Love, Lies and More Lies Series

Who would have guessed a lie could bring them together? Luke Galloway doesn’t lie. Well, not normally. And never about anything as serious as death. But, somehow Luke’s friend and business partner, Sam Paris, convinces Luke he needs to do just that. Sam believes the only way his daughter will come back to see him is if he were dying. And so the lies begin . . . Rusty Paris has been alone most of her life. Her parents were divorced when she was very young. She was pushed off to boarding schools, while her mother made a hobby of marrying rich men. She doesn’t remember much about her father, only that he never made an attempt to be a part of her life for the past twenty-some years. But all that is about to change. When she gets word he is dying, she runs home to be by his side, which puts her right in the path of that scoundrel Luke Galloway. Luke has no room in his life for rich heiresses. Been there. Done that. From the first time Luke and Rusty meet, they clash. She considers him nothing more than a lowly ranch hand who enjoys riling her temper. He finds her arrogant and prissy. But that doesn’t mean he can fight his attraction to her, nor hers to him. And when they find out they’ve both been duped by Rusty’s father the sparks really start to fly. Book 1 – Love, Lies and High Heels  Book 2 – Love, Lies and Compromise Book 3 – Love, Lies and Alibis Book 4 – Love, Lies and Dirty Deals Book 5 – Love, Lies and Gray Skies Book 6 - Love, Lies and Agonize More books in this series to follow in 2017.

It only takes one lie to ruin a relationship . . .           She broke his heart years ago and now Kennedy is back in his life again.  Jake Hastings has no idea what she is up to but he knows it has nothing to do with her wanting to be a companion to his dying father.  So what the hell does she want?             In spite of him knowing she is a liar, a cheat and possibly a thief he can't keep his hands off her.  He still loves her, no matter her faults. Kennedy Parker hates lying to Jake but she has no choice.  If she doesn't help the local sheriff, who is also her ex-father-in-law, get what he wants then she could end up behind bars.  When Jake catches Kennedy snooping around his home, he fires her, but not before she finds what it is she came for.  However, after examining the damaging evidence that might prove her ex-husband was a murderer and her ex-father-in-law covered it up she knows she can't protect them.  Even if it means she could go to jail as well. And yet if Jake discovers her ex-husband was the one who murdered two members of his family, their love will be lost a second time.  This time forever.

It’ll take a lie to save the man she loves . . . Eden Cavanaugh wants to make a difference in her hometown of Red Ridge, Kentucky and decides to run for mayor.  But when the only person qualified and available to manager her campaign is the guy who dumped her on the night of her senior prom—only to show up with another girl on his arm—she has her pride to consider. Sawyer McVey is not interested in working for the arrogant, rude and snotty little princess.  Even if it is the only gig available and he’s been offered twice his normal fee.  Although he needs the money and has a three-year-old daughter to support, can he stand being around the sexiest woman alive and keep his hands off her at the same time?  Because he knows if he touches her, he’ll fall for her all over again.  And that would be bad. In spite of knowing that Sawyer could break her heart again, Eden not only hires him but she also lets down her guard and ends up in bed with him.  But just like back in high school Sawyer once again dumps her.  Soon afterward, he’s being questioned for murder and Eden gives him an alibi.  Even though she wasn’t with Sawyer the entire night in question.  But, hey, what’s one tiny lie?  At Sawyer’s insistence she confesses to the lie she told.  When a second man is murdered and Sawyer once again is the number one suspect, he really was with her all night.  But will anyone believe Eden this time? 

Can an ex-con actually be one of the good guys? Claire Holland returns to her hometown of Red Ridge, Kentucky to nurse her broken heart after finding her longtime boyfriend in the arms of another woman.  Well, the scene wasn’t quite that eloquent.  But she no sooner arrives and she must deal with putting her grandfather in a nursing home, dealing with her derelict younger brother who has been hanging out with some pretty unsavory characters, and running the family diner.  She doesn’t have time for a manicure or a haircut let alone a relationship.  And she certainly doesn’t have time to deal with the hot guy who keeps staring at her butt.  A hot guy who is also an ex-con.  Not only does he want to work for her at the diner, he’s also interested in renting the apartment above the diner. Jordan Quinn hates being labeled an ex-con, but that’s what he is.  It doesn’t matter that he already served his time.  People still look at him like he’s a pariah, including his new landlord aka boss Claire Holland.  Even though she makes it perfectly clear she wants nothing to do with him, Jordan can’t fight his attraction to her.  Not even when she uses him by having revenge sex so she can rub it in her ex’s face. But when he realizes she doesn’t trust him with her heart or as a business partner, he learns a very painful lesson.  You can’t erase your past no matter how badly you want it to disappear.  He wonders if Claire can ever look beyond the man he used to be and see the man he is today.  Claire learns an important lesson of her own.  Don’t assume and judge.  Because she might just lose the best guy on the planet.

