Rock Falls

Hannah Rhodes has just gotten out of a long-term relationship, and she isn't looking for a new man in her life. But after a night out with the girls and one too many tequila shots, her plans to stay man-free are blown all to hell. She finds herself in bed with the smoldering stranger from a party six months back and immediately knows she's in trouble, big trouble. And the last thing Hannah needs is more trouble.

Lennon Montgomery is scared sh-tless of love. When the floor fell out from underneath her perfect childhood, it shattered her ability to trust. The one man in her life who was genetically programmed to love her left her. Since then she's allowed men into her bed and even into her life but never into her heart. Until him. Jamison Henley is content living his life and loving only three things: making guitars, cooking great food, and Martha, his pit bull. He never chases women, and he's never had to. Until her.

Beth Rhodes has always had a game plan: go to college, get the perfect job, get the perfect guy, and get the happily ever after she's always wanted. It's just her luck that everything falls into its precise place in her life. At least it seems that way until her blueprints go up in smoke. She loses the job she loves, and her Prince Charming is turning out to be the villain of her fairy tale instead. With failures and mistakes piling up on her doorstep, she knows something has to give - or she could very well end up paying for those mistakes with her life.

Peyton Callaghan is a fighter, a survivor, and a warrior. When it was kill or be killed, she didn't hesitate. Now she's the only one left standing, haunted by the ghost of a dead man and plagued with the guilt of having taken another person's life. The upheaval of her life to start over in Rock Falls has been shaky at best, her worst nightmares and wildest desires colliding with each other. Terror tortures her nightly, breeding fear inside her dreams.

Kennedy Cross had her heart broken early in life. It wasn't someone or something who betrayed her - it was her own body. Despite it being all she's ever wanted, Kennedy will never feel her baby's feet kick from the inside out. Having been pronounced infertile at only 18, she redirected her life the best way she could. Eight years and a degree later, Kennedy is one of the most-loved first grade teachers at Rock Falls Elementary School. She has 22 of the most gorgeous six-year-olds, and she wouldn't have it any other way.