Author: msparker

Alec: I shared my deepest secret with Lumen, hoping things will be better between us. But I can’t catch a break. My life blows up again when my daughter goes missing. Lumen: To say all hell broke loose is an understatement. When Alec’s daughter went missing, so did Soleil, the girl I mentor in foster care. It stung when Alec said finding his daughter is more important than some random runaway. … runaway. But that’s just one more person telling me I don’t matter.With people they love in danger, Lumen and Alec must decide where their loyalties lie and hope…

Alec: Lumen is amazing. She brings out the playful, relaxed side of me, but fate doesn’t seem to agree we belong together. And now, my ex pops back into my life and wants to make a go of it again so our daughter can have a real family. I’m torn between what’s best for my daughter or following my feelings for Lumen.Lumen: Just when our relationship was going great, Alec basically blows me off the … me off the minute his ex is back in town. He texted that he needs a break while he figures out what’s going on…

Alec: I’m in my thirties and life is…well not boring, but uneventful despite being CEO of the family company. Just how I like it. Then I meet Lumen, a woman who challenges everything in such an irresistible way. For once in my life I can see myself in a relationship. There’s one problem though, she’s off limits. Lumen: Growing up in foster care wasn’t the nightmare for me as it was for some, but … some, but life hasn’t been easy. I work hard, focus on my goals, and I never let things distract me, specifically men and relationships. Until…

If you told me my predictable life would soon be turned upside down, I wouldn’t believe you. But it did…it exploded. I’m only twenty-four and too young for such responsibility. They never taught this in business school.Alec McCrae inherited his father’s business savvy, making him the one to run the family company. He’s serious minded and a workaholic. Never allocating time to have fun. But when … have fun. But when Alec is dealt a wild card he never saw coming, he must face the biggest challenge in his life.Ride along with Alec for the crazy twists and turns in…

Shawn: I’m good with my hands and I’m a quick study. At least that’s what the women say. No trouble in that department, if you know what I mean. Still, it’s best to keep them at arm’s length. I’ve seen how women go after my brothers for money and the family name. I guess you can say I have always been guarded. But then I met Talia, a woman unlike any other. Talia: I grew up never knowing who my … never knowing who my father was. He disappeared after a one-night fling with my mother. I wasn’t intentionally looking…

Jamie: I screwed up. I can’t seem to get it right when it comes to women. It’s the curse of the Hartwell family ancestry. Something is hidden in our DNA that precludes us to romantic disasters. I trusted my heart to someone once, but never again.Olivia: My mother told me a mistake in her past had ruined her life, her career. I wondered if I was that mistake? I could just ask her but instead I shy … instead I shy away from relationships. I’m not following my mother’s footsteps. Who needs love anyway?Jameson Hartwell is one of Boston’s most…

What would you do if you have a huge crush on your best friend? Reveal your feelings, or hide them in fear of ruining the friendship?This is the dilemma Lake Duggan faces when she falls for her best friend since kindergarten, Jude “JP” Platon. After the death of his mother, JP travels to Houston, in search of the father he never knew. But as he discovers the type of man his father really was, … really was, doubt creeps in. Is the old man worth the effort?When Lake learns about JP’s struggles with his search, she books a standby ticket…

I don’t do relationships. Ever. I’m in control, whether it’s sex or business. I didn’t get to where I am by letting people dominate me. I dominate them. But as I watch my younger brothers find love and happiness, I start to doubt myself. And I never doubt myself. Then she shows up.CFO of Holden Enterprises, Davin Holden, keeps his nose to the grindstone managing the family business, only … business, only interrupted by regular visits to Euphoria, an upscale club. When a chance encounter brings him together with computer hacker Linsey Keller, neither of them have a clue that…

Damon: I’m the Holden brother who doesn’t want to be part of the family business. Singing and performing country music is my only passion, but one night of tragedy changes everything and my world is shattered.Jae: My life isn’t candy canes and rainbows. It’s hard work but I have no complaints. I have a steady job and a family who loves me. But when Damon Holden walks into my music store, my solid … my music store, my solid reality transforms into the crazy unknown. Damon Holden seems to have it all. A rocking country music career, a bevy of…

Deklin: All my life I wanted to be part of our family business, Holden Enterprises and continue building the family legacy. Now that I’ve have graduated, I want my father to take me seriously. I’ll do anything, even marrying Auralia Kane, the daughter of my father’s old friend.Sofi: There’s nothing I won’t do to get my son back from my abusive ex-husband, even taking a gig as a showgirl and … gig as a showgirl and private dancer. Not the best line of work for a mother, but when an older man offers me an insane amount of money to…