Carla Cassidy Books in Order

Lacey starts high school convinced that bad luck will spoil her chances with Kevin. Joining the drama club brings new friends and unexpected attention, but she still has to overcome her fear of embarrassing herself.

Marylou Watkins is tired of disappointing dates when a boy drives past her house, tosses flowers onto the lawn, and declares his love. Her search for this mysterious admirer gives her romantic life an unexpected turn.

Molly Baker fears disaster when popular Frank Sanders, the worst science student around, becomes her science fair partner. Working together challenges her expectations, especially when her concern about their project starts competing with feelings for him.

Fifteen-year-old Kate Weatherby meets an attractive ranch hand during a family vacation. His wild reputation gives her reason to hesitate, leaving her caught between the excitement of a new crush and doubts about trusting him.

Wendy Thomas finds herself drawn to Jason, a charming new assistant at the veterinary clinic. But her longtime friend Scott also matters to her, making a promising new romance harder to choose than she expected.

Darlene Sullivan swears off boys to concentrate on her job in the Glendale Zoo's animal nursery. Then Aaron Caldwell catches her attention, despite friends warning that he has a habit of dropping the girls he dates.

Burned-out pediatrician Michael Wakefield leaves Manhattan for Kansas, hoping for a quieter life away from children. His attraction to neighboring foster mother Molly Smith complicates that plan, since any future with her would include her kids.

Ginger Taylor inherits her grandfather's Kansas ranch on the condition that Judd Bishop remains its foreman. Forced to work with the man she resented growing up, she discovers their old arguments now come with unexpected attraction.

Alexander Donaldson's country vacation is interrupted by a sheep and its stubborn owner, child psychologist Hannah Martin. Their clash turns into attraction, challenging Hannah's desire to escape domineering men and Alex's habit of getting his way.

Edie Turner lets undercover police use her apartment for surveillance, bringing irritable detective Cliff Marchellina into her life. Sharing cramped quarters during the summer makes his investigation complicated, especially as friction between them turns into attraction.

Cassie Hoffman brings her son to a Colorado wilderness camp and encounters Cameron Walker, who hurt her years ago. His protective attention rekindles attraction, but she wants an equal relationship rather than another place on his pedestal.

Bonnie Redding visits her estranged father's isolated Arkansas laboratory after her mother's death, hoping to reconnect. Dr. Nicholas Shepherd warns her about the research there, drawing her into a dangerous mystery alongside an unexpected attraction.

Libby Weatherby's ex-husband hires private investigator Tony Pandolinni to follow her, and she enjoys thwarting him. When another pursuer targets her over a pawnshop locket, their game becomes dangerous and Tony's role turns increasingly protective.

Teacher Eve Winthrop enjoys her quiet life in Pawkinah, Oklahoma, until motorcycle-riding Brice Maxwell moves next door. Discovering that he is also her new principal makes their attraction harder to navigate within the conservative school community.

Photographer Lindsey Witherspoon is drawn to the beauty of the swamp and to mysterious Royce Blanchard. His warning that another woman entered it and died makes exploring the landscape a dangerous undertaking, complicated by their attraction.

Julie Casswell retreats to a mountain cabin at Christmas while grieving the loss of her child. After an icy car accident, a rescuer and a mysterious child's presence offer the possibility of comfort and renewed hope.

Nine-year-old Danny wants his divorced parents back together and persuades them to take a Grand Canyon trip. Sherri and Luke Morgan must set aside their differences for their son while facing the attraction that still connects them.

Sarah Calhoun returns to Sheriff Reese Walker after six years, bringing a young daughter he never knew existed. With someone threatening mother and child, Reese must protect them while confronting the secrets behind Sarah's long absence.

Dalton Waverly visits a seaside mansion to investigate his famous grandfather's violent past and becomes involved with its owner, Kelly Reynolds. As possessive spirits intrude, their romance threatens to repeat an earlier couple's fatal history.

Teenage friends Lauren Stewart and Charley Jones want to become sisters, so they scheme to unite their parents. Stern judge Mac Stewart and fun-loving Abby Jones both dislike dating, giving the girls' matchmaking plan a difficult start.

