Books in series
#1
Dancing in the Dark
2019
He’d had his own baby. Without her.
She'd wanted to dance, get married and have babies...all she had left was dance.
He had everything a man could want—except her forgiveness...
Kendra Price had never wanted to be rich, but she’d wanted to be comfortable, which she was. She’d never wanted to be famous, but to live her passion to the fullest and dance, which she did. She’d wanted to marry Dusty, have babies and live happily ever after. It would never happen.
Dusty Cavanaugh has loved Kendra Price since she walked into the school cafeteria and captured a dozen boyish hearts with the sweep of her stormy gray-green gaze and the lift of her chin. College, marriage, and children had been the plan. But then Dusty made a mistake.
There had been no road map for life apart. Will love be enough to guide them back?
#2
Call Me Mandy
2019
The last man Miranda Buffet loved took everything from her. She throws herself into the preservation of Spencer's historic schoolhouse only to be drawn into the orbit of a handsome, infuriating architect.
On his first independent project, Declan Elliot's reputation and future hang in the balance. He's unprepared for his attraction to the spirited granddaughter of Spencer's wealthy patriarch, but when they end up in bed together, their passion is as deep and fathomless as Colorado's Twin Owl Lake.
Will Miranda risk her wounded heart to this self-made building designer? Can Declan overcome his habitual disdain for the heiress and her entitled family?
#3
Ryder's Heart
2019
She can't allow secrets to steal love from her...
Five celibate years in Hollywood didn’t ease his guilt over his father’s death, and now Ryder Barlow is coming home to Spencer with a new purpose—to create a camp specializing in equine therapy. When he discovers a beautiful woman in his bed, his plans aren’t exactly derailed, but definitely knocked off kilter.
Escaping her past hasn’t been easy for Vianna Harrison, but she thinks she’s found a welcoming home in Spencer—as long as she can keep her ability as a psychic medium hidden. Not an easy task when spirits need to speak of forgiveness and joy to so many loved ones. Or when the owner of the exquisite cabin she’s been allowed to live in comes home unexpectedly.
Neither can start a new chapter in their lives until they stop rereading the old ones. Will acceptance overcome their secrets and show them their Rocky Mountain path to love?
#4
For Keeps
2019
Hiding the truth is like denying the sun.
Widow Kate Michaels kept a secret from the man she loves, and from the entire community of Spencer, Colorado. She’s content running her bookstore and life is good. But in order to pay for his medical care, she must sell the ranch that was her father’s dream, and in doing so disappoint her 8-year-old, horse loving daughter. Madison makes an unlikely friend in someone Kate would rather forget.
Veterinarian Jackson Samuels is intrigued by the charming girl, and occasionally lets her shadow him in his nearby clinic. He’s enamored with the child’s mother, but her defenses are so sturdy, not even his charm or their shared past can make a dent. When Jack uncovers a family secret, the truth makes him question who he thought he was.
Will two people who once shared a heartfelt love, allow their lonely secrets to consume and define them? Or will they help each other, forgive each other, and build a future together—For Keeps?
#5
Second Chances
2019
She tried the fairy tale and the fairy tale didn’t work.
Cassie Andrews thought she met the perfect guy, then he was gone. Ten years later, she’s a single mom with a good job when Heath Lawe’s return shatters her orderly life. The abduction of her son forces them to work together, stirring feelings she thought long dormant.
For FBI Agent Heath Lawe, finding Alex was the easy part, keeping him safe takes all of his skills as a former SEAL. He’ll need more than discipline to keep his feelings for Cassie in check. Can they stay one step ahead of danger and the passion that threatens to derail them.
#6
Sleepin' Alone
2019
Every man is guilty of the good he did not do….
Undercover cop, Hunter Lawe, knows all there is to know about betrayal. A past full of abandonment and deception taught him to distrust everyone. Seductive Ruby Leigh Dupree may hold the key to his redemption, but never his heart. He’s on a quest to right the failures of his past. He’ll use anyone to get the enemy, no matter the cost.
