Christmas morning Dave Phillips woke up to an empty house, just like he always did. He preferred it that way. Holidays were no different. Every Christmas, though, he made one exception. Slinging his legs over the side of his bed, he reached for his cell phone. It was...

I miss him. Nothing felt right without Jace Countryman within hugging distance — not even winning her latest string of races. Alina Paddock pulled off her sparkly gold helmet and ruffled her hands through her long, dark hair to unflatten it. Then she leaned out the...

It was one of those cars that was too beautiful for its own good. Jace Countryman had smelled trouble on it the moment his youngest brother had driven it into the bay. Still did. He leaned over the butter-gold hood of the Toyota 2000GT, anxious to finish the tune-up...

Two months earlier I still can’t believe I let my brothers talk me into doing this! Ella Clearwater trudged through the ankle-deep snow with a small suitcase in each hand, blinking past the fat, icy flakes blowing against her cheeks and eyelashes. Her faded blue Volvo...

“Eyes right, Kingston.” Josh Hawling drawled in his business partner’s ear. Before answering, Decker Kingston piled an extra dinner roll on the plate of the man standing across from him in the buffet line. Like a good percentage of the male guests present at Heart...

Before the van explosion Tina Nez watched the wiry police chief jump from the rolling van with her nephew in his arms. He seriously reminded her of Spiderman, a strong and fearless superhero — well, in every way except for his mane of black hair and bronze Comanche...