Juniper Falls, Colorado, is just where Quinn Reilly should be. She's left trouble behind, settled into her own home, and her business of buying estates and selling items online is doing quite well. That's how she meets Morgan Spencer. While Quinn is going through an estate in which she bartered the contents of the house for cleaning it out, Morgan decides to buy the house, practically sight unseen. He finds Quinn in the cellar clearing out some unusual items. This house had once been an asylum for the mentally deranged. Intrigued by Quinn, Morgan buys a few items from her before she has a chance to even think about pricing them. He writes her a check on the spot.
When Quinn researches Morgan to see if the check is good, she discovers he is a multi-millionaire business consultant and author. He seems so real and down-to-earth, unlike Markham Wilder, the con man/self-proclaimed prophet she is running from. Quinn testified against Wilder and now he is out of prison and looking for her. Wilder vowed at the trial he would hunt Quinn down and kill her. When she returns home one day to find her house has been ransacked by Markham, she flees to Morgan for help. Morgan's solution is quite unconventional. He offers to marry her, take her away and change her name. In Morgan's mind it's a business deal. He needs a mother/nanny for his daughter, and Thanksgiving dinner proved that Quinn is an excellent cook. In a whirlwind trip to New York, Paris and then to Santa Barbara, California, Quinn Reilly becomes Erin Spencer. Can she hide her identity and elude Markham? Will this business deal become something more personal?
Karen Heitzman has given us an inspirational thriller with a fresh, unique approach. You'll be riveted to the pages as Quinn (Erin) and Morgan work their way to happiness. They are surrounded by a varied host of solid, believable characters. You'll find sleuthing, psychedelic drugs, shackled beds and talking animals. This is an unconventional story about loss, redemption and finding true love. If you're a fan of this genre, you won't be disappointed.
Morgan Spencer has had just about all he can take of life.
Following the tragic death of his wife, Jill, he retreats
to his brother's Rocky Mountain ranch to heal and focus on
the care of his infant daughter, Olivia. Two years later,
Morgan begins to make plans to return to his home in Santa
Barbara to pick up the pieces of his life and career.
Quinn Riley has been avoiding her past for four years.
Standing up for the truth has forced her into a life of
fear and isolation. After a "chance" first meeting and a
Thanksgiving snowstorm, Quinn is drawn into the Spencer
family's warm and loving world, and she begins to believe
she might find freedom in their friendship.
The man Quinn helped put behind bars has recently been
released, however, and she fears her past will endanger
the entire Spencer family. As the danger heightens, she
determines to leave town for the sake of the people who
have come to mean so much to her.
Fixing problems is what Morgan Spencer does best, and he
is not willing to let Quinn run away, possibly into the
clutches of a man bent on revenge. But Morgan's solution
sends him and Quinn on an unexpected path, with
repercussions neither could have anticipated.
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