Bøger af Jen Talty

Pinot Noir River spent his entire adult life trying to avoid the drama his family always managed to get caught up in. The secrets, half-truths, and downright lies nearly destroyed his parents, his siblings, and the family winery. Everyone is back working at The River Winery for the first time in years, and things are going smoothly. Hell, he's even getting along with all his brothers and sisters. Everything is perfect. That is until a deadly discovery is unearthed in the vineyards, bringing an unwanted investigation and a sexy investigator who thinks he and the rest of his family know more than they are letting on.Tamsyn Tuttle is no stranger to the River family, Pinot Noir, or their secrets, including the one involving her mother's disappearance. Rumors had surfaced about an affair between her mother and Carter. A vicious verbal fight between Weezer and Tamsyn's mother the day before she vanished has haunted Tamsyn for years. Now that her mother's remains have been found, and on the River property, Tamsyn will stop at nothing to find the answers.Her only problem is that she will have to break the heart of the only man she's ever loved.

Lacy DeGeorgio has always prided herself on her independence and self-reliance. She never expected to be responsible for anyone other than herself. However, when a tragic boating accident claims the life of her sister Hannah, Lacy finds herself thrust into a custody battle for her eleven-year-old nephew, Andy. As if that wasn't challenging enough, she also has to contend with the persistent presence of State Trooper Frank Harmon. Despite her initial resistance, Frank begins to break down her defenses and awaken desires she never thought she would have. While Lacy is willing to trust Frank with the care of her nephew, she wonders if she can trust him with her own heart.Frank Harmon is a dedicated New York State Trooper who believes in upholding the law and serving justice. He has always followed the rules and believed in the system. However, everything changes when he responds to a domestic disturbance call at the DeGeorgio trailer and is forced to walk away, knowing something terrible is about to happen. Two days later, he discovers Hannah DeGeorgio's lifeless body in the icy waters of Lake George, forever altering his perspective. Driven by a need for justice, Frank becomes determined to find Hannah's killer. In the process, he unexpectedly finds himself creating a home for a family he never thought he wanted, and his feelings for Lacy begin to blur the line between duty and personal desire.

Georgia Moon Whiskey has been in love with Luke Hannah for as long as she can remember, but he's never given her a second look. It doesn't matter anymore. He betrayed her brother and left town with his tail between his legs. Having bought Luke's property to expand the family business, Georgia Moon turns Luke's home into a residence for their bull riding students and moves herself into the master bedroom all in the name of therapy to get over the man who never knew he held the power to break her heart.Luke Hannah has made a mess of his life and has only one person to blame for it: himself. After spending a year in Florida, he comes back to his hometown for the wedding of the man who used to be his best friend the brother of the woman he never had the nerve to ask out on a date. All Luke wants is a second chance, but there is still one secret from his past that looms over his head, threatening to destroy everything.

Special Agent Kara Martin has spent the last thirteen years doing whatever she could to obliterate memories of her hometown...and haunting reminders of her parents' murders. She had every intent of avoiding Rochester...until a congressman's daughter is murdered, and she finds herself not only back to a place she said she'd never return, but working with a man she thought she'd never see again. A man who once loved her... until she broke his heart. Detective Shane Rogers lost his wife and a year later nearly lost his son when his rare heart condition took a turn for the worst. Battling back from personal devastation, his son is now thriving after a successful heart transplant and Shane can finally return to his second love...his career as a homicide detective. His first case is the gruesome murder of a local congressman's fourteen-year-old daughter, bringing in the FBI and putting Shane face to face with his first love. Shane and Kara are thrust together in one of the toughest cases of their careers while pieces of their pasts crop up to taunt them. As they begin to face their pasts and find forgiveness, the bodies pile up. With each new murder, the killer takes a different organ that is commonly harvested. An organ they had received in the form of a transplant. And now Shane's son has been kidnapped...