Dr. Frank Longford shelters a mysterious woman who cannot remember her name. As their attraction grows, frightening images of fire and a crying baby force her to confront a past that stands between them and a future together.

Puppeteer Nikki Richardson needs to save the boardwalk community she calls home, but its fate rests with her former lover. Grey Blakemore offers her a chance to prove its value, reopening memories and unresolved feelings.

Colleen asks private investigator Gideon Graves to find Sam Baker but conceals the truth about their connection. Gideon assumes he is tracking a runaway husband, while his unmarried client finds herself falling for the detective.

Julianne Baker misses her vanished husband despite their troubled marriage and fears what his absence means for their daughter. When Sam returns, he must explain his departure and try to rebuild the love he left behind.

Beau Randolf and Carolyn Baker each believe they should raise their godchildren, a pair of twins. Their disagreement over who can provide the better home forces them to reconsider their assumptions about parenting and each other.

Eight-year-old Daniel Blackburn plans to drive away any woman interested in his father. Bonnie Baker unexpectedly earns his approval, but Russ doubts she could become a suitable mother, even as his own feelings begin to change.

Attorney Shelby Longsford must defend Billy Royce against accusations that he killed his estranged wife and best friend. Their painful romantic history complicates the case, leaving Shelby uncertain whether she wants reconciliation, justice, or revenge.

Ann Carson's unsettling notes become serious threats, bringing policeman Clay Clinton into her life as a bodyguard. While he hunts her stalker, growing attraction threatens his concentration and makes protecting Ann an increasingly personal responsibility.

Accused of killing her ex-husband, rancher Abby Connor fears her missing memories could conceal guilt. New ranch hand Luke Black draws her attention, but his unfamiliarity with cowboy work raises troubling questions about why he is there.

A child's wish for a mother, sent inside a red balloon, brings Mary into single father Jonathan Taylor's life. As she falls for Jonathan and his daughter Annie, a private secret threatens the family she hopes to join.

Frannie returns home five years after leaving Travis for New York, carrying news that could change his life. She must tell him about their daughter, risking his anger and rejection for the child's sake.

Someone wants Belinda Connor dead, and Derek Walker proposes a temporary marriage to protect her and draw out the killer. Saving the family ranch comes with difficult terms, while their old attraction threatens the arrangement's planned ending.

Colette Connor reaches her family's ranch in labor with no memory of her identity or pregnancy. Hank Cooper expected her arrival, but her amnesia complicates his efforts to protect her from a killer and explain their connection.

Theresa Mathews's son disappears as Christmas approaches, bringing the boy's father, Sullivan, back into her life. Searching for their child revives old feelings, but unresolved truths about their past threaten both reconciliation and their family's hopes.

A woman calling herself Alice takes a housekeeping job at Cameron Gallagher's isolated ranch while hiding with her daughter. The former bounty hunter distrusts her secrets, yet their growing attraction makes sending her away increasingly difficult.

Pregnant Elena Richards is startled when her missing husband returns claiming amnesia and behaving like a different man. As she falls for him, she must question whether he is truly Travis or his estranged identical twin.

Former cop Dominic Marcola is hired to protect Melissa Newman and unexpectedly helps deliver her baby. With Melissa suspected of murder, they must establish her innocence while confronting feelings that could turn their temporary arrangement into a family.

Samantha Dark must work with Tyler Sinclair, her father's former protege and a man she once wanted. His rigid approach frustrates her, but their renewed attraction forces both to reconsider the boundaries between business and romance.

Noreen Simmons is embarrassed when her five-year-old asks local bachelors to give her a baby. Newcomer Vinnie Pastorelli sees a chance to win the wary mother's trust, though she is reluctant to risk loving again.

Bachelor Riley Kincaid becomes attached to the baby left on his doorstep. When Caralie Tracey enters his life with stories of a fire, a suspicious death and a prior claim to the child, his hopes for a family become uncertain.

