Brenda Novak Books in Order

Pirate captain Nathaniel Kent abducts seamstress Alexandra Cogsworth, mistaking her for his wealthy half sister as part of his revenge against their father. Alexandra hides her identity to survive, but growing attraction makes the deception increasingly dangerous for them both.

Widower Thad Winters hires Macy McKinney as a surrogate, hoping a child will ease his grief. Macy needs money for her daughter's surgery, but their contractual marriage and developing pregnancy bring feelings that neither expected from the arrangement.

Jenna Livingston returns to Mendocino with her young son and works at a bed-and-breakfast owned by her first love's grandparents. Reconnecting with Adam revives their attraction, but fifteen years of separation and unresolved expectations complicate accepting another chance together.

Chantel Miller becomes pregnant after a stranger rescues her during a snowstorm, then learns he is loved by her estranged sister Stacy. Hoping to rebuild that family relationship leaves her torn between loyalty to Stacy and her bond with Dillon.

Sacramento reporter Maggie Russell pursues a serial killer who writes to female journalists before targeting them. As she develops an online romance, photographer Nick Sorenson takes an unusual interest in her safety, concealing his role as an undercover FBI agent.

Jaclyn Wentworth leaves her unfaithful husband and begins again in Reno with three children. Former schoolmate Cole Perrini offers her a job, but working together over Christmas makes it difficult to keep their growing attraction separate from professional responsibilities.

Delaney wants a baby but cannot find a man she wishes to marry in Dundee, Idaho. A night with stranger Conner Armstrong brings pregnancy, then an unexpected complication when he moves to a ranch near her small hometown.

Harley Nelson returns after ten years hoping to know the son he abandoned, now raised by the boy's aunt Lauren. His new success does little to erase her distrust, but their shared concern for Brandon forces them to confront the past.

Rebecca Wells wants to overcome her reputation and finally end a childhood rivalry with Josh Hill in Dundee. Attempting to make peace becomes complicated when the man she has always loved to hate starts provoking feelings she would rather resist.

Hope Tanner returns to the town where she placed her baby for adoption after escaping a polygamous community. Helping her pregnant sister brings her close to birth-center administrator Parker Reynolds, whose hidden past threatens the life he has built.

Prison guard Gabrielle Hadley doubts that Randall Tucker murdered his wife and follows him into the Arizona desert after his escape. Becoming his captive draws her into a forbidden relationship while both struggle to protect their children and uncover the truth.

Pregnant and broke, Katie Rogers returns to Dundee after trusting the wrong man, only to find her parents unwilling to take her in. Former love Booker Robinson becomes her reluctant host, forcing both to reconsider the relationship she once abandoned.

Lucky Caldwell returns to Dundee to restore the mansion left by her former stepfather and search for her biological father. Neighbor Mike Hill resents her inheritance, believing her mother manipulated his grandfather, but proximity challenges their long-held assumptions about each other.

Madison Lieberman refuses to believe her late father was a serial killer until a discovery beneath his house raises disturbing questions. Another murder draws crime writer Caleb Trovato into her life, turning their search for answers into a threat to her family.

This three-story romance anthology follows daughters whose mothers meddle in their love lives. Matchmaking schemes involve a handsome tenant, an unusual veterinary patient, and a family vacation, creating romantic possibilities alongside the complications of well-intentioned parental interference.

Physicist April Ashton plans a Mexican vacation to reunite her divorcing parents, only to discover they are matchmaking for her. Pretending to date race-car driver Gunner Stevens seems a convenient distraction, until the staged relationship starts generating genuine feelings.

This romantic-suspense collection brings together novels by Brenda Novak and Marie Ferrarella. One story follows a man sheltering a secretive woman who turns out to be a wealthy man's missing wife, entangling his attraction with the danger pursuing her.

Reenie Holbrook starts teaching at Dundee High after a devastating revelation ends her marriage. Working beside Isaac Russell, the man who exposed the problem, challenges her resentment as she struggles to support her children and unexpectedly begins to admire him.

