Böcker av Kay Lyons

Ty McGarretty must face the inevitable. His Cessna is going down in the Alaskan bush and there's nothing he can do but pray for a miracle. From out of nowhere she appears. Beautiful, daring, a woman he finds himself drawn to after he wakes up in a secret off-the-grid compound. Who are these people? Where did they come from? Why are they here? A former soldier, Ty knows something isn't right and it's his duty to gain intel and unearth the many secrets being kept. Learning the truth may mean never making it home, but there is no other way to discern if his rescuer is an "angel"-or a terrorist in disguise.

Since his parents' death, Alec Blackwell has spent the last eighteen years of his life caring for his eight siblings. With his youngest sister finally off to college, he's looking forward to living a kid-free life. Then Mia Tremaine arrives on his doorstep with a baby in tow. Mia's a stranger, but the baby's mama isn't...Mia Tremaine knows all about Alec's gold-star reputation in raising his brothers and sister. It's all her own sister, Meggie, could talk about, even though she refused to inform Alec about her pregnancy. Now she's gone, and it's up to Mia to give Meggie's daughter the best life possible. Kids need fathers-and Alec's supposedly proven to be a good one-but the man Mia finds when she delivers the news is anything but welcoming....BABY BE MINE is a baby on-the-doorstep, marriage-of-convenience romance that will tug at your emotions with every page. With its flawed but lovable characters, this novel is a must-read for anyone who believes in forgiveness and new beginnings.

Sophia Shipley will do pretty much anything to keep her secrets secret until she's ready to reveal them to her family. Coming back to Carolina Cove in disgrace is hard enough, but that doesn't compare to knowing all of her hard work and career advances were for nothing. Her job in finance, her life in the financial sector, is gone due to the whispers of fraud now attached to her name. She has to start over from scratch and she has no idea where to begin...Dawson Blackwell can't believe his luck. He'd finally managed to buy out the awful neighbor next door and renovate the rundown cottage for a rental only to discover his childhood nemesis to be its first guest. From rivals in the classroom to enemies on the debate team and competitors for class president, he and Sophia had butted heads at every turn. But as neighbors and unlikely friends, he finds himself battling a different kind of intensity towards the grown-up version of the spoiled rich girl he'd known.They say opposites attract but when Dawson finds himself going after the same job as Sophia, will their competitive personalities lead to a show down-or will their forbidden love lead to something else entirely?

She's off-limits. That's the first thing Dr. Logan Davenport thinks every morning before going to work at the same hospital as counselor Zoey Barnes. Officially friend-zoned because he can't stand the thought of losing her lifelong friendship, his secret crush can never be revealed. But when Zoey is injured by a patient and Logan realizes how close to the breaking point Zoey actually is, the doctor in him-and the man who loves her more than he should-can't ignore it.Zoey Barnes is all too aware of the attention her childhood friend receives from others in the hospital. Logan's good looks and bedside manner leave many fawning over him. But when he "kidnaps" her after she's injured and takes her to his mountain retreat to heal, she's the one drawn by his bedside attentions. Still, she's seen what love does to perfectly sane people, and since she's spent her career helping people recover from the pain inflicted by the ones they love, she knows not to let him get too close. Logan calls her forced vacation a sabbatical. She calls it torture. Nature? Hikes? Seeing Logan in his swim trunks beneath a waterfall?After too many days together and far too many salacious thoughts, reality returns with a punch. They finally go home to Carolina Cove but Zoey can't forget exchanging one forbidden what-if kiss. When her patients need her and crashing and burning is one of the many possible outcomes with Logan, can she risk falling in love?

As a popular TV host, Devon Tieks has seen firsthand how lives can be ruined by scandal. Too bad her father didn't consider that before he and his mistress collided head on with it. While the paparazzi swarms and Devon fights to keep the salacious details of her father's death private, she can't help but question her politician boyfriend's poorly timed proposal.Oscar "Oz" Roman has always been a close family friend even though Devon broke off their first-love engagement to pursue her dreams in New York. Ten years later, Oz has established his career as a thriller writer, but hasn't found a love like he had with Devon.While Devon's life is crumbling around her, her fiancé is busy protecting his image at all costs. Oz proves he's steadfast, salt of the earth, and irresistible...but can she find a way to move forward with him when she left him behind with her past?

When a Las Vegas prank turns into an accidental and very legal marriage, Isabel Shipley is dead set on getting a discreet and hasty divorce. The last thing the struggling artist wants is to admit to her family she's screwed up-again-but Everett Drake's desire to give their marriage a chance proves hard to resist.Billionaire Everett Drake is as surprised as Isabel to find himself married to a virtual stranger. But what's done is done and arranged marriages have succeeded with less than the chemistry he and Isabel share..Isabel checks all the boxes-minus her determination to divorce.Can two people from two very different worlds find the common ground that will make a marriage work-or will they have to admit defeat and end their Vegas mistake?

