An old flame reignited
A daughter in danger
Toni O’Malley has learned to balance her career as CEO of her family’s security firm and the responsibilities of being a single mom. Her equilibrium is shattered, though, when Brandon Anderson walks back into her life. Her ex is supposed to be overseas, but he’s left the foreign service—and moved in next door. Their tween daughter is delighted by the prospect of her parents getting back together. The wary couple begin to explore the possibilities of their relationship, but then Toni is attacked, and their little girl becomes a killer’s target…
He’s undercover
And she’s a dangerous distraction
Marine turned security expert Willow O’Malley trusts her instincts. But she has no idea why she’s lusting after her new client, a CFO in an ill-fitting suit and thick glasses. Compelled to stick by Jay Lambert’s side night and day, her attraction remains a mystery…until she discovers that the dorky accountant is actually an FBI agent. Suddenly, their explosive attraction makes sense. If they can learn to trust each other, they might even have a future together. Unless the most powerful trafficking syndicate in the Pacific Northwest destroys them first.
Lydia Wienewski has opened her Polish-American cafe and bakery on the shore of Lake Erie, but her idyllic new venture is shattered when the low tide leads to a terrible discovery.
June, 1982. Lydia Wienewski’s dream has finally come true: Lydia’s Lakeside Cafe and Bakery, selling delicious Polish-American fare on the shore of Lake Erie, is now open and her fortunes are looking up. Even her old nemesis and tutor, the irascible Madame Delphine, has made time to sample Lydia’s delectable pierogi, with some of her students in tow.
But when Lydia finds Madame Delphine dead in the water, her lakeside dream turns into a nightmare. Was it a bizarre suicide, or brutal murder? As Lydia and Grandma Mary investigate, they discover that there was more to Madame Delphine than meets the eye, and quickly find themselves drawn into an increasingly perilous situation! Can they uncover the truth about Madame Delphine’s untimely death?