Emma Wright flees a controlling man with her young son and encounters Preston Holman, who is pursuing the person he believes killed his child. Reluctantly helping them escape danger gives Preston something to live for beyond his own revenge.

Hannah Price struggles with guilt after a crash destroys quarterback Gabe Holbrook's football career. When he returns to Dundee and coaches her son's team, their growing attraction confronts his bitterness and her difficulty forgiving herself for what happened.

Assistant district attorney Grace Montgomery returns to Stillwater, where a body buried at her family's farmhouse ties her to a concealed childhood tragedy. Her attraction to mayoral candidate Kennedy Archer risks drawing him into secrets that could destroy their futures.

Three Christmas romances follow a foster mother's search for a child's father, a businessman's unexpected detour with a substitute limousine driver, and a father confronting an unplanned pregnancy. Holiday wishes challenge each couple's assumptions about love, responsibility, and family.

After discovering her husband's betrayal, Elizabeth O'Connell focuses on raising her children and building a business. An introduction to Carter Hudson gradually leads to affection, but secrets involving another woman threaten the fragile trust she is learning to rebuild.

Football star Tyson Garnier hires Dakota Brown to care for his baby while a public scandal threatens his career. Dakota questions his willingness to be a father, but their shared care for the child begins changing how they see each other.

Cold-case detective Allie McCormick returns to Stillwater and investigates a preacher's disappearance nineteen years earlier. Suspect Clay Montgomery and his family refuse to explain that night, leaving Allie torn between uncovering the truth and her belief that he deserves protection.

Madeline Barker hires investigator Hunter Solozano after her missing father's car is found, challenging her faith in her stepfamily's innocence. As evidence emerges, someone in Stillwater moves to stop their investigation, making the search for a twenty-year-old truth increasingly dangerous.

Profiler Jasmine Stratford receives her long-missing sister's bracelet and seeks help from Romain Fornier, whose daughter was murdered. Believing both crimes share a perpetrator means challenging his earlier act of vengeance while pursuing a killer who may still be alive.

Skye Kellerman's attacker leaves prison after four years, threatening the life she rebuilt through a victims' support organization. Detective David Willis believes the man may also be a murderer and must help Skye resist his determination to finish what he began.

Sheridan Kohl returns to Tennessee when new evidence emerges in the shooting that killed her teenage companion. Attacked again, she survives through Cain Granger's intervention, forcing both to confront their shared past and an enemy who may be closer than expected.

This Christmas romance anthology includes stories by Brenda Novak, Day Leclaire, and Molly O'Keefe. Novak's contribution strands two political opponents in the Sierra Nevada after a plane crash, turning their struggle to survive into an unexpected opportunity for love.

Zoe Duncan hires investigator Jonathan Stivers after her teenage daughter disappears and police assume she ran away. His work for victims' charity The Last Stand draws him into the family's secrets, while suspicion increasingly falls on people dangerously close to home.

Victims' advocate Ava Bixby questions a rape accusation against Air Force captain Luke Trussell after discovering troubling evidence about his accuser. Shifting her support, and becoming attracted to Luke, puts Ava in the path of a woman determined to possess him.

Sebastian Costas pursues the man he believes murdered his ex-wife and son, despite evidence that the suspect is dead. Investigator Jane Burke brings a new lead, but their search and growing relationship make them personal targets of a ruthless killer.

Cierra Santos seeks a new home after her fiancé's death leaves her future uncertain. Trapped in a Dundee snowstorm, she accepts Ken Holbrook's hospitality, finding comfort over the holidays while struggling to trust the possibility of love and belonging again.

New police chief Sophia St. Claire investigates twelve execution-style deaths in the Arizona desert with Department 6 operative Roderick Guerrero. His troubled local history includes her, making their search for a killer inseparable from a relationship neither has resolved.

Department 6 operative Jonah Young and investigator Francesca Moretti work together after multiple murdered women are found in Arizona. His betrayal ten years earlier makes cooperation difficult, but choosing the wrong suspect could leave both exposed to the killer.

