The past becomes a deadly future. When Tori Winters testifies as the star witness in a murder trial, she becomes a target. Someone wants her dead, and she’s not about to give them a second chance. With everything she owns stuffed into her car, she flees, desperate to disappear. A cryptic phone call leads her […]

Pediatrician Anna Drury has been contentedly married to her husband Nick for three years when he receives a terminal diagnosis. In the two weeks before the fatal illness claims his life, Nick makes three urgent requests that Anna is determined to honor. She takes a year-long leave from her practice and travels to Portugal, Spain, […]

Dealing with a controlling, manipulative, and self-absorbed mother-in-law can be a challenge. But when your child brings home a fiancé who’s completely unworthy, and the shoe is suddenly on the other foot, do you take the high road, or get down and dirty? It’s been five years since Allison Montgomery’s beloved father-in-law, George, passed away […]

Returning to Pine Meadows was the last thing Kara Bridger wanted. The small town was her past, not her future, but when her dad’s dementia worsens, she has no choice but to return and help out on the family cattle ranch. As she struggles to cope with her father’s illness, she finds an unlikely ally […]

The Kansas Murder Trilogy offers three stand-alone novels that spring from the nation’s heartland: King Harvest (1975); Banks of the River (1960); and Skin for Skin (1934). While each story carries the general flavor of its time, the characters and circumstances are distinct, and all depict the fate of common people faced with the grim […]