Wrongfully convicted cowboy Johnny Crockett wants to clear his name and understand why Marissa Sawyer abandoned him. Discovering that their former relationship produced a son draws them together again, but forgiveness remains harder than reclaiming his freedom.

Bodyguard Gabriel Morgan marries Princess Serena Wyndham to protect her reputation while they search for her missing brother. He expects the arrangement to end with the investigation, but Serena's hopes for a lasting marriage challenge his resolve.

Hank conceals his bachelor status to keep an important client and then receives an invitation to visit with his wife. His secretary Angela agrees to play the role, making their working relationship complicated by the intimacy of the deception.

Temporarily blinded after a tragedy, Allison Welch hides in rural Montana under another name. Sheriff Jesse Wilder takes the vulnerable witness into protective custody, where their growing feelings complicate his duty to preserve her secret and keep her safe.

Grieving father Caleb McMann secretly moves next door to the girl who received his daughter's heart. As he bonds with Hannah and falls for her mother Erica, the hidden reason for his arrival threatens their developing trust.

Lieutenant Adam Sinclair helps Princess Isabel Stanbury search for her missing father, the king. Posing as a married couple brings him close to the woman he once loved, forcing him to balance renewed attraction with a dangerous duty.

Kyle Ramsey patrols the skies between feuding territories while seeking a future with Joanna Morgan, who is pregnant after their brief encounter. Joanna's distrust of military men makes his hopes for a family as complicated as his assignment.

Jack Coffey breaks his leg after tripping over Marissa Criswell's young son. Her offers of care draw the reluctant bachelor toward mother and child, but she wants the lasting family commitment he has been determined to avoid.

Elizabeth turns to her former husband's brother Talbot when her son goes missing. Their search ends in a plane crash that strands them in a remote forest, where survival and unwanted attraction challenge the boundaries between them.

After narrowly escaping death, Mark Delaney investigates a killer on his family's ranch and no longer knows whom to trust. New employee April Cartwright wants to understand him, but their growing connection could put her in the murderer's path.

Jerrod McCain returns to Inferno, Arizona, needing help from its only defense attorney, his former love Johnna Delaney. Their reunion revives the attraction both tried to forget, complicating a request neither can treat as purely professional.

Rancher Chance Reilly needs a wife to obtain his inheritance, and nurse Lana Ramirez proposes a convenient marriage. He doesn't realize she has loved him for years and wants his baby, making their bargain more personal than he expects.

Private investigator Kevin Cartwright identifies Dr. Phoebe Jones as one of four lost siblings. With another pursuer after her heirloom necklace, they pose as lovers while seeking answers by the sea, complicating danger with feelings that aren't pretend.

Lilly Winstead's return revives Matthew Delaney's long-standing love for her. When someone tries to kill her, he commits himself to her protection, even as their renewed closeness makes it harder to accept the prospect of another separation.

Pregnant and abandoned, Princess Samira Kamal fears scandal could endanger peace between neighboring kingdoms. Bodyguard Farid Nasir offers marriage as a solution, but sharing a life with her tests the emotional distance he has carefully maintained.

A mother's young daughter suffers frightening episodes that doctors cannot explain. Magician Lucas offers help against the supernatural threat, while a connection rooted in past lives gives the struggle another dimension and a chance to repair an old love.

Single mother Abby Graham arrives in Inferno, Arizona, fleeing a man who threatens her children. Luke Delaney offers marriage and protection, but accepting his help means allowing him into her life and exposing him to the danger pursuing her.

Claire McCane unexpectedly reunites with her estranged husband Joshua and discovers an old photograph showing their exact likenesses. A treasure hunt makes them reluctant partners, reopening feelings and raising questions about whether their marriage deserves another chance.

Homicide officer Savannah Tallfeather finds her father unconscious and her mother missing. Teaming with Riley Frazier, whose own past holds a similar mystery, she seeks answers while their growing attraction complicates an investigation that may connect their losses.

Teacher Melanie wants a family, while her best friend Bailey wants relief from women courting his vote in a beauty contest. Their plan for a temporary marriage promises a practical solution, until town involvement and personal feelings complicate it.