Three holiday romances bring refuge and renewed connection to people facing difficult transitions. A stranded woman finds kindness in Dundee, a returning son discovers unconventional festive cheer, and a single mother challenges a widower's determination to close off his heart.

Department 6 operatives Nate Ferrentino and Rachel Jessop pose as spouses to infiltrate a dangerous cult in an Arizona ghost town. Their unresolved history complicates the cover as they investigate disappearances and try to stop the charismatic leader from claiming more victims.

After leaving her cheating husband, Jaclyn rebuilds her life in Reno with her three children and accepts work from former bad boy Cole Perrini. Christmas brings them closer, challenging their determination to keep the relationship between employer and employee professional.

Claire O'Toole investigates her mother's disappearance after her husband's suspicious death interrupts his own search for answers. Former boyfriend Isaac Morgan offers help, but their unresolved relationship becomes entangled with secrets someone in Pineview, Montana, is prepared to kill to protect.

Laurel Hodges has spent years changing identities to escape a prison gang that blames her for a member's death. Her new life with her children in Montana is threatened, drawing sheriff Myles King into the danger.

Exonerated prisoner Virgil Skinner agrees to infiltrate a dangerous gang in a maximum-security prison in exchange for protection for his family. Deputy warden Peyton Adams questions the operation while finding herself increasingly drawn to the man risking his freedom.

Jeannette Boucher escapes a disastrous arranged marriage by stowing away aboard a ship. Naval lieutenant Crawford Treynor, whose illegitimate birth shaped his hatred of aristocrats, must choose between returning the noblewoman and risking his position to protect her.

Publicist Gail DeMarco loses clients after dropping troubled movie star Simon O'Neal. To save her business and improve his chances of regaining custody of his son, she agrees to marry him and retreat to her hometown of Whiskey Creek.

Cheyenne Christensen longs for stability after a childhood spent moving between motels with her mother and sister. While stepping aside for her best friend's romantic hopes, she encounters Dylan Amos and troubling memories that cast doubt on her family's history.

Wedding planner Olivia Arnold must organize the marriage of her former boyfriend to the pregnant sister who stole him. His stepbrother Brandon offers unexpected comfort, leaving Olivia to reconsider what she wants from love and her future.

Adelaide Davies returns to Whiskey Creek to care for her grandmother, bringing memories of a violent graduation party she never reported. Noah Rackham's interest unsettles her because his presence connects her hoped-for fresh start to secrets from that night.

Left penniless after her husband's death, Sophia DeBussi must support her daughter in a town that resents her. A housekeeping job with writer Ted Dixon, whom she once rejected, offers help while reopening wounds neither expected to confront.

Suspected of killing his wife in a fire, the Earl of Druridge seeks answers from coal miner's daughter Rachel McTavish. Their bargain over medical help for her dying mother entangles growing attraction with the mystery surrounding his wife's death.

Callie Vanetta keeps her desperate need for a liver transplant secret and moves to her grandparents' farm. When wandering stranger Levi McCloud offers work in exchange for shelter, their supposedly temporary arrangement becomes a connection complicated by her concealed illness.

Investigating his half sister's disappearance, Maximillian Wilder infiltrates a London body-snatching gang. Protecting surgeon's daughter Abigail Hale after a transaction goes wrong threatens his cover, drawing them together amid the dangerous trade supplying cadavers to medical schools.

Presley Christensen returns to Whiskey Creek with her young son after rebuilding her life away from town. Encountering former lover Aaron Amos challenges that progress, especially when renewed attraction threatens the secret she is determined to keep.

Bed-and-breakfast manager Eve Harmon watches her friends find partners while wondering whether Whiskey Creek can offer the family she wants. An encounter with a mysterious stranger brings attraction, but his dangerous history could undermine everything she hopes to build.

Kyle Houseman has guarded his heart since divorce and losing the woman he loved. Country singer Lourdes Bennett rents his house over Christmas to write a comeback album, turning her intended temporary retreat into an unexpected challenge to his defenses.

