Böcker av Linda Cassidy Lewis

Some think our lives are controlled by free will, others by fate. Forever is a haunting story exploring a third-and horrifying-force.Tom Cogan's life is at a turning point. Doubts about the stability of his marriage and business spell midlife crisis. And then an accidental touch to the hand of a stranger, Annie Garrett, triggers a series of bizarre experiences. While Annie believes they're having flashbacks of a previous life together, Tom's not convinced. What neither knows is that a malevolent spirit has hijacked their lives-marking them for death. Fearing he's losing his grip on reality, Tom tells no one what's happening to him. But by secretly exploring his link with Annie, Tom unwittingly draws his wife and daughter into the demon's demented game of revenge. With Tom's turning point becoming a breaking point, he's in a race against time to figure out what's really happening so he can prevent the demon's ultimate victory.

Beautiful and vivacious Roxy Ostrowski never dreamed that at thirty she'd have zero love life, be envious of her BFF's perfect life, and lose the best job she ever had. Surely her life can only go uphill from here. Or not.Roxy accepts a "temporary" job tending bar at Marino's, which would be fun except that her coworker Jack Matthews never smiles at or barely speaks to her. Then her blissfully married best friend gets pregnant, and Roxy's FOMO overwhelms her. And the timing couldn't be worse for Roxy's ex-husband to return, begging for another chance because-so he claims-he's changed.Loneliness and insecurity have rattled Roxy, so imagine her surprise when an empathetic Jack steps up, revealing he's got her back! As she gets to know him better during their after-hours conversations, her self-assurance begins to return. But just when she's sure they're becoming more than friends, a shocking encounter proves she couldn't have been more wrong. Or does it?Midnight Love is an honest, touching, romantic, and sometimes funny story about finding the way back to yourself.

Brigid Marino hates change. She's lived her entire life in Edgewater, kept the same best friend since childhood, dated the same guy for years, and her beloved father's tavern is the only place she's ever worked. Life has been comfortable and predictable. Until now.Newcomers are renovating homes and a developer has started buying up business properties. Why everyone else is excited about this urban renewal is beyond her. It's clearly a threat to life as she knows it. Sure, new customers discovering her family's bar is nice, but one of them, the handsome, confidant, and possibly rich Alex Conner, makes her uneasy.Though Alex's oh-so-blue eyes and smoky laugh are hard to resist, she's told him she's not interested. Yet, he keeps coming back, challenging her to open her eyes to new possibilities. Urging her to risk the unknown. Making her question everything she thought she wanted. Like he knows her better than she knows herself. As if …Building Love is a touching, romantic, and sometimes funny novel about finding the courage to move forward.

Spanning ten years, The Brevity of Roses explores the interwoven lives of three damaged people who are each offered a chance to heal--if they can banish the ghosts of their pasts.Meredith Dahlberg-Lang hides behind a façade. In public, she's a wealthy socialite. In private, she's a lonely woman with a heart imprisoned by guilt after her husband's death. But she can't deny the longing she feels when a younger man seeks her attention.Jalal Vaziri, after years of trying in vain to win his father's approval, defies him by pursuing a new career. When he meets the woman of his dreams, his satisfaction is complete, but fate challenges his plan for a blissful future.Renee Marshall, matured beyond her years by a hard life, heads for a fresh start in Los Angeles. But when car trouble detours her to a village on the central coast, she enters the life of a man whose fierce denial of the need to be loved matches her own.

A poignant exploration of marriage and motherhood, An Illusion of Trust is the story of a young woman who discovers that having her dreams come true can't erase her nightmare past. When Renee Marshall married Jalal Vaziri, she got all the love and security she craved. But now, with a baby on the way, she has to leave her perfect seaside cottage to move into the mansion Jalal shared with his beloved first wife--a woman Renee fears she'll never completely replace. Unsettled by changes the relocation makes to her idyllic life, she allows her dark memories to resurface and feed her insecurity. With the threat of losing all she treasures, Renee will have to confront her past and learn to trust love.