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Sunshine, secrets, and swoon-worthy stories—June's featured reads are your perfect summer escape.

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He doesn�t need a woman in his life; she knows he can�t live without her.


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A promise rekindled. A secret revealed. A second chance at the family they never had.


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A cowboy with a second chance. A waitress with a hidden gift. And a small town where love paints a brand-new beginning.


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She�s racing for a prize. He�s dodging romance. Together, they might just cross the finish line to love.


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She steals from the mob for justice. He�s the FBI agent who could take her down�or fall for her instead.


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He�s her only protection. She�s carrying his child. Together, they must outwit a killer before time runs out.


In the Beautiful Dark by Melissa Payne

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Also by Melissa Payne:

In the Beautiful Dark, May 2025
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Wild Road Home, June 2024
Paperback / e-Book
A Light in the Forest, December 2022
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Night of Many Endings, October 2021
Trade Size / e-Book
Memories in the Drift, December 2020
Trade Size / e-Book

In the Beautiful Dark
Melissa Payne

A Novel

Lake Union Publishing
May 2025
On Sale: April 22, 2025
336 pages
ISBN: 1662515758
EAN: 9781662515750
Kindle: B0DDY4D8LV
Trade Paperback / e-Book
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Mystery Amateur Sleuth | Women's Fiction Friendship

A woman investigates a friend’s long-ago murder in a haunting and hopeful novel about the weight of secrets and regrets by the bestselling author of The Wild Road Home and A Light in the Forest.

 

At Sunny Pines Retirement Community, where the “Sixty-Two and Better!” share their golden years, secrets abound. Some scandalous, some haunting, and some dangerous. For Birdie Allen, a retired business owner and grandmother, her secret is the only thing she’s got left. Getting old isn’t the hardest part about life. It’s the memories from more than fifty years ago of the death of her unrequited love. And Birdie’s abandoned quest to root out the killer.

With retirement comes a lot of time to revisit old ghosts, so when Birdie ties together a string of recent murders, and a woman disappears, she’s drawn into the same chase she gave up decades earlier. But this time she has the help of an eccentric community of eager new friends. And they’re not alone. Restless souls are watching, including Birdie’s lost love, and they sense the danger that lies ahead. They’re not leaving Birdie’s side until she finishes what she set out to do. But will Birdie’s pursuit of a killer finally free her of regrets and allow her to embrace the beauty of the life she’s created?

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