Psychiatrist Evelyn Talbot plans an Alaskan facility to study dangerous psychopaths after surviving her teenage boyfriend's torture. Local trooper Amarok worries about the prison's effect on his community, even as his attraction to Evelyn complicates their disagreements.

Brenda Novak collects seventy-five recipes she has used to feed her family in an every-occasion cookbook. The collection combines her personal favorites with contributions from Jan Coad, and its sales support research into diabetes inspired by her son's diagnosis.

After divorce, Maisey Lazarow returns to Fairham Island to help her troubled brother and reconnects with former lover Rafe Romero. Photographs awaken memories of a sister their controlling mother denies existed, prompting Maisey to investigate her family's past.

Released after serving time for a killing she insists she did not commit, Phoenix Fuller returns to Whiskey Creek to know her son. His father, former boyfriend Riley Stinson, distrusts her, complicating her attempt to rebuild their broken connections.

Widowed India Sommers moves to Whiskey Creek with her daughter after an ex-boyfriend kills her husband. His release following a hung jury threatens their safety, while attraction to neighbor Rod Amos risks renewed conflict over custody of her child.

Psychiatrist Evelyn Talbot studies psychopaths at Hanover House in remote Alaska while rebuilding her life after a teenage attack. A local woman's mutilated body raises fears that her uncaught tormentor has returned, as winter isolates the community and prison.

Keith Lazarow returns to Fairham Island when his powerful mother's death is ruled suicide. Convinced she was murdered, he investigates while confronting family damage and Nancy Dellinger, the woman he hurt when he left the island years earlier.

Searching for her birth mother, Cora Kelly takes a job at New Horizons Boys' Ranch without revealing her identity to owner Aiyana. Attraction to Aiyana's adopted son Elijah makes disclosure harder, especially because his difficult past has left him distrustful.

Evelyn Talbot studies a convicted killer known for ice-pick lobotomies at Hanover House. A similar murder outside the prison raises doubts about his guilt, but Evelyn's connection to the victim suggests her own uncaught teenage tormentor may be involved.

Struggling to support her son after divorce, Sadie Harris takes work with Dawson Reed, recently tried for his adoptive parents' murders. Helping him restore the family farm brings growing affection, challenging the community's suspicion and her own fears.

After her husband's arrest for attacking women, Savanna Gray moves her children to her childhood farmhouse in Silver Springs. Gavin Turner helps restore the property, but his troubled background makes her hesitant to trust the attraction developing between them.

Scientist Ellie Fisher discovers she is pregnant after a one-night encounter with football star Hudson King. Having grown up without parents, Hudson wants involvement in his child's life, bringing them together in Silver Springs despite suspicion and unresolved hurt.

Model Sloane McBride returns to her Texas hometown to investigate the disappearance of her mother years earlier. Doubting the official account that she simply left, Sloane confronts her domineering father, resistant brother, and the relationships she abandoned.

Rex McReady entered witness protection after turning against the prison gang to protect Laurel. During another rupture in their turbulent relationship, a gang enforcer finds her, placing both lovers in danger when Rex arrives hoping to reconcile.

A woman's disappearance near Hanover House leads psychiatrist Evelyn Talbot to fear the return of Jasper Moore, who tortured her as a teenager. As her boyfriend investigates and discovers bodies, Evelyn suspects the killer is hiding within their small community.

When their private plane crashes in the Sierra Nevada shortly before Christmas, two political enemies must cooperate to survive the freezing mountains. Forced dependence challenges their hostility, opening an unexpected attraction while they struggle to get out alive.

Pregnant psychiatrist Evelyn Talbot is abducted from her driveway shortly before her wedding. Confined in a small cell, she tries to survive while her partner Amarok searches for clues among the dangerous psychopaths connected to her work at Hanover House.

Abandoned by her rock-star husband, Harper Devlin takes her daughters to Silver Springs for Christmas. Tobias Richardson offers comfort that develops into attraction, but he conceals his prison history just as Harper's famous former partner begins seeking reconciliation.

Jada Brooks returns to Silver Springs with the daughter Maddox Richardson does not know he fathered. Their families' painful history makes renewed attraction dangerous, while Maddox's return to help troubled youths brings the secret Jada has guarded closer to discovery.

