Kirjahaku

Romance with a Twist of SuspenseLies, secrets and superficial exteriors. People have three faces, one you show the world, one you show your family and close friends, and your true face that you only show yourself.Seven years is a long time to live behind the protection and safety of high thick walls. Keira Mason is ready to re-enter society. Starting over with family she hardly knows, a new name, new city, new uncertainty of what her future holds. It's never as easy as they say. Loss of everything she knows to be true, even who she is or was.Jacob O'Malley local playboy, Harley riding, tattoo covered owner of a dive bar in downtown Charleston. Jake is content floating through life, bedding who he chooses, never committing. He has never been an emotional type, but when Whitney Anson's cousin walks into the picture, Jake has met his emotional awakening in the blue eyes of Vivian Anson. When hot-shot architect Alex West rolls into Charleston to work for Budreau Anson, Whitney decides she'll let her "serviceman" Jake off the hook for cutting her off to pursue her cousin.Alex West has no interest in Whitney and her superficial ways, he zeros in on Vivian. Whitney Anson has been dethroned by her cousin Vivian, and the spoiled socialite isn't having any of it. She'll find a way be get what she wants even if it means creating havoc on her cousin. After all, she is the princess of Charleston, or so she thinks. With all tragedies, they happen so fast, too fast to the point you doubt your own memories about the event. It's never the same, you are never the same after tragedy strikes and you look death in the face and survive to tell your tale, especially when you look in the mirror and are reminded of the horror you endured.

Virginia Costello's story continues in, Book Two: Georgia Girl A Southern Series Virginia returns home to where her heart and soul live, Atlanta. Glad to be home from a much-needed break from her life and the realization some things never change regarding family and expectations. And for this first time in her life, she knows and understands it's okay to be who, what, and how you are and love yourself for that. After returning to Atlanta, Virginia realizes she has been blind to more aspects of her life than she originally expected. After more than a few issues are brought to her attention, Virginia no longer feels the need to take flight from the situations she cannot control, but to stand and start fighting to get her life back in order again. Honesty hurts in more ways than one. Sometimes we have to hurt ourselves in the process of finding and fighting for who we are, even if it means hurting other people in our fight for understanding your own journey in finding peace and life balance. Unexpected guests, sensual pleasures along with backstabbing friendships are on the forefront in this story. Confrontation is an issue no one likes, but is sometimes needed to see beyond the smoke and mirrors some people feel safe living behind. After all who needs to live a life of lies and deceit? There is an old saying "The truth shall set you free." Even though we all know the truth can and will crush you in its wake.

When a Simple Man falls in Love with a Complicated Woman... can Love be Enough?Virginia Costello wanted nothing more than to take a break from her life, a much-needed re-evaluation of who she is. Unhealthy choices, bad decisions, and emotional uncertainty makes her life almost unrecognizable, even to herself right now. While Virginia is on her life break visiting her family on Coffee Lake, she unexpectedly encounters a delicious distraction named, Jeremiah James Boonesfield, aka Boone. Boone is a simple guy and has never experienced anything or anyone quite like Virginia Costello, fiercely independent, tough exterior, sensual and is quite possibly the most amazing woman he has ever met. If he can persuade Virginia that simple can be exactly what she's seeking, that's a challenge he's ready to take on. We all have cracks in our foundation; some of those cracks run deeper and leave scars that are more evident. If she can come to terms with herself and her past, she can stop fleeing from uncontrollable situations and repair the broken parts of herself. And most importantly, fix those cracks that keep tripping her up. We never know when love will walk into our lives or when it will turn and walk right back out.

A luminous conclusion to Voices in Lavender with unexpected twists. Static explores the devastation of loss, the sudden realization that life is over, and the unsettling confessions of the truth.Award-winning investigative journalist Avery Huff has made several mistakes in life, but this last indiscretion has caused her fast paced career to come to a grinding halt. Then add the stint in rehab to save her job, life isn't exactly going her way. She's struggling to reconstruct her life after a reckless decision. When she's asked by a prominent surgeon to write his dying wife's biography she thought it was just an easy paycheck to help get her back on her feet and career back on track. What she uncovers is a lifetime of secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about her life. Just below the surface is a truth that may set Avery free... Will she be strong enough? Or will the secrets shatter her forever? Little by little Dr. Lavender Nolan's story unravels twisting and turning, slowly shedding light on the double life she has been leading since the age of thirteen. Lavender reveals old grudges, her biggest life regret, and horrific tales. What triggered the voices that live in her head from a young age to come alive and to go from background static to murder? The more she shares, the more Avery wonders what she's still hiding... Dr. Nolan believes in fate and that somethings are placed in front of you for a reason.Avery Huff believes Dr. Lavender Nolan is a self-important modern day vigilante.