Kitty O'Doole used to have it all. A big house in the suburbs, a sports car, and money in the bank, all provided by a loving husband. It had been a Cinderella story of all times until the FBI came knocking on her door with a warrant for her husband's arrest. Now, three years later, working at McCurdy's Bar and Restaurant, and taking night classes toward a degree in Education, her life is heading in a positive direction. The last thing she needs is a gambling, whiskey-drinking, sexy cowboy, but when JW Whiskey sits down and orders a Johnnie Walker, Kitty finds herself falling for the wrong man. Again.Or is he?Johnnie Walker Whiskey, better known as JW, is one of the best bull riders in the business. But a recent scandal involving his last girlfriend tainted his career and marred his reputation. Needing a change of scenery, he tosses a dart at a map of the United States and wherever it lands, is where he'll go for a week to clear his head. Of all places, he ends up in Baltimore. Who goes to Baltimore to lick their wounds? His first night in town, he wanders into McCurdy's looking for a burger and a drink, not a sassy conversation with the sexiest, and smartest woman, he's ever met. Only he can't stay away from the bar...or Kitty.Over the course of the next few days, JW knows he's falling hard for Kitty and for the first time in the last year, he feels like things might be looking up.That is until her past and his scandal collide, throwing him into the spotlight...the very thing he'd been running from to begin with.

"Talty knows how to twist romance and mystery to make an excellent read" Long and Short ReviewsJen Talty is a Nationally Bestselling AuthorFor the last nine years, Kaylee Mead has been running from her past. Now she's running for her life. Her only chance at survival is to return home and patch things up with her father. When she returns to her home in Thief Lake, Minnesota, she finds her father dead and herself becoming the cop's best suspect for his murder. Assistant Police Chief Blaine Walker has been trying to put his ex-wife out of his mind for years, but when he finds her hovered over her father's body, he knows that battle is lost. She becomes his only suspect in a case that doesn't make sense. He vows to find the answers and then hopefully rekindle the flame that has never quite died out in his heart.

After the death of her mother, Paget Sour did what she could to help her father, but she had no idea how bad things had gotten, both financially, or medically. As things begin to unravel, and her father's health takes a turn for the worse, Paget faces some of the tough decisions she's ever had to make. All she wants is to is make her father's last few months on this earth as comfortable as possible in the safety of his home. But she can't do it alone. Not if she wants to pay the bills, keep the house, and protect her father.However, the last thing she needs is the pesky bartender who happens to make the best Whiskey Sour showing up offering his help, among other things.Boone Wilder wants one thing, and one thing only. He wants to make Paget Sour his, and his alone. She comes into his bar regularly, orders a Whiskey Sour has a good chat, and then leaves, always refusing a date. So, when he hears about her sick father, it's Boone to the rescue. Only, Paget isn't easily that won over, and Boone soon realizes, if he's going to get the woman he loves, he's going to have to make a few changes of his own. And he's going to have to come clean about one very big lie.

Navy SEAL Dante Fallon spent the last year of his enlistment haunted by his best friend's murder. He swore that once his time in the service was up, he'd get his revenge. However, he didn't anticipate finding the only woman he's ever had real feelings for working for the enemy. When Kaia George buried her brother, she swore she'd seek revenge for his death. For the last twelve months, she's developed a relationship with the crime family that killed him. The last thing she needs is Dante walking back into her life, trying to fix things. No way will she take his help-until bullets fly, and she's left with two choices: Work with Dante to take down the crime family.Or meet her brother on the other side.

By day, Dixie Gaynor spends her time helping couples work through their relationship issues. By night, she writes a blog: Create the Dew, dedicated to helping women find their sexual groove. Unfortunately, Dixie feels like a fraud and decides she needs to take a walk on the wild side-or at least as wild as she's willing to go.Zane Pierce has worked at Club Allure for the better part of five years. While he doesn't have the sexual tastes the club is notorious for, he does hope to find an open-minded, nonjudgmental woman willing to try new things-all while maintaining a modicum of privacy. Lucky for him, the stunning beauty who walks into the club appears to be exactly what he's looking for-until details of their sex life end up on the internet.Will Zane be able to come to terms with his love life being a teaching tool, or will he let the only woman he's ever truly cared for walk right out of Club Allure?And his life.

