She’s looking for a second chance to reconnect with her daughter but finds so much more.Since her husband’s climbing death a year ago, Maureen Shannon’s relationship with her twelve-year-old daughter has spiraled out of control. Desperate, she resigns from her partnership at a legal firm and moves back to her hometown in Whitefish, Montana, with the hope that family and nature can heal their wounds. Her investment in a heli-skiing and lodge operation makes financia...

Bitter Roots (Book 1 of Bitter Root Mysteries)Murder in a small town is always personal.Dispatcher Zak Waller prefers working behind the scenes in the Sheriff’s Office of Lost Trail, Montana, but when a newcomer to the sparsely populated town is brutally murdered—and the Sheriff is quick to pin the death on an unknown outsider—Zak starts his own private sleuthing.On the surface Lost Trail is a picture-perfect western town, offering a simple way of l...

Laurel Sheridan came to Coffee Creek, Montana to be maid of honor at her best friend’s wedding, not to have a passionate affair with the best man, Corb Lambert. Still, it happens. When tragedy strikes the morning of the wedding, and Corb is seriously injured in a car accident, his memory of their time together is gone. But the consequences—an unplanned pregnancy—are all too real.When Laurel tells Corb he’s her baby’s father, Corb wants her to give ...

Captivating and page-turning...the twists & turns kept me reading until late in the night. Highly recommended to all mystery lovers!Bitter RootsIn the small town of Lost Trail, Montana, Dispatcher Zak Waller, alongside Tiff Masterson and lawyer Justin Pittman, investigates a young woman’s murder at a Christmas tree farm, uncovering dark secrets that threaten their tight-knit community. As they dig deeper, they reveal an evil more sinister than they imagined.Bitter T...

She’s the Christmas light in a world that seems so dark...When Patrol Officer Kelly Shannon answers a suspected DUI call that results in the suspect’s death, she has to deliver the grim news to his young family, including his brother—her friend and crush, Mick. Kelly convinces herself that she’s only making amends when Mick begs for help looking out for his niece and nephew as his sister-in-law grieves and neglects her young children. But as Christmas approaches, K...

Since the accident that killed his foster brother Brock Lambert, Jackson Stone has kept his distance from Coffee Creek Ranch—and from the family who might never forgive him. Especially the foster mother who still blames him for that tragic night.Jackson blames himself too.When Brock’s former fiancée, Winnie Hays, returns to town with her young son, the resemblance to Brock is a constant reminder of everything Jackson lost. And everything he...

He’s the rodeo cowboy who left town with a secret. She’s the sheriff determined to uncover the truth.For years, B. J. Lambert has ridden the professional rodeo circuit, keeping his distance from Coffee Creek—and from the night that changed everything. Eighteen years ago, a barn burned and a man died. B. J. made a promise to protect the truth, even if it cost him the only woman he ever loved.Now duty calls him back to the family ranch, and staying a...

Going home shouldn’t be this hard…Cassidy Lambert has worked hard to build a professional career in Great Falls, far from her domineering mother and the expectations of Coffee Creek Ranch. She swore she’d never come back for good. But when a dangerous equine disease threatens the family horses—and the ranch’s future—Cassidy has no choice but to return home.Working side by side with rugged veterinarian Dan Farley is the last complication she needs. Their first date ...

Decades of silence. A shocking discovery. Some secrets refuse to stay buried.True crime writer Dougal Lachlan swore he’d never set foot in Twisted Cedars again. Not even for his sister’s upcoming wedding. But an email promising the story of a lifetime pulls him back to his hometown against his better judgement.Thirty years ago, five librarians were murdered across quiet coastal towns in Oregon, leaving a trail of unsolved mysteries. All signs point to a ser...

A missing woman. A small-town sheriff. A cold case no one wants solved.Twenty years ago, a young hiker vanished in the Montana wilderness. No body. No suspects. No answers. New sheriff Zak Waller has always believed it was murder—now, he finally has the power to prove it. But without evidence, he’s chasing a ghost.Then, a new death shakes Lost Trail, drawing investigative journalist Joelle Medler into town. For years she’s been convinced the missing hiker’s disappearance is...

From a USA TODAY bestselling author with more than three million copies in print, CJ Carmichael is a master of emotional and heartwarming romance with small town charm.She’s not willing to forgive. He’s unable to forget.One year ago, Montana cowboy Dylan McLean left the love of his life at the altar and fled town, thinking he was doing the right thing by saving her from a scandal. He’s found success on the rodeo circuit, but his lo...

The Complete Twisted Cedars Mysteries CollectionIn the coastal town of Twisted Cedars, Oregon an ugly secret from the past has been festering for over thirty years when five librarians were targeted by a serial killer. Now an anonymous emailer wants true crime writer Dougal Lachlan to tell the story. To uncover the truth Dougal enlists the help of local Twisted Cedar librarian Charlotte Hammond.Buried (Book 1)Someone with inside knowledge is feeding clues to true cr...