Lotus by Jennifer Hartmann"All these years, I've never given my heart to anyone The truth is, I didn't have a heart to give. My heart was with a ghost." To the rest of the world, he was the little boy who went missing on the Fourth of July. But to Sydney Neville, he was everything. Her heart hasn't been the same since her best friend disappeared, but she's learned to build her life around that missing piece. Twenty two years later, the last thing Sydney expects is for Oliver

No one had ever stuck around long enough to let me believe in fairytales anyway

he's inserted himself into their lives

And definitely no committed relationships

But I'm leaving town

Only the greatest sacrifice can turn the tide of war

We both wanted to put together the shattered pieces of our yesterdays

Now Miriam faces a terrifying future

*After the Fall can be read as a stand-alone romance

comes The Cursed

If she wants to get her crush's attention

he's the most forbidden sin she could ever imagine…and the most desperately tempting

but it doesn’t take long for the levee to break and their passion to ignite