Travel writer Alexandra Tulane keeps her identity secret in order to get honest takeaways from her experiences, but when she goes to review a remote Alaskan lodge, she can't shake the fact her pilot looks oddly familiar.Accused of murdering his wife and her lover, acclaimed novelist Dylan Bower went into hiding with his traumatized son. But as Dylan and Alexandra grow closer, her secret identity and his past collide... How can they be together when neither consider the other someone to trust?

Waking up with amnesia is bad enough but the snatches of memories teasing Beau Buchanan seem to be from someone else's life. Home with his father, people recognize him but he's at a loss. Especially when it comes to Marley Pierce. Marley can't believe Beau is back. But is he? The injured ex-Marine is nothing like the bad boy who'd left Marley pregnant at eighteen. This man is a stranger to her, and one she knows better than to trust. But when she's with this man, things are different. And maybe there's a reason for that...

Dr. Bryan Booker is tired of playing games. Every available--and not-so-available--woman in town is coming onto him and it's becoming a problem. They fake injuries, paw him when he's examining them--even sneak into his bed. Hiring a new office manager isn't as easy as it should be--until Melissa York comes along with her pragmatic manner and no-nonsense ways. Melissa York has resigned herself to being alone. What man wants a woman with no breasts and a possible cancer reoccurrence in her future? She's accepted her fate. But all too soon Melissa finds herself jealous of the women throwing themselves at Bryan which means she's falling for her boss and if Bryan finds out, he'll fire her like he did the last one. Can she keep her feelings to herself--or has Bryan finally found a woman he wants to keep?

When Claire Simmons' job ends, it's time to regroup and try to reconnect with her teenage son. She packs them up and heads to her father's garage apartment at the beach. There, she discovers her father rented the apartment to a handsome stranger, and her plans for a restful summer are suddenly a lot more complicated....After a gunshot wound, security specialist Marcus Denz returns to Carolina Cove to recuperate. He doesn't expect to connect with a lonely old man, his troubled grandson, or the kid's gorgeous mother--who won't give Denz the time of day due to his profession.Having buried a husband KIA, Claire isn't about to make the same mistake twice. But when the town matchmaker eyes the widow as her next project, Denz fights jealousy. How can he get Claire to realize life doesn't always go by the book?

After a disastrous fall onstage, ballet dancer Victoria Valentine develops Plan B, taking a break from her NYC life to help her father in his business while her body heals. When she gets to Carolina Cove, though, Plan B turns out to be a bust because of all the secrets her dad has been keeping.Entrepreneur MacGregor Jones is tired of being the odd man out among his coupled-up friends, so he finally allows his matchmaker sister to set him up. He's instantly taken with his date until he realizes he's been perfectly mismatched. Not only is Victoria the daughter of his latest business venture but she's intent on returning to her big-city life as soon as possible.As Victoria struggles to accept that her injury is worst-case scenario, she begins to focus on Plan C, that of teaching. But as offers come in from all over the world, she has to make the biggest decision of all. Does she stay in Carolina Cove--or follow her dream wherever it may take her?

SOMETIMES THE PAIN OF LIFE BRINGS A NEW BEGINNING...Widower Dominic Dunn isn't sure what to think of his wife's pre-planned trip for him a year after her death. It's her effort to force him from his work desk to the coast and the peacefulness she'd found at the Carolina Cove Inn.Innkeeper Ireland Cohen is a single mom with an impressionable son, and after the kid gets himself into trouble, Dominic offers to lend a hand. It's the least he can do when Ireland was such a good friend to his wife after her diagnosis. As the hot summer days at the beach turn into breezy evenings, Ireland and Dominic find their shared memories and friendship turning into more. They're drawn to each other, fighting an attraction neither of them want because of their pasts.He's only visiting, and Ireland has a strict rule about dating tourists. But as his trip draws to a close, they both wonder-is this their last goodbye?

Can two tortured souls find solace in each other?Jolie Carter is haunted by secrets from a past she's never revealed. Her friends know nothing of that time or why she moved to town, and she wants to keep it that way. But Nathan Quinn challenges her as much as he intrigues her, and while his interest is flattering, she pushes him away out of deep-seated fear. What would he think of her if he knew her dark past?Nathan Quinn is battle-scarred and tough-as-nails. Maybe that's why he sees through Jolie's lies and evasions. He's been there, and he recognizes the wounded look in her eyes. The pain of whatever she's hiding is eating her up inside and he can't stand by and watch. But it means Jolie tries harder to push him away when he gets close, even as she clutches him closer...When her past catches up to her they're put to the test. What will it take to win the biggest battle of his life--and the only woman who has ever made him want more?

CHRISTMAS AT HOLLY WOOD: A single mom and baker looking to prove herself. An ex-hockey player tired of being used. Secrets that keep them from love....THEIR CHRISTMAS MIRACLE: A veterinarian who finds herself pregnant while her baby's father is missing. A security specialist fighting to keep the woman he loves from walking away to protect the child they conceived....¿SECOND CHANCES: A single mom with a secret. A photographer trying to overcome a sketchy past. Can they find their way back to each other for the son who needs them?