Fiercely independent Camille "Cami" Camlin gladly moved on from her childhood before it was over. She has held down a job since before she could drive, and moved into her own apartment after her freshman year of college. Now tending bar at The Red Door, Cami doesn’t have time for much else besides work and classes, until a trip to see her boyfriend is cancelled, leaving her with a first weekend off in almost a year. Trenton Maddox was the king of Eastern State University, dating co-eds before he even graduated high school. His friends wanted to be him, and women wanted to tame him, but after a tragic accident turned his world upside down, Trenton leaves campus to come to grips with the crushing guilt. Eighteen months later, Trenton is living at home with his widower father, and works full-time at a local tattoo parlor to help with the bills. Just when he thinks his life is returning to normal, he notices Cami sitting alone at a table at The Red. As the baby sister of four rowdy brothers, Cami believes she’ll have no problem keeping her new friendship with Trenton Maddox strictly platonic. But when a Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever—even if she is the only reason their already broken family could fall apart.

If A Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever. But what if he didn't love you, first? No-nonsense Liis Lindy is an agent of the FBI. Deciding she is married only to her job, she breaks off her engagement and transfers from Chicago to the field office in San Diego. She loves her desk. She is committed to her laptop. She dreams of promotions and shaking hands with the director after cracking an impossible case. Special Agent in Charge Thomas Maddox is arrogant, unforgiving, and ruthless. He is tasked with putting away some of the world’s toughest criminals, and he is one of the best the Bureau has to offer. Though, as many lives as he’s saved, there is one that is beyond his reach. Younger brother Travis is faced with prison time for his involvement in a basement fire that killed dozens of college students, and the media want a conviction. Travis’s only savior is his unusual tie to the mob. In a deal that will spare his brother, Thomas has agreed to recruit Travis into the FBI. Liis is stubborn, defiant, and yet somehow softens Thomas’s rough edges, making her the perfect agent to accompany him to the ceremony. Posing as a couple, they must travel to Travis & Abby’s beach vow renewal and give him the news, but when the pretending ends, she finds herself wondering if they were pretending at all. In the second installment of the Maddox Brothers books, experience firsthand the mysterious world of the elusive Thomas Maddox, and how good love can be when you’re not the first, but the last.

Falyn Fairchild can walk away from anything. Having already left her car, her education, and even her parents, the daughter of the next governor of Colorado is back in her hometown, broke and waiting tables for the Bucksaw Café. After every shift, Falyn adds to her shoebox of cash, hoping to one day save enough to buy her a plane ticket to the only place she can find forgiveness: Eakins, Illinois. The moment Taylor Maddox is seated in Falyn’s section at the Bucksaw, she knows he’s trouble. Taylor is charming, breaks promises, and gorgeous even when covered in filth—making him everything Falyn believes a hotshot firefighter to be. Falyn isn’t interested in becoming another statistic, and for a Maddox boy, a disinterested girl is the ultimate challenge. Once Falyn learns where Taylor calls home, everything changes. In the end, Maddox persistence is met with Falyn’s talent for leaving, and for the first time, Taylor may be the one to get burned.

Fresh out of college, Ellison Edson has fallen through the cracks of rock bottom. While staying in her family’s vacation home in Colorado, her behavior has finally gained the attention of her parents—but not in the way she hoped. Cut off from the millions she’s always taken for granted, and left alone to fend for herself, Ellie spirals further out of control, making a mistake she can’t take back. Like his twin brother Taylor, Tyler Maddox is a member of the Alpine Hotshots, fighting wildland fires on the frontline. As arrogant as he is charming, Tyler’s nomadic lifestyle makes it easy to contain his relationships to one night. When he meets Ellie at a local party during off-season, her extreme personality and dismissive attitude fascinates him at first, but as his feelings deepen, Tyler realizes that the crippling inner demons of the woman he loves might be the strongest enemy any Maddox has ever faced.

America Mason, a sassy undergrad at Eastern State University, is in love with a Maddox—Shepley Maddox. Unlike his cousins, Shepley is more lover than fighter, but a road trip to her parents' home in Wichita, Kansas could mean the next step, or the end of everything.

Losing has never been easy for a Maddox, but death always wins. Eleven years to the day after eloping in Vegas with Abby, Special Agent Travis Maddox delivers his own brand of vigilante justice to mob boss Benny Carlisi. Vegas' oldest and most violent crime family is now preparing for vengeance, and the entire Maddox family is a target. The secret Thomas and Travis have kept for a decade will be revealed to the rest of the family, and for the first time the Maddoxes will be at odds. While none of them are strangers to loss, the family has grown, and the risk is higher than ever. With brothers against brothers and wives taking sides, each member will make a choice—let the fear tear them apart, or make them stronger.

In a world where love and danger are a heartbeat apart, will Camille’s decision save the Maddoxes… or destroy them? The highly anticipated sequel to #1 New York Times bestseller BEAUTIFUL OBLIVION. Infertility is a quiet thief, dismantling not only possibilities but parts of Camille herself. She’s learned to live with the ache, yet doubt lingers; it chips away at her sense of self, leaving her to question if she’s still the woman Trenton Maddox married. All around her, life moves forward—friends celebrate milestones, families grow—while she remains stuck, watching from the sidelines, trapped in a waiting game with no certainty of the life she once imagined, filled with laughter, tiny footprints, and a home brimming with love and chaos. Trenton Maddox doesn’t question his marriage—Camille is his, period—but he knows pain when he sees it, and his wife has always carried more than she lets on. He’s not the guy who throws punches in parking lots anymore; these days, he fights with patience, devotion, and the ability to fix anything before she has to ask. Endless doctor visits, hormone shots, and motility tests—none of these were part of the plan, but plans are for people who like smooth sailing, and a Maddox is built for storms. The real problem? Love doesn’t fix everything, no matter how much of it he throws at her. For a guy who’s spent his whole life refusing to lose, it’s a tough pill to swallow. As if that weren’t enough, Madison resurfaces—not the little girl Trenton once knew, but a striking twenty-something with an undeniable attraction to him. Mackenzie’s younger sister is no longer a reminder of Trenton’s college tragedy; she’s a reckoning. Watching, waiting, turning obsession into a weapon, Madison’s focus quickly shifts from Trenton to Camille. As unsettling as her fixation becomes, it’s nothing more than a distraction. The real threat lies in the hands of those pulling the strings—an unseen enemy that won’t hesitate to send a brutal message if it means stopping Special Agents Thomas Maddox and Liis Lindy before the FBI gets too close to the truth. For years, Camille has stood firm while others questioned whether she was truly loyal to Trenton. Now, as the past collides with the present in ways she never saw coming, one impossible choice will decide everything. Her marriage. Her future. Maybe even her life. Only one thing is In the game of love and loss, no one walks away unscathed.