Author: piperlennox

If there’s one indisputable truth in this world, it’s that men like Bram Galloway are pure trouble.And if there’s one indisputable tragedy…it’s that they’re impossible to resist. When I greet my new employees, I don’t expect the arrogant bartender in a hoodie and sunglasses to be the same guy I fooled around with a few weeks ago.  Guess I’m just lucky, that way.  Bram is everything I can’t … way.  Bram is everything I can’t stand in a person: big ego, trite lines, smart mouth.  Firing him is long overdue.  Too bad I can’t.  Not without looking petty, at least. …

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A lifetime ago, Hudson Barringer gifted me soul-wrenching words and an incredible summer. In return, without even trying – I ruined him.For those six weeks, I was more than just Josie. I was his.We were kids: I have to keep reminding myself of that. Whatever we had nine years ago, it wasn’t real. But whatever we have now…it’s real enough to scare the hell out of me.Days at his diner, nights in … me.Days at his diner, nights in his car: it’s only a matter of time before the past catches up to us. I’m learning nostalgia, like summer, is…

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In my old life, Tanner Lochlan was more than the boy next door. He was my best friend. In my new life, he absolutely hates me.I’m Skye, the girl who left Hillford without a trace.Hell freezing over: that’s when I swore I’d come back here. Turns out, all it took was six years, a funeral, and a nasty car crash I’m told I was lucky to survive. In the aftermath, I can’t remember much about my … I can’t remember much about my supposedly great, new life. But I remember my old one. I remember Tanner, and the way he…

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The night Ford McLean crawled through my bedroom window, his playlist was born. The day he left, he ruined every single song.My name is Easton, and I catch babies. When I’m called to a teen mom’s birth in the middle of a thunderstorm, the last person I expect to see is Caroline. No, scratch that: the last person I expect to see—the last person I want to see—is her brother. Six years, and the … her brother. Six years, and the sight of Ford still wrings my heart dry. His voice still melts me. His smirk still pisses me off…

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It’s not that I don’t believe Silas when he tells me who he really is. It’s that I don’t want to.Of all the families in all the world, that boy had to be a Fairfield.In retrospect, I should have guessed as much. A guy sneaking around the Acre Hotel, so irrationally handsome it leaves me breathless? There’s only one bloodline he could’ve come from.One night. That’s how long it takes before I’m … That’s how long it takes before I’m hooked.Silas shows me, over and over again, that he isn’t like his family. He comes from a life of bad…

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At her sister’s wedding, Juliet shares a passionate night with Cohen — but she’s not interested in anything more. When she discovers she’s pregnant, can Cohen convince her that they’re meant to be?

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I’m high on her, flying. Consumed by Colby Harlowe in a way I’ve wanted since that afternoon in Kona. Until tonight, I didn’t believe it would happen. I swore I wouldn’t let it.“What took us so long?” she whispers. Suddenly, I have no idea.COLBY:Orion Walker is many things.Breathtaking. Brooding. A quiet but unstoppable force, drawing me closer.Graphic designer. Single father. One of many who … force, drawing me closer.Graphic designer. Single father. One of many who lived because my cousin didn’t.The night she died, I learned an imperative lesson: the need to keep my stupid mouth shut. People have told…

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