Min Edwards

A gift of thanks to a young girl from the Tsar more than 100 years ago... and now the Russians want it back. Collee McCullough, the owner of The Bakery in Stone Bay, Maine, has a perfect life until early one morning men in suits come calling. She has something someone dangerous wants. Something that her Russian great-grandmother Natasha took when she fled Russia in 1913. Too bad great-gran never told her son or anyone else what she had or where she left it.Jake Elsmore, visiting Stone Bay to sell his mother's house, walks into The Bakery for a cup of Earl Grey tea, but gets more. There she is. Collee McCullough, stepping out from behind the Chief of Police, a lovely, fiery-haired fairy toting a shotgun while two men lay insensate on the floor of her shop. Looks like that tea will have to wait.

Sandra Hastings has just lost the case of her career. Mob boss Silvestre Buonoventura is exonerated and now out to get her. And if that's not enough, the New York DA's office has politely asked her to take some time off... maybe a lot of time... maybe forever.Nick McCullough is a little bored with tiny Stone Bay, Maine, and his new job as Chief of Police. He's hopeful though that a weekend camping with the lovely Sandra Hastings might just be the answer to his prayers, get him back on track, lift his spirits. Now he has to make sure that the mob boss who's put a hit out on her doesn't get the chance to complete his plans. Maybe his little weekend away won't be as restful as Nick had planned.

A man surrounded by guilt, a woman surrounded by heartache.Annie Alexander has spent the last years trying to get past her husband's death in combat. Her organic farm is beginning to thrive. Her daughter, Caroline, is obsessed with all the farm animals. Their goat, Anita, is literally a pain in the butt. But just as Annie thinks she's recovering her life, a visitor comes.Major Andrew Meacham arrives on Annie's porch one snowy night and turns her world upside down. Then he's gone as quickly as he came, like a phantom.Months later Drew Meacham returns to Annie's bucolic farm-this time he brings trouble. Yes, he's a danger, but he's also Annie's salvation, teaching her to love again. Will the danger that follows Drew destroy them all, or will he be the man that Annie needs.

Diana Jennings is running away-from her past, from her memories, from evil men who want her to suffer more. Stone Bay looks like just the place to hide, but will it be far enough? Has she found a safe place to heal? Or is she just endangering all of those around her?Sam Gardiner is back home after an incident in Afghanistan, a place he wasn't prepared for and should never have been. But his first day home he runs into trouble, Diana Jennings. A beautiful woman with secrets behind her vulnerable eyes. And Sam loves secrets.However, Diana's secrets making their way to idyllic Stone Bay may be the death of them both.

Amanda Warner is a Texas girl from her cowgirl hat right down to her silver-tipped boots. She's a successful woman, but romance has passed her by. On a whim to find that elusive spark that others seem to enjoy, she buys a new home... sight-unseen... on the Internet... in Maine. However, when she pulls up into the driveway of her new house, one that looks nothing like the online images, there's a handsome stranger standing on her derelict porch. At that moment, she realizes she might have bitten off more than she can chew, in home ownership and romance.Kevin Franklin, retired Army Intelligence officer, successful builder, has been unlucky in love throughout his life. He's been more concerned with keeping family, friends and his country safe than finding a soul mate. Things may be changing for him though. When the new cowgirl in town walks into his life and into the house he was planning to buy for his sister, his luck takes a turn... and not always for the better.