She came looking for her future. He was hiding from a past. When their worlds collided-it was fireworks.Retired Delta Force Soldier Nelson Snow has done his best to put the horrors of his last mission behind him and start a new life in upstate New York with his two brothers. He's even begun dating, although he's not exactly sure where he stands with his on-and-off girlfriend, who lives four hours away, he'd like to find out. That is until his past comes waltzing through his place of business and threatens to destroy his present and a future he had no idea he wanted.Brandi Grant spent her entire life proving to her father that she could run the family's publishing company. Now that she's been given the opportunity, she realizes that certain parts of her life have passed her by, and it's time to get her romantic life in order. She knows who she wants, only she's not so sure the sexy, elusive Nelson Snow wants the same thing. She's willing to put her heart on the line...and, when it comes down to it...her life as well.Love in the Adirondacks-where hearts come together like the moon and the stars shining bright in the sky, showing the boats the way home at night.

Mine to Keep is a small-town woman-on-the-run romance set in USA Today best-selling author Jen Talty's new Safe Harbor Series!All Brynleigh "Bryn" Tinsley wanted was to find a safe harbor and put the past behind her so she could raise her little girl in a peaceful, loving environment. Now, three identities later and 2,000 miles away, she finds herself in the small, seaside town of Lighthouse Cove, Florida.The last thing she needs is a pesky firefighter who keeps showing up at every turn, doing his best to become her handyman - and more. But when her daughter's life is on the line, Brynleigh will do whatever it takes to protect her daughter from the hell that is her past.Jamison Kirby can understand not wanting to speak to your family. He's barely spoken to his mother or brothers in almost two years. So, he doesn't think much of Bryn not wanting anything to do with her daughter's extended family. However, he does take being lied to personally. So, when he finds out that Bryn isn't even her real name, he goes digging into her past. And doesn't like what he finds.Worse, he pokes a hornet's nest, putting Bryn and her daughter in the line of fire, and forcing Jamison to do the one thing he swore he'd never do.Call his family for help.

From USA Today best-selling author Jen Talty comes a brand-new small-town damsel-in-distress romance novel set in her Safe Harbor Series.She came to Lighthouse Cove to put the past where it belonged, and in the process, she found her future.Trinity Hughes has spent a lifetime resenting her biological father. However, now that he's dead, Trinity wants to set the record straight. Her father might have killed one man 35 years ago, but he paid his debt to society. She knows deep in her soul that he did not murder 16 men and she's going to prove it. All she needs is a little help from the last man who saw her father alive.After ending a six-year relationship, local police officer Emmett Kirby has given up on love and family, dedicating himself to a career that has been the cornerstone of his life. And he's happy to do it. However, when a homeless stranger comes through town and is accused of murder, and then killed right in front of him, Emmett questions the investigation, and what he uncovers he not only doesn't like, but it puts Trinity in the center of a twisted plan that could make her the killer's next victim.

From USA Today Bestselling Author, Jen Talty comes a small town, second chance romance set in her Safe Harbor series.Everyone needed a safe harbor to sail into. This was his.Shelby Manzo has spent a lifetime taking care of everyone else, leaving no room for romance. Not even when romance came knocking. So, when her brother goes missing, bringing her to the small town of Lighthouse Cove, she's forced to not only let others take care of her, but allow the man she'd given her heart to five years ago back into her life.Rhett Kirby never thought he'd see Shelby again. He'd put her memory in a tiny box in his mind, bringing her out when he needed a smile. However, now that she was in his town, needing his help, he wasn't sure he'd ever be able to watch her drive away. Her heart was his to protect.