After an ex releases an intimate video and she loses her television job, Emery Bliss seeks privacy in Silver Springs. Mountain climber Dallas Turner returns for his adoptive mother's wedding, and their connection challenges the isolation both have chosen.

A genetic test reveals that Serenity Alston has two previously unknown half sisters. She invites Reagan and Lorelei to her family's Lake Tahoe cabin, where they investigate their origins while navigating career complications, marital breakdown, and their emerging bond.

Natasha Sharp reunites with Mack Amos at their hometown Christmas market years after their parents' marriage ended. Her teenage crush once met his determined distance, but their encounter as adults raises the possibility that their timing has finally changed.

Actress Tia Beckett retreats to a Silver Springs estate after an accident leaves her face scarred. Sharing the house over Christmas with widowed artist Seth Turner brings a tentative connection as each struggles with loss and an uncertain future.

Autumn Divac returns to her hometown with her teenagers eighteen months after her husband disappears. Working in her family's seaside bookstore exposes hidden problems, while renewed feelings for a former boyfriend complicate her hope that her husband may still return.

Divorced and bankrupt pediatrician Natasha Gray moves to Silver Springs with her son, determined to rebuild independently. Mack Amos offers support despite having hurt her before, but renewed closeness could expose a secret involving her child.

Marlow Madsen joins her mother on a Florida island to settle her senator father's estate, bringing friends seeking fresh starts. A secret in his will disrupts their hoped-for restorative summer and forces Marlow to reconsider her family's history.

Fourteen years after abandoning her wedding, Talulah Barclay returns to Coyote Canyon to settle an estate. Her former fiancé’s loyal friend Brant remembers her too well, and unexpected attraction threatens her intention to leave town again.

Ariana returns to Mariners Island twenty years after she and Ivy protected their friend Cam during a disappearance investigation. New evidence challenges their old certainty, forcing all three to reconsider the missing girl’s fate and their own loyalties.

Ellen Truesdale starts a rival drilling business to punish the father who abandoned her. When his business partner Hendrix offers help, she reluctantly accepts, opening a complicated path toward attraction and a different understanding of her past.

Gia Rossi returns to Iowa to help care for her mother, reopening wounds from the misconduct accusation that divided her hometown. Her sister’s unexplained departure adds pressure as old opponents and book-club friends take sides again.

Caring for her grandfather keeps Jane Tanner in the small town she longs to leave. Wanting a baby, she approaches friend Kurt Elway, but his past relationship with her sister turns their arrangement into something unexpectedly complicated.

A hurricane leaves Ismay sheltering with caretaker Bo at her fiancé’s beachfront cottage after a disturbing discovery. Their growing closeness offers an unexpected alternative, but secrets surrounding both men force her to question whom she can trust.

Grady Amos and Aja Kermani join a reality show hoping to find lasting love and end up married to each other. Their different lives suggest a quick annulment, but attraction makes the unlikely match harder to dismiss.

Three women who discovered through DNA testing that they were sisters continue building a family together. Their newfound bonds face further tests as they explore belonging, deepen their relationships, and navigate life after the revelations of One Perfect Summer.

Lucy Sinclair returns to Virginia fifteen years after her father’s murder conviction, seeking answers about the crime. Reconnecting with former love Ford Wagner draws him into her investigation, despite neighbors who would rather keep the past buried.

Single mother Patience plans a Christmas festival to revive Hard Luck, Nevada, while returned bad boy Kanon repairs an inherited motel. Their attraction challenges her need for stability and his belief that she deserves someone safer.

After a public divorce, novelist Charlotte learns she has an orphaned half-sister in Italy. Traveling to the Amalfi Coast with friends forces her to balance family responsibility, an overdue manuscript, and revelations that overturn her understanding of her childhood.

A happiness guru follows her deceitful fiancé to his lakeside hometown to recover her savings and understand his lies. There, an unpolished single father challenges the polished life she built and offers an unexpected chance at love.