Moving to a charming mountain town was supposed to be my fresh start. Falling for its grumpy mayor wasn’t part of the plan. Neither was coming face-to-face with a man from my past who’s supposed to be dead.
I’ve only been in Braeden Creek a few weeks, but I’m already falling in love with the small-town charm, the mountain views, and the people who have welcomed me like I belong. Helping open Kat Arden & Co.’s new office gives me the fresh start I didn’t know I needed, and planning the town’s annual Christmas Charity Ball should be the perfect way to settle in. There’s only one problem: Mayor Judd Kinley. The grumpy single dad is stubborn, protective, and determined to rein in every idea I have for making this the best Christmas event Braeden Creek has ever seen. He also happens to be dangerously attractive, devoted to his three kids, and becoming harder to resist every time we’re together.
Then Judd introduces me to one of the potential sponsors, and my perfect new life begins to unravel. I know his face because six years ago, I became a witness in an investigation involving a missing man. The suspect at the center of it supposedly died before the truth ever came out, yet now he’s standing in front of me using another name and pretending we’ve never met. Judd believes me when no one else has a reason to, and when someone searches my office and steals the only proof I have, Judd’s protective instincts go into overdrive. Suddenly, the man who barely tolerated my Christmas cheer wants me close enough that he can keep me safe.
The closer we get to the charity ball, the harder it becomes to separate danger from desire. Someone wants the past to stay buried, and whatever happened six years ago followed me straight to Braeden Creek. Judd has already lost one woman he loved, and I’m beginning to understand why he guards his heart as fiercely as he protects his family. But with a killer hiding behind a new identity and Christmas closing in, falling for Judd could give me everything I never knew I wanted. Or it could make me the next person who disappears.
Shattered Echoes is a steamy small-town romantic suspense featuring a grumpy/sunshine romance, protective single-dad hero, forced proximity, Christmas romance, found family, danger from the past, small-town secrets, and a heroine determined to uncover the truth.