A young woman wakes up in a cold, dark cellar with no idea how she got there or who her kidnapper is. So begins her terrible nightmare. Nearby, the body of another young woman is discovered buried on a remote beach. But the dead girl was never reported missing, her estranged family having received regular texts from her over the years. Someone has been keeping her alive from beyond the grave. For Detective Inspector Helen Grace it's chilling evidence...

"On the surface, Shady Valley looks like the ideal all-American place to live with beautiful flowering trees lining both sides of the street as you enter the picturesque town. Neighbors help neighbors. Doors are often left unlocked. Serious crimes are practically nonexistent--almost but not quite! But like all small towns, everyone knows everyone, which means everyone knows everyone's business, and not everyone in Shady Valley is what they appear...

"January Billings is starting over after bringing her husband's murderer to justice when a stranger shows up at her ranch door. The sheriff, weaseling out of his duties, has sent Eli Pasco to enlist January's help in recovering a horse that's been stolen from him by a young girl. Eli hadn't expected the deputy to be a woman, and he's none too pleased with having to deal with her. Even so, they set out to find the girl and his horse. It isn't long...

Naked in Death: "In over ten years on the force, Eve Dallas has seen it all--and knows that her survival depends on her instinct. And she's going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire--and suspect in Eve's murder investigation. But passion and seduction have rules of their own, and it's up to Eve to take a chance in the arms of a man she knows nothing about--except the addictive hunger of needing his...