Katie O'Connor – författare

Can love empower and free a scared, abused woman?Natalie Walker's life is in tatters. An abused wife and devoted mother, she runs from her rich husband, intending to start a new life in hiding. When her car breaks down outside of a small town, she must accept the help of the local garage owner. Unable to access her money, she works for Clint Dawson to pay off her debt for car repairs and to feed her son. Despite her best efforts, she finds herself succumbing to Clint's kindness.Already falling for her, Clint is more than willing to help provide protection for Natalie and her son, especially after her abusive husband turns up dead. There is no doubt that in his mind that Natalie did not kill her husband and is not hiding anything. However, Clint has a past and a secret of his own.Will the revelation of Clint's deceit destroy the fragile trust he has built with Natalie? Or will their love be strong enough to survive?

Missing teens, broken hearts and an undeniable love. RCMP Constable Amy Baxter, retreated to Coyote Creek to escape an enormous mistake. She wants to do her job as a police officer until the scandal passes and she can further her career in another large city.  Her attractive new neighbor is secretive, doesn't seem to have a job and keeps weird hours. His behavior triggers her law enforcement warning bells and his body sets off sensations best forgotten. Justice Flint is a man on a mission and Amy is an unwanted distraction, poking her nose into his business. His teenage daughter is missing. With no idea if she's run away or been abducted, he's spent the last two years searching for her. His broken heart won't allow him to give up searching until he finds her. When Amy catches him breaking the law in search of clues, she has two choices: arrest him or team up to search for his daughter. Either way, she needs to ignore her attraction and protect the walls she's built around her heart.

Olivia Parker is out of options. She's broke, homeless, and way too old to move in with her parents. Desperate, she takes the first job she's offered, and lands in the middle of her worst nightmare. There's nothing she despises more than the romantic hype of Valentine's Day and her new hometown is romance central. Max Reed's got a wonderful family, and a great job as head of the local RCMP detachment. There's only one thing missing; the woman of his dreams. When a new tenant moves into his building, he discovers that Olivia Parker might just fit the bill nicely. Too bad she's the Scrooge of romance. With small town life and Valentine's events relentlessly pushing them together, it's going to take everything Olivia has to protect herself from Max's determined efforts to win her heart.