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Misty Hollow
Series · 9 books · 2020-2023

Books in series

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#1

Secrets of Misty Hollow

2020

Karlie Marshall’s mother has a secret… One that will turn Karlie’s world upside down… A secret that could get them killed. A simple DNA test to find out whether she had any living relatives other than her mother brings to light a startling secret. As a child, her mother had entered Witness Protection and fled to the safety of the Ozark mountains. Now, Karlie’s peaceful life was shattered. Once the buzz around New York showed the mistress and daughter of Anthony Bartelloni were living in the Ozarks, FBI agent, Heath Westbrook, goes undercover as the sheriff of Misty Hollow in order to protect the Marshall women. Danger grows by the minute. Trust is shattered. Love is denied as death seems imminent. Can Karlie and Heath see justice done and give into their feelings of love or will death find them first?
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#2

Deceptive Peace

2023

A woman wanting to hide… A man who wants to be left alone… A mother with a big secret that sets the two on a collision course. Sierra Wells was told that a person could disappear in Misty Hollow. After she finds out her mother harbored a secret that shattered her world, she certainly hopes so. Except the very person she’s running from finds her and is determined to possess her. Ex-military Spencer Thorne loves his solitary life on the mountain overlooking Misty Hollow. Until a pretty woman hits a deer close to his cabin. He knows she’s running from something and despite not wanting to get involved, he’s always had a soft spot for anything hurting. Insanity, obsession, and danger follow them as they try to stop a killer while exploring their growing feelings for each other. Will they survive the terror hanging over the town and stop the man determined to have Sierra? Find out in this second book set in Misty Hollow. An action-packed romantic suspense that can be read as a standalone. Or dive into the entire series so you don't miss a thing!
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#3

Calm Surface

2022

A serial killer with a taste for blonds. A woman determined to get revenge. Two people with no time for love. Misty Hollow is anything but calm for Madison Everton. When her sister, the only family she had left, is murdered by a serial killer stalking the women of Misty Hollow, Madison is determined to find out the killer’s identity. Women are being abducted and held for three days before their bodies are dumped and the women all hold a strong resemblance to Madison. Will she find him before he finds her? After the brutal murder of his brother and sister-in-law, Captain Ryan Maxwell resumes custody of his ten-year-old nephew and accepts a position with the sheriff’s department to find out why the serial killer in Misty Hollow left another city and moved to the mountain town. His job is made harder when he falls for the beautiful elementary schoolteacher Madison. To further complicate things, the killer always seems to be a step ahead of him. He’s close. Ryan can feel it, but how close to him is the killer? Neither he nor Madison are looking for romance. Neither plan on sticking around in Misty Hollow for long. Their hearts may have another idea altogether. Can these two stop a killer before becoming victims themselves or will they suffer heartache? Find out now in this non-stop action romantic suspense or download the entire series and not miss a beat!
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#4

Lightning Never Strikes Twice

2022

A threatening letter. Hidden clues. A woman on the run. Alisa Gosling finds a piece of a letter under a desk in an office she cleans. Curiosity has her locating the other pieces. Putting the puzzle together, she discovers a threatening letter best left hidden. As danger increases after she turns the letter over to the police, she flees to Misty Hollow and the Leaning O Ranch. Trouble follows her, as the bad guys believe she has something they want. Local law enforcement can’t be trusted. But she isn’t the only one with danger breathing down her neck. Her landlord, the handsome, Liam O’Ryan has trouble of his own. Turns out the town of Misty Hollow is under a cloud of crime as a drug lord chooses the town as his, and someone has pledged revenge against Liam for a past wrong. Can Alisa and Liam escape the danger or will they become victims themselves? Find out in this action-packed romantic suspense that can be read as a standalone or download the entire series and not miss a thing!
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#5

Lethal Inheritance

2022

An inheritance that leads to murder. Danger around every corner. A woman determined to find out the truth. Tatym Billings’s grandmother dies and leaves her cabin and land in Misty Hollow to her granddaughter. What promised to be a new life had instead turned into a lethal inheritance as someone wants to prove Tatym is not the legal owner and will do anything in his power to get her deed. Even kill. When Tatym hires local contractor, Dane James, to renovate the cabin, she didn’t intend for how many times a killer targets the handsome man. Now, the two must work together to save not only Tatym’s life, but everything she holds dear. Can they outwit a man convinced Tatym is keeping him from what is his or will they fall prey and lose everything? Find out in this action-packed romantic suspense that can be read as a standalone.
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#6

