years Philadelphia homicide detective Bree Taggert has tucked away nightmarish childhood memories of her parents’ murder-suicide—until her younger sister Erin is killed in a crime that echoes that tragic night with innocent witnesses and a stormy marriage that ended in gunfire, but there’s just one chilling difference: Erin’s husband Justin has vanished—Bree knows how explosive the line between love and hate can be yet the evidence against her troubled brother-in-law isn’t adding up as teaming up with Justin’s old friend, former sheriff’s investigator and K-9 handler Matt Flynn, Bree vows to uncover the secrets of her sister’s life and death as she promised Erin’s children, but as her investigation unfolds the danger hits close to home and once again Bree’s family is caught in a death grip and this time it could be fatal for her.