At the tender age of seventeen Tula “Sugar” Dubois had it all, an up and coming ballroom dance career, and a family she loved deeply. In the blink of an eye she lost it all on a cold, snowy Minnesota bridge. Now, ten years later, Sugar has rebuilt her life, but still hides her heart behind the log walls of her lodge on Lake Superior. Drug Task Force Agent Donovan Walsh follows his most sought after drug lord to Duluth, Minnesota. His plan is simple; protect the key witness to McElevain’s destruction and track down the proof he needs to put him away for life. He just wasn’t planning for his witness to be the most beautiful, and most difficult, woman in all of Duluth. Sugar finds herself drawn to her new bodyguard, but can’t risk her heart for a romance destined to break it. When an attempt is made on her life she trusts Van to lead her through a dangerous rumba of deceit, kidnapping, and murder, but when the last notes fade away Sugar has one decision left to make. Will Van heal her heart or break it?

Tula “Sugar” DuBois has never known love like the one she has found in the arms of her new fiancé. As the New Year breaks over the shores of Lake Superior, Sugar has a picture perfect life. That life is about to shattered when the mysterious Lillie enters the frame. Van’s sister, Lillie, is on the run from a man determined to cleanse her of her sins. Taking refuge with her brother and Sugar she’s convinced she’s safe, until the letters start arriving. Sugar and Van must call upon their family to dance a dangerous samba to save the young girl before she is delivered to the Father by evil... When Lillie comes face-to-face with her past will she let revenge steal her future?

\NEW COVER EDITION\ As the fall colors swirl around Lake Superior, Tula “Sugar” Walsh’s lodge is bright with new love, and new life. She’s happy being a wife, aunt, and sister until Van unknowingly begins a dance that will lead her back through the darkness of her past. Filled with doubt, Sugar struggles to trust her heart, and Van. On the outside she goes through the motions of daily life, but inside the darkness traps her, and she questions her priorities, doubts her convictions, and struggles with ‘why’. Sinking further into despair, Sugar sets out to ink a deal that will change her life, but unexpectedly runs into an old friend. All of her doubts and fears disappear when she looks into the eyes of his newborn son. In his baby she sees the angels among us, and the path she must follow. Determined to follow the path, Sugar, Van, and her angels step on the floor for the dance of a lifetime. When the music fades, and the lights come up, Sugar is finally ready to waltz into the light of her future.

“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 When Donovan Walsh comforts his wife with the words, Níl aon suáilce gan a duáilce féin, there are no unmixed blessings in life, he had no way of knowing how quickly he would live those words. Visiting Ireland, Sugar and Van, stay in a familiar place. A place filled with the ghosts and lies of his past. Stumbling through the deception of his early life Van waltzes dangerously close to losing his future. Will a voice from the past be the one to give him the answers, or will he find them in the blue eyes of his forever love? As the ice melts on Lake Superior, Sugar and Van dance together to find hope and love through Faith…

This can be read as a stand alone novel. Past... Trey Helton moved to Duluth to work as a prosthetist for the local hospital. Leaving behind a personal tragedy, he knew Duluth would be the place he could make a life and start to heal. Allison Drakos was a college senior ready to graduate from the University of Minnesota Duluth. Going to school and working part-time filled her days, but Allison still found time to enjoy her last year with her sorority sisters, until the unthinkable happened. Present… Christmas Eve is a special day for Trey and Allison Helton. Not only is it the day they fell in love with each other, but also the day, six years ago, that they married. Their Christmas Eve routine has stayed the same for the last twelve years, but this year will be different. Future… Will next Christmas Eve give Trey and Allison a new reason to celebrate a life full of possibilities?