Bitter Isolation

2022

The new deputy in town has an agenda of her own. Shea Sydney couldn’t be happier that she’d been hired on as Misty’s Hollows newest deputy. She needed a reason to live in the town and now she had the perfect one. She suspects the identity of the man who killed her father ten years ago and believes he lives in the small town of Misty Hollow. With a badge on her belt, she had the right to ask questions. She’d find out the truth one way or the other. When Zeke Matchett is almost run over by the new deputy, he doesn’t suspect how her arrival in town will almost destroy his life and the winery he inherited. When trouble arrives close to home, he has to rely on Shea to keep him safe. Can Shea let go of her desire for revenge and seek justice instead or will her tunnel vision be the end of her and Zeke? This page-turning romantic suspense can be read as a standalone. Scroll up and purchase today or download the entire series and not miss a thing! Contains alcoholism. Domestic abuse is mentioned, but not shown.
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#7

Say I Don't

2022

If he can’t have her, nobody can. A bride flees her groom on their wedding day. A deputy finds himself in deadly danger. Gemma Ricca overhears her groom and her father talking about his taking over of the family business. When she realizes what the family business is, she realizes how blind she’s been and flees to stay with her aunt in Misty Hollow. How can she raise her unborn child in the Moreno family? She will not allow her child to grow up in the mob. No matter what. Graham O’Connor has settled into his job as deputy of Misty Hollow with a brand-new partner. Life in the small mountain town had been easy the last few months, until he fishes the fiancé of Anthony Moreno, next in line to control the mob, from the river, that is. All of Misty Hollow is turned upside down as big city mobsters show up in small town Arkansas. The only thing standing between the town and it becoming another mob town is Gemma, Graham, and a handful of law enforcement. Will Gemma be forced to raise her child as a Moreno or will her and Graham find a way to forge a life together? Will she give up everything she cares about to save Graham’s life? Find out now in book the 7th book in the Misty Hollow series. This action-packed romantic suspense can be read as a standalone.
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#8

Christmas Stalker

2022

A Christmas party gone wrong. An obsessed stalker. A librarian in trouble. Brynlee Bourge wants nothing more than to spend her days among the books of Misty Hollow’s library. When her best friend coerces her into attending a Christmas fundraiser dinner with her, she says yes. All the male attention leaves her feeling like Cinderella at the ball right down to the running from the party. Only this time it isn’t because of a ticking clock. Someone paid her too much attention and she fled. As she flees through the city park, she runs into a late-night jogger, Weston Hoover, the new chef at the diner. He offers her help, but she refuses. What kind of person jogs at midnight? After seeing the fear on the beautiful woman’s face, Weston follows her through the park. Not wanting to spook her further, he stays to the shadows. When he sees her at the diner the next day, she faints. When she comes to, he realizes she thinks he’s the one stalking her. Brynlee doesn’t believe the handsome chef isn’t the man she ran from. If he wasn’t, then why follow her through the park? She declines his offers of help until she’s threatened while with him. Weston swears to keep Brynlee safe. Can these two keep one step ahead of a crazed stalker or will they become his victims? Find out in this first in the series, action-packed romantic suspense that can be read as a standalone.
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#9

Bridge to Safety

2023

She never thought she’d return to Misty Hollow. She didn’t think he’d still be there. Now, he thinks she’s come back to him and will do anything to claim her. Shiloh Sloan, the girl from the wrong side of the bridge. The girl shunned because of accusations she’d made against the town’s star football player. Now, she’s returned to teach the children of the people who had turned their backs on her in hopes of showing them how wrong they were. But, he is still there, and he thinks she’s come back to him. Deputy Rowan Reynolds is drawn into Shiloh’s ever-increasing trouble. He’ll do whatever is in his power to protect her. But when his daughter is threatened, this single father must rethink his priorities. Can Shiloh and Rowan convince the town that the man they all loved is, in fact, a monster? Or will he win again? This time the stakes are higher than Shiloh simply leaving town.

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