Police Captain John Iron Hawk's life is a speeding vehicle down a deserted road. A road with his tormented past looming at his back and a future summed up by the black thunder clouds building on the horizon.His relationship with his daughter is nonexistent. And he can't seem to say the words to the woman he loves to make her stay.When Zora Hughes receives a job offer from Cosmopolitan magazine, she knows she has to take it and reestablish her career on the New York...

What happens when a random hookup turns into the ultimate dilemma?Rashida Howard has never been a one-night-stand kind of woman, but she has good reason for making an exception with Elliott after meeting him in a bar. Cliché? Yes. Utterly amazing? Absolutely. Regrets? None.Elliott Quinn is a workaholic. The one night he decides to break his routine, he has an encounter with the woman of his dreams. But no matter how amazing they are together, work ...

Her visions brought her here.History tells her to leave.Something older refuses to let her go.Zora Hughes is haunted by a past that isn't hers. Night after night, she dreams of an ancestor fleeing captivity across the Dakota plains—visions so vivid they pull her from her life in New York to the heart of the Lakota reservation. She doesn't come looking for answers. She comes because the dreams will not release her....

A courageous law officer fighting corruption. Can he hunt down an assassin on the reservation… or will he be permanently silenced?Little River Reservation. Police Captain John Iron Hawk serves his people with pride. With a crucial election on the horizon, the strong and silent commander refuses to let criminals undermine his community's leadership. But when his sister discovers his rival has been murdered, Iron Hawk is determined to catch the killer before he loses...

Julia, a mixed-race woman born into slavery in Louisiana, escapes brutal plantation life only to be captured by the Comanche. She holds tight to her dream of Canada and freedom as she unwillingly witnesses the acts of savagery the Indians perpetrate against the whites.Later traded to the Cheyenne, she is reluctantly drawn to a visiting Sioux warrior. The newcomer she calls Horse Man is both gentle and savage, compassionate and ruthless.In a vision, Sun...

Lisette Beaulieu's private school classmates have always made the 15-year-old Creole orphan feel like a freak. But Lisette never believed them until she accidentally raised the dead in a cemetery late one night. When she discovers that her mother's family is alive and practicing Voodoo in the bayou, her world spins farther out of control. Her best friend Scooter is about to make his own deal with the devil to keep his brother out of jail; and her classmate, Eric, has a talent with swords a...

Love Around the TableSecond chance at love, second chance at lifeSix Southern authors share six great short stories of romance, friendship and family, and six special recipes of love.A life-threatening diagnosis triggers forgiveness and healing between two estranged sisters.A Sister's Quandary by Rachel JonesLife shoves an award-winning pastry chef into a big career change where she discovers the depths of true friendship and love.Layers of Love...