Ruby Leigh Dupree, running from a past she can’t remember, settles in the town of Spencer, Colorado. Night terrors and scars keep her awake at night. When a man from her past walks in the door of the Wild Card Saloon, she’s forced to confront the demons from her nightmares. As difficult as it is to trust someone—especially a stranger—she has no options. Hunter Lawe says he has the answers.
Will they lead to her past or her death?
#7
Stay A Little Longer
2020
Death didn’t frighten Gage Ewing. Living scared the hell out of him.
The Healer
Doctor Gage Ewing is on the run from a past he can never forget. No matter how many people he saves in hospitals or on the crime-ridden streets, he can never be forgiven for the one who died. Spencer, Colorado was supposed to be another temporary stop on his neverending road. But he made a mistake. He got involved.
The Soldier
IrishMist “Ivy” Vaughn has been fighting to stay alive since the age of twelve, trained with warrior skills to be whatever is demanded of her. No permanent home. Living out of a duffel bag. Changing personas at the ring of a phone. Spencer, Colorado was supposed to be a place to bury her past and start over. Will they let her walk away?
Sometimes the past won’t let you go.
#8
Speechless
2020
It’s a beautiful day in Spencer, Colorado, and the peonies are in bloom. A perfect day to gather for a wedding, filled with love, traditions, fun, and maybe even a prank or two.
Vianna Harrison and Ryder Barlow would love the honor of your presence as they celebrate their marriage.
#9
Close to the Heart
2020
He raised her child as his own.
An unexpected phone call summons widower Murphy Webster back to Spencer, Colorado. He promised his dying wife their daughter would never know she was adopted, but while settling his brother’s estate, he encounters a shocking revelation. His adopted daughter is the child of the woman he’s loved since boyhood. Does this discovery change that pledge? Murphy’s bittersweet devotion to Cora poses another excruciating question. How can he compete with a memory?
Spencer antique purveyor Cora Fleming is driven to find the baby she gave up for adoption over forty years ago. When Murphy Webster walks through her door, Cora discovers the skinny, awkward boy she’d climbed trees with has matured into a handsome man, whose arresting gray eyes spark feelings she never thought she’d experience again.
Will secrets revealed fulfill love’s dreams or tear love apart?
#10
Finding Hope
2020
Her life will never be the same.
Injured in Afghanistan, Samantha Kincaid is struggling physically and emotionally. She's come to Spencer to create a new life, but can't escape the nightmares and panic attacks that follow her.
Is the peace he's found too good to be true?
After a couple years of being unsettled following his stint in the Army, Ren Garrett found a place to belong. Now his past has reared its unforgiving head. Accused of taking the daughter he can't claim, he must exonerate himself by finding her.
#11
Fortunate Cookie
2020
This woman. Wearing Frosting. And nothing else...
Cookie Lamont owns a successful cupcake shop in Spencer’s trendy tourist center. Life would be perfect if not for the escalating unwanted attention from a self-important town trustee. She has everything she needs—and a man is the last thing on her mind.
Until he walks into her shop.
Treehouse builder and TV personality Anthony Burnham returns to Spencer and finds focus building cabins for a new camp. His passion for treehouses is rekindled as a sweet, sexy new love blooms.
But the past haunts his steps and threatens his growing relationship with the alluring baker.
#12
Lonely Eyes
2020
There is an art to pursuit.
Keira is running out of time. The handsome stranger with a dragon tattoo says he can keep her safe, but he doesn’t know the demons on her trail… Will her mysterious past lead her to escape, or drag her back to living hell?
Owen Strong has suffered tragedy, but he’s made a new family in Spencer, Colorado—one he will protect at all costs. When he finds determined Keira Hoa Thi, she rouses more than just trouble. Looking into her lonely eyes, he sees that everyone’s in danger.
But she’s come to the right place. He’s the monster hunter.
