Release Date: September 15th, 2018
Tormented, fierce, and broken, sculptor Aidan Murphy has judged himself guilty. He yearns for love but pushes everyone away. He longs for acceptance but has lost the key to open his heart. Until he meets Summer Williams. Beautiful and smart, Dr. Williams promises haven for a man who believes he deserves none. All he has to do is let her in and risk his heart and soul.
Summer’s managed to keep her inner light alive, even through tragedy. She’s created a new life for herself and her daughter in Crescent Creek with loving, caring and fun friends–well, except brooding, breathtaking Aidan. She’s used to keeping away from his type, though. All she has to do is ignore the pull of a man who’s turning up to be much more than snarls and storms. Will her compassion and medical instincts let her?
Love can heal a broken soul and shake up a timid heart. Or it can unleash devastation and a thirst for revenge.
Will Aidan and Summer survive the storm?
EXCERPT
Summer closed the door, turned around but didn’t go to him.
How could she? He’d bled because of her. For all she knew, a psychopath hunted Chloe too, since he went after the ones Summer loved. Her back to the door, she took a long breath. “It’s because of me.”
“I’m sure someone said guilt was a silly feeling,” Aidan said, settling more comfortably on the couch.
“Well, yes, but nothing ever happened to me. You almost died twice and maybe Chloe is in danger. I’m entitled to some guilt.”
“Kiki will never leave my side from now until this crap is over and for the record, the first time death wasn’t even close, and the second time I was never really going to die.”
“Because of very fortunate circumstances.”
“I’m good, and Kiki will be safe. I’ll see to it.”
He would. He would do whatever to keep them safe, and it hit her harder than a hammer. Too much fear, tiredness, love. All her efforts did nothing to stop hot tears from spilling.
“I’d come all the way there to pull you close to me,” he said in a low, gentle burr, extending a hand to her. “But my doctor said I have to keep my arse glued to the sofa. Think you can help?”
She shook her head, dried hot tears on the hem of her T-shirt. How could she accept his comfort when he’d almost died because of her?
“Come here, mo aghrá, and let me hold you.”
“You need rest,” she said between sniffs.
“Later. Now I need you.”
The man sure knew what button to press. Begrudgingly, she slid into his magnificent embrace.
“Just like this,” he said, sighing in pleasure. “Close.”
In his arms, as they both looked at her baby girl playing on the rug, she allowed tears to run free for what almost happened, what still might. She cried, quietly, until rage took sadness’s place, until a stubborn refusal to let a crazy person ruin everything raged in her. “I’m going to the sheriff tomorrow morning. I’ll tell her everyone I’ve ever known, everything that’s ever happened to me until she can figure out what’s going on. It’s her job, after all, and the Becketts always talk about how good she is. Well, I’ll put her to the test.”
Thou shalt not steal.
Oh, but Florence had, and would do so one last time.
Ten pieces her grandfather painted for her because he loved her.
Ten pieces her mother lost, along with anything else, for loving the wrong man.
She couldn’t get back everything he’d wasted away, but she’d be damned if she’d give up those paintings.
Easy and genuine, Rhett loves his life–his family, his market, his town. Until he meets a British woman with grey eyes and a cute little smile. The woman he’s been waiting for.
The thing is, to love her is easy, but can he trust her?
When Rhett pushes to uncover her agenda, Flo knows she will lose something–the man she loves or what she’d been fighting for years.
Which road will she choose?
At eighteen, DJ had to make a choice–her heart or her dreams. Neither was wrong, yet either would break her heart. She chose the world.
Over a decade later, she returns to Crescent Creek and to the one regret she's ever had–Scott. Scott’s always been steady as a rocky reef. He’d loved once and when she’d left, his strong heart had crumbled like a sandcastle.
Now DJ is back, and Scott wants nothing to do with her. The problem? They share Eva, a close friend of both, and now Eva needs their help. Because of her, he’s stuck with DJ and he’d be damned, the woman still gets under his skin. DJ is a free spirit who needs the road under her feet. Scott is a family man who wants to groom his roots.
With danger on their doorstep and a baby to keep safe, how much are they willing to compromise for love?
Over a decade later, she returns to Crescent Creek and to the one regret she's ever had–Scott. Scott’s always been steady as a rocky reef. He’d loved once and when she’d left, his strong heart had crumbled like a sandcastle.
Now DJ is back, and Scott wants nothing to do with her. The problem? They share Eva, a close friend of both, and now Eva needs their help. Because of her, he’s stuck with DJ and he’d be damned, the woman still gets under his skin. DJ is a free spirit who needs the road under her feet. Scott is a family man who wants to groom his roots.
With danger on their doorstep and a baby to keep safe, how much are they willing to compromise for love?
She Came With the Tide (#0.5)
He’s impulsive, fearless, and fun loving.
Erik Axelsson, Ax, had it all: talent, fame, money. He’d lived the rock & roll life fully and with gusto until it wasn’t fun anymore. Without a second thought, he’d traded the spotlight with the Floridian sun, and the guitar with a surfboard. Rich, and free from anything - what more he could need?
She’s innocent, scared, and in trouble.
Andrea Smith escaped the life imposed to her when her parents joined a cult. After years on the run, hunger pushed her to accept a stranger’s offer for breakfast. She had no clue her life changed with that simple ‘yes’.
But the past catches up with her, forcing Andrea to choose what person she wants to be: the scared cult member that obeyed in silence, or the new woman Erik made blossom.
ALL CRESCENT CREEK NOVELLAS HAVE RETURNING CHARACTERS BUT CAN BE READ AS STAND ALONE.
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About the author:
Beach bum and country music addicted, Viviana lives in a small Floridian town with her husband and her son, her die-hard fans and personal cheer squad. She spends her days between typing on her beloved keyboard, playing in the pool with her boy, and eating whatever her husband puts on her plate (the guy is that good, and she really loves eating). Besides beaching, she enjoys long walks, horse-riding, hiking, and pretty much whatever she can do outside with her family.
3 comments:
This series sounds excellent. I wonder how I missed it!
I really like the covers, I like how they are different colors. I like the purple.
I like cover #
"Love can heal a broken soul and shake up a timid heart. Or it can unleash devastation and a thirst for revenge." - quite true
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