Before we dive into the Ridge City Series…
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Colette can’t tell who to trust, who’s playing her, and who’s hunting her…
I’ve been so careful… Somehow my past found me just as I’m sucked into the mystery of a missing woman. Are they related? Is the killer really back? Or am I losing it?
Colette Baker has spent her life trying to stay invisible and outrun her past. Her mother abandoned her as a baby. At twelve, a tragedy in foster care forced her to start over with a new name. She’s learned not to need anyone. No one else has ever needed her…until now.
On a cold, foggy Saturday morning, Colette waits for a client. Instead she’s handed a mysterious envelope and meets a crying toddler who grabs onto her. Apparently she looks like his lost mother. But where is Brandon’s mother? Why does his father, Ray, grab onto Colette like some kind of lifeline and ask for her help?
Even as an outsider, Colette can tell something isn’t right about the absence of Ray’s wife. What if he’s involved? And though it seems impossible, could this be related to the envelope she received the same day she met them?
Too many strange things happen, connecting Ray’s situation with Colette’s haunted past. Could his wife’s disappearance actually be related? She escaped from a killer’s clutch once before… twice would be tempting fate.
Colette doesn’t want to lose everything and start over again. But, what if she’s putting Ray and his son in danger? Even while hiding her own past, she has doubts about Ray. As more and more dots connect, she questions everything.
What if it’s all a ruse to push her over the edge? Or catch her in a killer’s snare?
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Handsome guy, wrong situation. Colette can’t tell who to trust, who’s playing her, and who’s hunting her…
You can hide from your past but you can never truly outrun it.
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Welcome to Ridge City… a small town with a big name. (Books appear in order after this one, the newest in the series.)
MORE THAN JUSTICE, Book 4 of the Ridge City Series is on Pre-order!
I’m thrilled to share the next installment, this time featuring Alicia Nor.
An old murder case. A curious mystery writer. And a killer who doesn’t want to be found.
Now that her brother Trent retired from the Ridge City Police, mystery author Alicia Nor thinks life will calm down. They’re all ready for some peace after her best friend (and sister-in-law) Molly was kidnapped… and then a reclusive cult leader went after Trent. Alicia is happy minding her own business and working on her mystery series co-written with her husband David.
But sometimes trouble comes looking for you–in the form of a stalker who seems a little too intense about his story suggestions. Is there more to it?
Alicia’s questions lead to a real-life case with the guilty party sitting in jail. But were they wrongly accused? Is it worth risking her family’s safety to find the truth?
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“I was thinking…”
Here we go.
“So your plot is good, but what if the bad guy got caught because he kept a momento and then someone saw him wearing it. Wouldn’t that be the best twist ever?”
She raised her eyebrows, nodding. It was actually a bit cliche because every serial killer kept a momento. David and Alicia liked to focus their stories on detective work, so their protagonist would put together little clues to figure out the truth. Once in a while, they used a lucky break, but they got much better ideas from talking to Trent and Mark about police work.
Elliot went on, playing out his scenero and rewriting the ending of her book. Alicia just kept nodding, feigning interest, while hoping someone else would come buy the last copy.
“And then this little girl would see him wearing the necklace and yell for everyone to look–”
“Wait,” she stopped him, but then she didn’t know why. Something about the necklace detail felt odd, like she’d read something similar in a novel before. What if Elliot had read that twist and was hocking it to her as his own idea?
She was almost laughing inwardly until she looked back at his face. His eyes gleamed with something she didn’t like. Unable to stop herself, she took a step backwards.
MORE THAN MEMORIES Book One of the Ridge City Series
He’s a small town cop waiting for his love to come home and clear his name. She returns without her memory. Will the truth destroy their second chance at forever?
Molly only remembers the last four years living in California. Then her parents died, forcing her to seek answers. A clue sends her to Ridge City, a small town in Oregon. She hopes it will spark a memory. She meets Trent Williams, a Ridge City police detective, and something else definitely sparks.
Without any leads, Trent Williams lived under the town’s suspicions about Molly’s disappearance. Then she walks right into his station and looks him in the eye without any recognition. He fears the reasons behind her disappearance and amnesia, but he’s forced to dig for answers to clear his name and make sure she’s safe.
Molly is shocked that not only does Trent know her, but he takes on her case and promises to do everything he can to solve it. He wants to know why she left town, with her parents, but without a word to anyone. She can only tell him she knew her parents briefly before they died, or were they murdered?
Trent has his own secrets, but they have a mystery to solve. As they work together, and Molly meets their old friends, she realizes her relationship with Trent went deeper than memories. How could she have forgotten her lifelong friend and love? Has he really been waiting and looking for her for the last four years?
There’s also the possibility that she did something awful. Maybe that’s why she’s afraid to remember her old life. Molly knows she wants Trent now, but the truth might destroy their love.
Can she love him again if she doesn’t remember him?
MORE THAN LIFE, Book Two in the Ridge City Series
“Ridge City Woman Vanishes: Missing For Second Time“
He had it all with the woman of his dreams. But now she’s gone.
Did she leave him and her daughter behind—as some clues say? Or is she in danger? Can he save her and their marriage before it’s too late?
Detective Trent Williams comes home to find his daughter taking a nap…but he can’t find his wife Molly. She would never leave her family and friends, yet the whispers say she did before. For the second time, his reputation and career are on the line.
He can’t lose Molly again. Trent launches the most important investigation of his life. The hours add up but the clues don’t. Did her amnesia come back or did someone take her?
His search puts everyone he loves in danger. He’s willing to give his life to save hers, but can he keep everyone safe while he uncovers the truth?
MORE THAN ANYTHING, Book #3
Someone is stealing the town’s children and taunting Trent. Does he hold the key to rescue the children before it’s too late?
Trent always feared one of his old cases would come back to haunt him and hurt his family. It hasn’t happened… until now.
The kidnapper leaves riddles addressed to Trent. Ten children and then you’ll lose yours… But first your sister will say goodbye to her babies.
It must be an old case, but Trent made that assumption last time, when someone kidnapped his wife Molly. Is this really revenge or a spree of senseless, heartbreaking crimes?
How can he keep his daughter Shyann and her new baby brother safe from the maniac?
Kristen James 