Another in the Four Corners Ranch series, in which Rory Sullivan decides to prove to everyone else (and maybe even herself) that she isn't the invisibAnother in the Four Corners Ranch series, in which Rory Sullivan decides to prove to everyone else (and maybe even herself) that she isn't the invisible person she has felt she has been all her life. When the hero of Pyrite Falls, Gideon Payne, comes home to buy back the ranch where he was raised before he left for the Army, Gideon encounters Rory, who has had a secret crush on him since their school days, something he never really knew or acknowledged.
But that was then; now he's a very different person and she wants to be a different person, too. But what soon becomes clear is that they each begin to help the other achieve the goals they've set for themselves without really know what those goals might be. But then Rory takes a job in Boston; will she leave Four Corners Ranch and take that job when she really prefers to stay home and what is Gideon going to do about her departure now that he realizes his life isn't the same without her?...more
Another in the First Family series, in which Homocide detective Sam Holland is shocked into denying her feelings when she catches a case that involvesAnother in the First Family series, in which Homocide detective Sam Holland is shocked into denying her feelings when she catches a case that involves the killing of four children and their parents. With all signs pointing to the father in a murder-suicide, Sam has to take a break and turns over her team to Freddie, who comes through for her when he begins pulling threads that suggest something else may have happened. In the midst of this action, President Nick, Sam's husband, has to deal with an attempted coup by the Joint Chiefs and the arrest of his estranged mother, whose presence has never been a joy in his life. Far from it? Should he help her get out of jail? And if so, what will that do to him? Then there are the attacks on people she cares about, prompting her to ask her team to update their personal security around their homes. But will it be enough?...more
A simple drive across country in a rented RV toward a new job that promises more money and a new start away from the past infused with so much grief tA simple drive across country in a rented RV toward a new job that promises more money and a new start away from the past infused with so much grief turns into the disappearance of 14-year-old Riley Jarrett. Was she kidnapped? Did she simply walk away from her family when she realizes they have inadvertently left her at a truck stop? Or has she arranged to meet her boyfriend, in spite of her mother's insistence that he is too old for her?
What follows is a fast-paced thriller with lots of dead-end clues and others that seem tantalizingly on point but may not be....more
Another in the Coronado, Arizona series, in which homebody nurse Millie Gibson has her hands full helping her mother take care of her father, who has Another in the Coronado, Arizona series, in which homebody nurse Millie Gibson has her hands full helping her mother take care of her father, who has dementia that is rapidly worsening. But what worries her more is her brother's best friend--and the man she's in love with--who has left the Army but has yet to contact her or her family. Is he really healed from the wounds to his shoulder? Or does he have other wounds not so visible?
Randon Farr has no good recall of his hometown, except those relating to Millie. But he's certain that everyone else will assume he's like his late father, an alcoholic, who never recovered his own war wounds and wasn't what one would call a good father.
But all is not as it seems. Randon begins to rethink who his father was when he finds the car he lovingly restored under a tarp. He'd though his dad had sold that car when Randon left for basic training. What else is he missing as he tries to repair his grandfather's old cabin in order to sell it and leave town behind in his dust? And how's he going to convince Millie that he can't stay in Coronado?...more