Willow Caine has a secret…. and that’s the worst thing you can have in Shelton. Code named “Emma”, she’s chased her first big story to the gossipy small town … but will it be her last? The ambitious newbie can already see her byline in one of the biggest news outlets in New York City. All she needs to do is talk to a man who doesn’t want to be found - and stay out of the clutches of those trying to find her. Sinjin La Croix has already figured out her name isn’t Emma and he’ll be damned if a little southern charm won’t help him find out what else she’s hiding. The brooding ex-Marine sniper has the curvy red head in his sights, but as a man with past, he knows he’s barred from becoming part of her future. That doesn’t stop him when danger comes calling and he’ll do anything to protect her. For Willow, something about the man’s icy blue eyes sets her mind racing with scorching thoughts of … Sin. With both of their lives in jeopardy, they band together to right a 30-year-old injustice. But when Willow is faced with a choice between the career she wants so badly and the fiery embrace she’d never known she’d need, can Sin make it any easier?

He has a particular set of skills … Mason Tremaine isn’t a movie action hero. He’s the guy they’re based on. More at home in the international theatre of espionage, Shelton, NY really isn’t his scene. But, the ex-CIA agent turned private investigator has a job to do. That is, until a chance meeting with Jen Grayson compels him to mix business with pleasure. Jen is Shelton old money and an old hand at heartbreak - and when Mason doesn’t call after their week-long tryst she chalks it up to her bad luck with love and life. But Jen can’t get the rugged and experienced lover out of her head. She’ll be surprised to know … the feeling is mutual. When an old enemy resurfaces, their paths cross again and this time, Mason wants to get it right. To do that, he’ll face a vengeful terrorist and a murderer who’ll go to any lengths to cover his tracks but these are child’s play compared to going up against Daniel Grayson – Jen’s father. The Grayson patriarch is smart, ruthless and utterly opposed to any match between Mason and his daughter. When he puts a knife to their bond, it will test everything they think they know about themselves and their love.

In this town, when you’re in…you’re in. And the Taylors are about as out as you can get. Brody Taylor has fought for respectability in Shelton all his life. Now, the former bad boy turned hero cop has everything he wants, except the one woman he craves. Patty Grayson had it all – looks, money, an Ivy league education and a hot career but gives it all up to return, hoping to rekindle an old flame. Ten years ago, the fire between these two high school sweethearts sparked a scandal that threatened to burn down the town. As they re-unite, they will discover that just as old flames die hard, so too do old hatreds. Their passion for each other has survived time … but will it be able to overcome family secrets and a decades long feud?

Colin Parks has nothing to prove to anyone. The former Shelton native is now one of the NFL’s biggest stars, has millions of dollars in endorsement and contracts and dates supermodels. So why did he attend his Shelton High re-union? Why did he allow himself to be goaded into a game against an old arch rival? And why, does he now have a major thing for Jane Hartman, the girl he’s tormented since middle school? Jane certainly doesn’t have the answers. After all, he was the one who gave her the stupid nickname people in town still call her. Nobody is more surprised than Jane when a chance encounter at a reunion party leads to them waking up in bed together the next morning. When an injury forces Colin to remain in town to recuperate, he thinks he has all the time in the world to make Jane see that they belong together … until her favorite movie star arrives on the scene. Jeter Dortmund is everything Colin is not: sophisticated, charming, witty, safe and dependable. When he falls hard for her, Jane now finds herself with a decision to make. All she has to guide her is a fortune told at a carnival.

Hunky Texan, Dr. Avery Du Pont knows the value of second chances. When tragedy strikes the talented but flawed surgeon, he finds refuge in sports medicine and the hijinks of his highly paid NFL charges. He never dreamed he’d follow one of them across the country and into the arms of grieving widow, Maisie Moore. In a town that looks out for its own, Maisie is Shelton’s sweetheart … but she bears a secret burden that threatens to derail any future with Avery beyond their one scintillating night together. Avery isn’t a man easily put off. He knows what he wants … and what he wants is Maisie. He wants her in his bed and he wants his ring on her finger. But will that be enough for the twice shy widow, who has lost one love already? And will they both be able to survive the town’s Queen of Mean, Preenie Walker, who is on the warpath?