#13
Whisper My Name
2020
She was the girl behind the headlines
Laurel Whitaker has been her name for fifteen years. Anyone hearing her real identity would know who she was, and she’s had enough of cameras, questions and stares. Spencer, Colorado is a great place to remain indistinguishable among the tourists. Unwanted attention comes in the worst possible form—a tough, perceptive, and all too determined lawman.
Sheriff Joe Cavanaugh is accustomed to looking out for people—his large loving family, his teenage daughter, anyone in his county who needs him. But the mistrustful young woman staying in the lake house beside his property goes out of her way to avoid his help, and that’s suspicious. Instinct tells him she’s hiding something…and attraction motivates him to uncover her secrets.
Will Laurel’s truth be his undoing…or hers?
Sweet romance from a USA Today bestselling author.
This is a stand alone book.
#14
Gorgeous Scars
2021
~The rodeo never prepared this cowboy for bodyguard duty~
Supermodel Harper Inez has it all—until a bullet to the brain steals her old life. Worse, the NYPD’s top suspect is her fiancé, and she doesn’t dare trust a soul. Hiding from the world, she flees to an exclusive mountain resort located near an equine-assisted therapy facility. When an engaging cowboy invites her to lunch, she surprises herself by accepting.
Professional tie-down roper Landon Macek’s horse is injured, and his dream of a world championship is put on hold. While his mount recuperates, he takes a temp job training therapy horses. As a longtime Harper Inez fan, he’s followed her shooting in the news and is stunned to recognize their mysterious VIP patient traveling under heavy security.
Enchanted by the surprisingly kind and vulnerable woman, he can’t help but fall in love, patiently waiting until she catches up to the idea. However, it becomes clear that her celebrity lifestyle collides with his modest rodeo roots.
Landon would give his life for Harper, but does he love her enough to live in her world?
#15
Another Night Alone
2021
A lost child and a woman left for dead send Deke Ward spiraling down a trail of horrors in Bernadette Jones latest Romantic Suspense.
She'd had the courage to save her child. Can she do the same for herself?
Avie’s dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter are shattered when the shadows of their past threaten their new life. With their dreams on the line once again, Avie knows giving in will cost her everything, but is she strong enough to fight back?
She is the light to his dark ….
Deke Ward has witnessed true evil in his life. When he finds the goodness in Avie and her young daughter, he’ll do anything to protect them. Their hope starts to heal his lonely heart and when the evil shadows of their past return to haunt them, he’ll go to hell and back to save them.
Even if it means letting them go.
#16
Yesterday's Promise
2021
A high-stakes poker game, first meets, a dog rescue, loves lost and rekindled, and life-altering choices fill the history of Spencer, Colorado. Discover the challenges faced in these heartwarming stories crafted by the multi-author group who brings you romantic fiction at its finest in The Aspen Gold Series.
This collection includes:
The Card Game by M.A.Jewell
Some Days Are Diamonds by Lizzie Starr
Ah, Venice by Debra Hines
First Chance by Donna Kaye
Racing Hearts by Bernadette Jones
Rescue Me by Cheryl St.John
#17
Maybe I'm the One
2022
I'm excited about this new addition to the Aspen Gold series. It's a story I've been wanting to write for a long time, and I've finally found a home for it in Spencer, Colorado. Add to your TBR pile now!
A woman with ambition
Country singer Audrey Knox has traveled the globe and seen her dreams come true by becoming an international fan favorite. Her face is on every magazine stand, and her songs are played by millions. However, in achieving success, her own world has become very small.
A man who’s been burned
For Deputy Jericho Tanner, playing the guitar and singing was all about the music—and about spending time with the girl he loved. His aspirations are to uphold the law and help run the family ranch he’ll inherit. He learned the hard way that love is a weakness.
When Audrey returns to Spencer seeking acceptance, will Jericho allow pride to cost him happiness?
