The Riverwood

Ronnie Chandler's past - especially the identity of her ex-husband - is a secret, held close and shared with only a trusted few. Planning never to see him again, she’d moved halfway across the country and found a job in a profession where he'd never in a million years look for her. Ready for a bigger challenge than selling small cabins, Ronnie and her colleagues at Horse Country Real Estate attract The Westlake Group, venture capitalists from Virginia, to underwrite the creation of Riverwood, a planned equestrian community. Senator Evan Parker is in Tennessee on a fact-finding trip.

When Ronnie and her partners at Horse Country Real Estate attract investors to underwrite the creation of Riverwood, an equestrian community in rural Tennessee, that's when things start to heat up. Ronnie's associates are far more than colleagues; they’re her support system and her true friends. They always have her back but never more so than when Ronnie’s ex-husband, United States Senator Evan Parker, arrives in Tennessee and presents her with an unpalatable ultimatum.

Signs of Life is book three in The Riverwood Series; it's Asha Hamilton's story. She's on the U.S Olympic Three-Day-Eventing team and it's five days before the opening ceremonies at the summer games in Atlanta. That's the worst day of her life, as she learns how bitterly she's been betrayed by the two people she loved and trusted most. The American team fails to medal and Asha finds herself in Vermont, ostracized and alone, struggling to re-build her life.

When venture capitalist Luc Deschaines' daughter, Stephanie, is accepted by his Ivy League alma mater, the proud father arranges for her to spend her summer before college on the Round Top Ranch, one of his Texas investments. Where better for her to enjoy a few months of riding, swimming in the creek, and improving her Spanish language skills? Luc has no qualms about leaving her in the care of the ranch's manager and his large, close-knit family. Stephanie spends long days in the saddle on Elena Sauseda's breathtaking blue roan mare.

Riverwood is thriving, but Ronnie Deschaines senses impending changes in her orderly world, as the next generation comes of age. Ronnie's husband, venture capitalist Luc Deschaines, buys a building on the Riverwalk in San Antonio when his daughter, Stephanie, approaches him with a business proposal that will have far-reaching effects on all their lives.

Things are changing, in this, the sixth and final book in the Riverwood Series. Ready to make their way in the world, the younger generation are going their separate ways. Stephanie and Allison have a business plan that will soon touch everyone's lives. Hannah Rhodes tries to extricate herself from an unsavory relationship. She struggles to recover from the events of one heart-stopping terrifying night after finding herself in the right place at the wrong time.