Officer and single mother Breanna James becomes attracted to Adam Spencer, the newcomer renting the cottage next door. His interest in her daughter raises hopes and suspicions, leaving Breanna wondering what brought him to Cherokee Corners and her family.

Executive Nate Leeman is forced to work with former love and professional rival Kat Sanderson after she is hired to catch a computer thief. Their shared assignment revives unresolved feelings, making an already difficult reunion harder to manage.

Threatened by a stalker, teacher Tamara Greystone moves in with crime scene investigator Clay James. His insistence on controlling her safety clashes with her independence, while living together makes the attraction between them increasingly difficult to ignore.

Colette Carson visits a sperm bank because she wants a baby without a partner. Then rancher Tanner Rothman enters her life, and their attraction leaves her wondering whether his traditional expectations can accommodate the family she has already planned.

Kansas City officer Cassandra Newton thought she had left secret-agent work behind until former partner and lover Kane McNabb returns. Persuaded to target a suspected drug lord, she must handle the mission alongside their unresolved personal history.

Bed-and-breakfast owner Alyssa Whitefeather has visions of a serial killer's next victim. When FBI agent Nick Mead arrives, her attraction and disturbing intuition collide, leaving her to decide whether to reveal what she knows before the killer strikes again.

Juliette Monroe and her son have spent a year fleeing her abusive former husband. When he finds them, police officer Nick Corelli offers protection, but their growing attraction must compete with a threat that puts all their lives at risk.

Lynn White believes she retrieves stolen valuables on government orders until she discovers the FBI wants her. With her guardian's honesty in doubt, she must decide whether to trust strangers claiming to offer family connections and a different explanation.

After her father's murder and a cattle stampede nearly kill Kate Sampson, bodyguard Zack West returns to protect her. His presence revives the relationship that hurt her before, while the killer's pursuit leaves little room to keep him distant.

Princess Anna flees rebels after her father's kingdom is overthrown and seeks protection from cowboy Tanner West. Keeping her safe on his family's Oklahoma ranch tests her adjustment to unfamiliar surroundings and his ability to resist their growing attraction.

Widowed mother Marissa Jamison becomes the focus of a stalker convinced that she and her two children belong to him. His determination to create his imagined perfect family threatens their safety and turns her attempt to move forward into danger.

Searching for her missing son, Elizabeth accepts help from Talbot McCarthy, her former husband's brother. A plane crash leaves them stranded in a forest, forcing them to confront mutual attraction and the family ties that make it difficult.

Psychiatrist and radio host Jessica Langford survived a serial killer as a teenager. A caller's knowledge of her ordeal brings the terror back, prompting her to work with Detective Jake Merridan before the threatening voice leads to another murder.

Heiress and bounty hunter Chantal Worthington pursues the man who attacked her best friend and skipped bail. Rival hunter Luke Coleman follows the same trail to Mexico, forcing them to balance competition, attraction and the need to capture him.

Lynn White wants independence after being manipulated by her adoptive father and the FBI. Blackmailed into stopping a bomb-smuggling operation, she reconnects with undercover agent Nick Barnes, whose own secrets threaten the trust their renewed attraction requires.

Bodyguard Clay West takes an assignment protecting seven-year-old movie star Gracie Bryant and distrusts her mother's motives. Seeing Libby's fear and vulnerability challenges his assumptions, while attraction adds personal stakes to his responsibility for the child's safety.

Haley Lambert returns to Kansas City to care for her orphaned niece after her sister's murder. The child's silence leaves vital questions unanswered, and help from psychologist Grey Banes may be essential before the killer returns to threaten them.

Nanny Amanda Rockport hopes to help a girl who stopped speaking after witnessing her mother's murder. Working inside widower Sawyer Bennett's guarded estate draws her toward him, while rumors about his guilt and an uncaught killer threaten their safety.

Widow Vanessa arranges a final exhibition of her artist husband's work and begins a new romance. Murders marked with his signature red paint, followed by unsettling changes at home, make her question whether his unexplained disappearance truly meant death.