Love in the Adirondacks-where hearts come together like the moon and the stars shining bright in the sky, showing the boats the way home at night.The Wedding Driver: He's been making dreams come true for a decade. Never in a million years did he believe his dream was a boat ride away. Tonya Johnson has been in love with the elusive Foster Landon for as long as she can remember. However, other than their mutual business arrangement of her wedding planning business and the fact that he takes newlyweds around the bay on his antique boat shortly after their nuptials, he barely gives her the time of day. Well, she's tired of being ignored and decides it's time Foster Landon takes her out on a proper date.Foster Landon had his heart broken once, and he doesn't plan on letting that happen again. While he believes in love, it's not for him. Not anymore. That is until Tonya asked him to take him for a boat ride. And not a wedding ride. He should say no, but he couldn't resist her smile. Besides, of all the wedding planners in the area, she brought him the most business. Who was he to say no? However, he wasn't prepared to lose his heart and find himself wanting to become a groom.

He spent a lifetime as a thrill-seeker, but nothing got his blood pumping like her.Darcie Bowie spent the last year of her life putting the pieces of her shattered heart back together while trying to get her family off her back about her chosen career in the yachting industry. The last thing she needs is for her ex-boyfriend to show up as a surprise guest.Reid Carson is going on this charter for one reason and one reason only: to take back his company. He never expected to see the woman he let slip through his fingers nearly a year before. Nor could he anticipate the deadly game of deception and betrayal that will put him and Darcie right in the line of fire.

It was the case that destroyed his career...and broke his heart.Not much happens in the city of Langley, especially in the dead of winter, and that's precisely the way newly assigned Chief of Police Jagar Bowie prefers it. For years, Jag served the city of Seattle as one of its finest homicide detectives. He solved more murders than anyone else in his department. But it was the one he hadn't solved that ruined his career and still haunted his dreams. No matter how hard he tries, he can't stop searching for the Trinket Killer. And he can't get Callie Dixon out of his heart. When Callie Dixon returned to Seattle to finish her book about her time as a reporter covering the Trinket Killer, her own sister's death, and the police officer who botched the case and stole her heart, she never expected history would repeat itself. But that's exactly what happened. And now her life, and heart are on the line.

She was only supposed to help with his son...only she showed him what family and love was truly about.Toby Tillman was done. He'd put up with his soon-to-be ex-wife's shenanigans for long enough. It was time to take matters into his own hands. He'd do whatever it took to ensure TJ grew up in a loving environment, with a father who put him first.He wasn't prepared, however, for Zinfandel River - all grown up and ready to take on the world. Not only was she willing to put herself in the line of fire, but she was also ready to take on a troubled teenager - all while walking away with Toby's heart.

SEX, LIES, AND WEDDING BETRAYALS… Annabel Wilder returns home to Jupiter, Florida seeking a fresh start after her boyfriend breaks her heart with his infidelity. She sets herself up as a treasure hunter and soon bids on a mysterious storage unit. Once she opens it, Annabel finds the unit stuffed with wedding dresses, bridesmaid gowns, and jewelry. But somebody else wants the unit and Annabel is only in the way. Landing smack in the middle of the mess, Annabel is soon swept up in a dangerous investigation headed by the handsome Sheriff Ethan Ferris. Now her heart and her life are both at risk.Ethan Ferris hadn't been able to get Annabel out of his mind after a single shot of whiskey he'd shared with her four months before changed his life. And now she's back. But a cheating fiancée has hardened his heart to love-and to Annabel. When his criminal investigation embroils them both in danger, Ethan is forced to face his past or lose the future.Trouble, a sleek black cat with brilliant detective skills only second to Sherlock Holmes, lands in Jupiter in the nick of time. Can he help Ethan solve a rash of wedding burglaries before the culprit harms Annabel? Can the savvy black cat help the would-be lovers overcome their jaded hearts and trust love again?