Sheridan McVey has a good life.  She has her own business.  She’s healthy.  She has family and friends.  There isn’t anything else she wants or needs.  Until Wyatt Dempsey moves back to town with a shocking offer.  He needs a temporary wife, and in return he plans to help her sick niece.  But there’s something he isn’t telling her.  Plus he can have any woman he wants.  Why her? Wyatt doesn’t understand why Sheridan isn’t jumping at his offer to be his wife.  Almost every woman he’s dated practically begged him to propose.  And why not?  He’s rich, and not just rich, but a billionaire to boot.  What woman in her right mind would turn down an offer like the one he’s just made?  Sheridan.  That’s who.  Wyatt has always believed money can buy happiness, but apparently his choice in wives doesn’t agree.  She’s immune to his success, wealth and his bad boy charm while he hasn’t been able to get her out of his mind for the last seventeen years.  He was her first lover.  Isn’t there a saying that you never get over your first love?  Apparently Sheridan doesn’t believe in romance.  Does that make him crazy for wanting her even more?  Probably. However, when her niece suffers a setback, Sheridan finally gives in and agrees to marry Wyatt so he can help her.  But when she finds out the reason he needs a wife, she is furious.  She did not agree to being manipulated like that.  However, he did promise to end the marriage after one year.  Surely she can put up with him for that long.  But when the time comes to end things, is Sheridan really going to be able to let go of the sexiest man she’s ever known?  Because even if he is a liar, he somehow manages to capture her heart and now he just may shatter it.  Again. 

Coming soon . . . Is a secret the same as a lie? She slept with her brother-in-law, on the day of her sister's funeral.  No wonder she was in agony.  She wants her family to forgive her, but can she forgive herself? Allie Denton fell in love with Lennon Holland the minute they met.  He was her best friend.  But he was also in love with her sister.  When her sister dies in a car accident, Allie reaches out to Lennon for support and they end up in bed together.  But afterward Lennon wants her to forget that it happened. How can she possibly forget something like that?  The guilt.  The lies.  The shame.  Besides, she knows he feels something for her although he won’t admit it.  They both know it will never work anyway.  The only thing to do is to find someone else.  She encourages him to do the same.  Then just when she thinks she’s met the right guy, Lennon finally opens up to her.  It seems he has been harboring a few secrets as well.  But is too late for them?

He was only supposed to be a one night stand . . . After learning she must have her breasts removed as well as her ovaries, Starr Holland is desperate to have a baby first.  It could be her only chance to be a mother.  She devises a plan to get pregnant, but not just any man will do.  The father of her child has to be nice looking, intelligent and have good morals. And when she meets Sam Nickerson she decides he fits the bill. Sam is only too happy to have sex with the pretty woman he meets in a bar.  After all, it was her idea.  Only he has no idea she is using him.  No idea she intends to get pregnant.  No idea she is using a phony name.  Until nearly four years later. Libby, the little dark haired beauty looks just like him.  Has the same brown eyes and cleft in her chin and is the three-year-old daughter of Dr. Starr Holland—the woman who duped him four years ago.  When Sam threatens to take Starr to court for visitation rights, she finally decides it is in her best interest to share her daughter with him rather than risk having a criminal record.  But the more time Starr spends with Sam and gets to know him, she realizes she has fallen in love with him.  Although she has no idea what Sam’s intentions are.  Is his real plan to take her daughter away from her and return to his ex-wife who suddenly wants him back?  Or will he stay in town and form a family with her and Libby instead?

Is a secret the same as a lie? GABE CAVANAUGH was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time—or was he?—when he’s attacked by two strange men.  Left without any money, credit card or I.D. he has no choice but to hitch a ride from Vegas back to Red Ridge, Kentucky with the pretty Latino girl who set him up.  IZZY SANCHEZ, con-artist trying to go straight, has been doing her best to escape the clutches of her cousin and uncle for years but somehow they managed to catch up to her—again.  This time they are determined to make Gabe their mark.  She feels horrible after what they did to the man whose only crime was to flirt with her, so she offers to drive him home. Gabe doesn’t trust her.  Can’t afford to trust her.  Not after what she did to him.  But that doesn’t mean he can control his feelings for her.  She’s sexy hot gorgeous.  He would be crazy not to sleep with her and so he does.  But that only brings on a whole new set of issues for him to deal with as he’s about to find out. Izzy wants to trust Gabe with her secret, and with her past, but she can’t.  Because what she’s hiding could send her to prison for a long, long time and she is not about to risk that.  Not even with the man she loves.  But when her uncle and cousin reappear and disrupt her happy life she may not have a choice in the matter.