Bodyguard Meredith West is embarrassed to admit she needs protection from a stalker. Investigator Chase McCall arrives pretending to vacation, but his secret case and growing attraction to Meredith make keeping her safe more complicated.

Joshua West returns to Cotter Creek hoping for quiet work in his family's bodyguard business. Suspicious deaths and determined journalist Savannah Clarion pull him into an investigation that threatens his peace and opens his guarded heart.

Mariah Sayers returns home with her daughter sixteen years after a brutal assault drove her away. A girl's murder revives her fears, forcing Mariah to confront her past and discover whether her attacker has struck again.

Doll maker Annalise Blakely receives a disturbing package while struggling to keep her family's business alive. When murdered women are found dressed as her dolls, her romance with a policeman becomes entangled with a terrifying investigation.

Melody Thompson needs protection from her sister's killer, and widowed father Hank Tyler becomes her bodyguard. Both intend to avoid romance, but growing attraction complicates their search for answers as danger closes in around them.

Stranded in a snowstorm, Janette Black seeks help from bodyguard Dalton West while fleeing danger with her baby. He offers shelter despite his solitary habits, then must protect them when the threats they've escaped catch up.

After her son is kidnapped, secretary Mariah Harrington turns to Sheriff Lucas Jamison for help. With few clues and a taunting abductor, she must reveal painful secrets while their desperate search draws them closer together.

FBI agent Ryan Burton protects amnesiac witness Britta Jakobsen in Raven's Cliff, where unsettling secrets surround the residents. She doesn't remember their past romance, but a dangerous man's interest makes their fragile reunion a fight for survival.

Former rocker Jack Cortland hires nanny Marisa Perez to help raise his sons amid threats of a custody battle. An unexpected marriage draws them together, but ominous warnings and approaching danger threaten the family they're building.

Psychologist Jewel Mayfair helps troubled children at her ranch, yet her own nights are haunted by fear. Veterinarian Quinn Logan offers comfort and growing affection, but she must decide whether she can trust the man approaching her.

FBI profiler Jenna Taylor investigates her best friend's murder despite Sheriff Matt Buchanan's resistance. A second killing marked by a red rose brings them together, but Jenna soon becomes the serial killer's next potential target.

Heiress Brianna Waverly survives an attempt on her life and hides in a remote cabin with former SEAL Troy Sinclair. Their attraction threatens his focus as he tries to protect her from the danger still pursuing them.

Former SEAL Micah Stone finds a runaway bride aboard a plane he's repossessing. Caylee denies killing her fiancé, but mounting danger forces him to hide her while questioning her story and resisting their growing attraction.

Repossession specialist Lucas Washington discovers a pregnant woman with amnesia hiding in a car. As he protects her and searches for her identity, the arrival of a claiming family raises troubling questions about whom she can trust.

FBI agent Tom Ryan reunites with forensic expert Callie MacBride while investigating a colleague's murder. Protecting her revives their unresolved attraction, but her resentment and hidden troubles suggest this case holds more than he expects.

Henry Randolf is stunned when Melissa returns to his Texas ranch with twins who resemble him, a year after their encounter. Gunfire turns his doubts into a desperate need to protect her and the boys.

Grace Covington reluctantly seeks help from former lover Charlie Black when her sister is implicated in their stepfather's murder. The lawyer turned rancher must uncover the threat to her family while trying to rebuild her trust.

Detective Jordan Sampson struggles with her relationship with her daughter while reconnecting with an old flame. When former school friends begin dying, she must investigate a killer whose targets may place her own life in danger.

Deputy Benjamin Grayson calls Edie Burnett to Black Rock after her grandfather reports a strange threat. With a killer roaming the town, protecting Edie becomes urgent, even as their attraction challenges her determination to stay guarded.

Telepath Jared Maddox wakes from a coma knowing he must escape with nurse Willa Tyler's help. Their search for his past and identical twin draws them into danger while the bond formed during his unconsciousness deepens.