"You go hit up grandma Myrtle if you want, but the rest of us are leaving."Charlene's world starts changing one night when she overhears two men talking about her, and the changes keep coming hard and fast. After leaving her cheating husband, Charlene goes on a journey that takes her to Wilhelmine, a small town in the mountains where she decides to settle for a while. As she's celebrating this decision with her new friend Jenny, Gibson walks in with blood running down his face....

When your daughter is everything, what are you willing to do to save her?Cassandra is on a desperate flight with her teenage daughter, willing to do anything to get them both away from the dirty Sheriff who's chasing them. She's tired and worn down but determined to go on when she gets unexpected help from a group of men who are downright scary. Except they make her feel safe, and then there's Black, who makes her feel a whole lot of other things.Black is Sergeant at Arms i...

"I'm going to be a hippie. In Maine."Marie isn't sure what a hippie does, precisely, but she knows one thing; Her life is dull. It is no fun at all to be a divorced widow, or possibly a widowed divorcee, with kids who have left for college never to be seen and a job that pays well but isn't interesting anymore, if it ever was.Brody has worked as a chef in big cities all over the country, and it has left him with nothing but a bitter taste in his mouth and no life. Not sure ...

"She's clearly spooked about something.""No," Finn murmured and narrowed his eyes. "She's not afraid, Tony. She's bracing.""For what?""No fucking clue. I'll tell you when I find out, which will be five minutes from now."Adeline Smith is running for her life from people who have hurt her and everyone helping her. Addie knows that she should keep moving but doesn't know where to go and needs a place to hide while she catches...

"Nina, life is so terribly short, and not doing anything at all means you're wasting your life away, stuck in a place where the only thing you have to hold on to is fear of actually living."Nina has it all. A successful career, a good man, her darling daughters, and her beloved dog. Except she's desperately, pathetically lonely, and has agreed with her husband that splitting up is the best thing to do. But what if it isn't? Perhaps staying would have been better? Then she ...

When you find the unexpected after a lifetime of being stuck, what do you do?Finally free from a loveless marriage, Reena decides to start the rest of her life around a family who might have ties to her son, however unlikely it seems. At least, it's something to do while she decides what her next steps will be.Ice is bored and restless after spending a long time on not settling down, so he agrees when his twin pushes him to step back and think about his life. The dare inclu...

When the person you've longed for your whole life suddenly sleeps by your side, how much are you willing to fight to keep that?Jenny has a bad marriage and a long stretch of mostly nothing behind her. She's rebuilt her life and likes what she has, but she's lonely. Then she's thrown into the arms of the only man she ever really wanted, and Jenny decides that this time, there's nothing she won't do to keep him.Paddy has a grown daughter and a long string of ladies behind him...

"Dibs," he murmured before he could get his brain to come up with something less stupid and a lot more charming.Joke is happy for his sister who finally settled in with Paddy. He's happy for Gibson who found Lee and built a great relationship with her. He's happy his bar is doing well. Happy the town is thriving. He's so damned happy he's choking on it. He's also lonely.Sissy is only looking for a safe place where she can live her life in peace and quiet, hidden from someon...

"Let the happy people do their thing."Annie should have been so happy. Married to a successful man and living the peaceful life she always wanted, using her multiple academic degrees both at her job at a highly sought-after college, and at home in her lab. Then everything shatters, and she arrives in Bakersville, worn down and struggling after her divorce and a very public breakdown.Patrick is content. Nothing is wrong in his life, and if it sometimes feels a littl...

Can there be love at first sight when you've known each other a year?Mac lost his wife and son but has rebuilt his life, with help from his friends and because of who he is; calm, solid and strong. As chief of police in a small town in the Rockies, he's busy. His friends keep him busy too. And when he feels lonely – well, there are women who aren't looking for commitments.Beth lost her husband, and as she works through her grief, she finds a friend in an unexpected way. The...

"Yeah, well I don't want to do you either. Being friends sounds just perfect."That's not exactly true, but it seems like the right thing for Beatrice to say to the angry man in front of her. Because yes; she had a thing with Day ten years ago. Yes, it was five minutes. Yes, it's pathetically enough probably still the best sex in her whole goddamned life. And yes, she used it to kickstart her new career. A career that has hit a snag.Day loves his home, but hates the memories...

"If I'm coming home, I'm coming home for you."Shelly lived the life she was supposed to, didn't she? Popular cheerleader in high-school, and of course ending up prom queen. Married the goddamned prom king, settled down in the house her family had owned for generations, had two kids, and started a successful business with her husband. Except, high-school was a really long time ago and things aren't so great anymore. If they ever were.Gabriel, Raz, Razinsky wasn't ev...