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Flying high in the New Mexican sky has never been more lethal. The biggest hot air balloon festival would have been a vacation if Maddie didn’t have to balance her apathetic teenagers, a meddling mother, and act as therapist for a desperate patient. Let alone solve a murder case! When Maddie witnesses someone fall from a hot air balloon, it seems like a tragic accident. But as facts come to light, the police are convinced it’s foul play. And Maddie’s friend is to blame. With the remainder of the festival canceled and all attendees required to stay for questioning, Maddie has two days ...

‘Till Death Do You Part’ wasn’t supposed to be taken so literally… When Maddie Swallows attends an out-of-town wedding with her best friend, Benji, she expects free food, dancing, and some awkward moments as she tries to figure out her feelings for her long-time friend. What she finds instead is a dead groom and an entire wedding guest list who had reason to kill the guy. It doesn’t help that Maddie was the last person to see the groom alive and is placed in the local police’s crosshairs as they work to solve the murder. It will take some unexpected sleuthing, and a few therapy ...

Green chile has never been more dangerous. Psychologist Maddie Swallows’ decision to return to New Mexico seemed like a good idea at the time, considering the divorce and her two teenagers she’d dragged along for the ride. But that was before the New Year’s Eve party she was guilt-tripped into attending. Before a member of the town council wound up dead and everyone at the party became a suspect. And before she was forced to unravel the secrets of her former hometown in order to clear her name. Of course, with the help of two precocious teenagers and one meddling mother, the real ...

Space tourism isn’t dangerous. It’s the passengers. Psychologist Maddie Swallows had always thought of space tourism as science fiction. That was before the phone call that turned her world upside down and she was hired to work with celebrity passengers as they prepared for their once-in-a-lifetime flight. It was her dream job. Until six passengers went up into space, and two hours later, only five returned. If you don’t count the dead body. Investigating a murder hadn’t been in the job description, but Maddie now needs to use her psychological training to discover who of the ...

When Bree Garrett’s former college roommate invites Bree to move to Starlight Ridge, a small tourist town on the Californian coast, she is all too happy to leave the deserts of New Mexico and the memories of her former life. She only has three conditions. One - No one can find out about her fear of water - totally embarrassing when you live next to the ocean. Two - No seafood. She can't stomach it. Yeah, she sees the irony of points number one and two. Three - No blind dates. The last thing she needs is a relationship. Her ex-fiancé would agree.

Love is a young person’s game. Or so she’d been told. Thirty years. That’s how long it has been since Jessie Carter and her ex-fiance, Erwin, had a fight so massive that it fueled town gossip for weeks. Thirty years since she’d given him his ring back. Thirty years that they’ve had to continue seeing each other, because neither of them managed to leave their small town. Thirty years of Jessie playing matchmaker for everyone but herself. And it’s been one week since Erwin showed up on her doorstep, flowers in hand. It’s too little, too late, by her estimation. But Erwin is ...

He’d rather ride the waves than the tide of romance. Isaac Larson is the picture of surfing perfection, killer smile included. But ever since his long-time girlfriend left their small town for the summer - and never came back - it has been harder to find things to smile about. It isn’t until she turns up on the beach two years later, ready to pick back up where they had left off, that he realizes he’s finally ready to move on. Will some small-town intervention and a lot of forgiveness be enough for Isaac and Leanna to figure out they were never meant to be apart?

Two weeks before Christmas, Katie is kicked out of her apartment. Again. Rather than wander the streets and continue to work for a dirty cop, she escapes, determined to disappear for good. Until her car breaks down in a small New Mexican town, and everything is threatened when she falls for the charming mayor.

When Adeline Baker was told that big-time Hollywood actor Eli Hunt wanted to film a movie in Starlight Ridge - and inside her small chocolate shop - she told them they were crazy. But the film crew arrived, and Eli Hunt with them, and fantasy quickly became reality. Adeline knew Eli would be charming - she’d read the magazines and seen the interviews - but she’d underestimated the pull he’d have on her.

Davis Jones finds the world to be chaotic and overwhelming, especially since his fiancé died. But as the owner of a small-town hardware store, he enjoys fixing what is damaged - his life excluded. Attempting to escape his demons, he visits his family where they are volunteering in Thailand. All he wants is to help others in relative peace and quiet. But the beautiful and gregarious service director has other plans.

He’s done playing the dating game--this small town won't let him quit. After spending six years in Thailand while working for a service organization and chasing after the only woman he’s ever loved, Travis Matkin is done playing games. Desperate for a new start and a chance to settle down, he moves to California to manage a small-town hardware store. The people of Starlight Ridge are all too happy to have a new face and promptly set their sights on pairing Travis up with one of their many eligible bachelorettes—through a charity auction. Eliza Meyer has always been competitive, and ...

Ruby Freedman hasn’t left the small town of Amor in four years--not since her husband died. The memory of his fateful accident was enough to cause her to sell her airplane, and never ride in a car again. Then Parker Loveland comes back to town. Now she has to add him to her list of things she intends to avoid.