#18
Just My Imagination
2022
Can his magic save her reality?Owner of the Keltic Ranch gift shop in Olde Town, Konnor MacDhuibh is skilled in forging fantasy blades and keeping his Faerie heritage and magical abilities a secret. But when Bonnie Zhang and her two doxies need a place to stay, the empty apartment above his store is the perfect solution. Being so close to the cautious woman with haunted eyes tosses his good intentions to the wind.
Bonnie brings secrets of her own to Spencer. Leaving her broken past behind, she’s ready for a new beginning. But if her secret is exposed too soon, she could lose any hope for acceptance—and a family.
Will their truths lead to love or destroy any hope they’ve forged?
This book is also part of \lizzie starr's Keltic Children of the Triad 2*
#19
A Better Man
2022
Stripped of everything, her life threatened, she’s forced to trust a stranger.
Kicked out of her home as a teenager, Breezy Richards made a life for herself. Never asking permission or explaining her choices. Always in control of her destiny. Now she’s hiding from a stalker, trying to stay alive back in the one place she never thought she’d call home again: Spencer, Colorado.
The military had been the only escape for JackDaniels Vaughn. He quickly embraced the loner lifestyle, committed only to the next mission and his comrades. He’d sworn never to settle down moving from job to job, city to city, always searching for the elusive sense of purpose. Until he’s asked to protect Breezy Richards.
Loving her made him a better man. Can he keep her alive long enough to tell her?
#20
I Sorta Do
2022
Husband needed: One week commitment. Children optional.
I, Francie Karr, take you, Ryan MacNair, in bogus matrimony to convince my grandma and high school reunion class that I’m blissfully married—you provide the kids. A week should do it. You pledge to be so irresistible that you charm the Spanx right off those stuck-up gossips. Your touches should make their eyes pop, and your kisses be so intoxicating that we don’t have to fake that part. Oh, and we promise not to let this family—or this electricity between us—feel real.
Previously published in another life as For This Week I Thee Wed, recently jiggered, enhanced and rejuvenated for the Aspen Gold Series.
Sizzling sweet romance by a USA Today bestselling author
Authors
Cheryl St. John
Author · 35 books
Cheryl is the author of more than fifty historical and contemporary romances. Her stories have earned numerous RITA nominations, Romantic Times awards and are published in over a dozen languages. In describing her stories of second chances and redemption, readers and reviewers use words like, “emotional punch, hometown feel, core values, believable characters and real-life situations.” With a 4.9 star rating on amazon, her bestselling non-fiction book, Writing With Emotion, Tension & Conflict by Writers Digest Books is available in print and digital.
Bernadette Jones
Author · 6 books
Romantic Suspense Writer, Never Give Up-er, First Wives Club-er, Lifelong Dream Achiever & Mom Bernadette Jones writes romantic suspense and mystery novels. Her books are filled with strong heroes and heroines who are looking for an equal partner in their search for answers, justice and love. The love is everlasting, the romance steamy and the suspense will keep you on the edge of your seat. With a personal belief in the power of the chosen family her characters are bound to their circle of friends regardless of the cost or danger and most often a book of their own! After a career in corporate writing and living all over the country, she’s decided to settle down and put pen to paper doing what she loves. Living the dream in her NYC apartment with her canine companion, she’s bringing her stories and characters to life. If you’re interested in learning more and being the first to hear about new releases, visit her website at BernadetteJones.com.
Donna Kaye
Author · 3 books
Accountant by day, author by night Donna Kaye has a passion for storytelling. Donna credits her love of reading to her fourth-grade teacher Mrs. Wrich. A prolific reader, her eclectic taste in reading means her bookshelves are filled with everything from sweet romance to erotica. When not at the keyboard or reading, you can find her with loved ones on a road trip, at the movies, at a playhouse enjoying a live theater production, or at a restaurant enjoying great food with family or friends. The tales she spins are filled with love, laughter and the occasional dead body. She’d love to hear from you! donnakayeauthor@gmail.com
