Brenda Novak

Cold Feet

von Brenda Novak

The Seattle police suspect Madison Lieberman's father was the serial killer they call the "Sandpoint Strangler." Madison refuses to believe it. Her father is now dead, and all she wants is the chance to create...

Inside

von Brenda Novak

Virgil Skinner served fourteen years for a murder he didn't commit. He's finally been exonerated, but he can't escape the gang he joined in order to survive. They'll do anything to keep him from telling what...

Every Waking Moment

von Brenda Novak

Emma Wright has finally escaped the dangerous man who's controlled her every move for the past six years. Taking her five-year-old son, she has fled across the country—seeking freedom, safety and a fresh start....

Stop Me

von Brenda Novak

Who was the real killer?

Romain Fornier lost his reason for living when his daughter was kidnapped and murdered. He used a cop's gun to mete out his own justice and spent the next few years in prison. Once he...

Trust Me

von Brenda Novak

Four years ago…

Skye Kellerman was attacked in her own bed. She managed to fend off her knife-wielding assailant, but the trauma changed everything about her life. As a result of that night, she joined two friends—also...

Dead Right

von Brenda Novak

The people of Stillwater, Mississippi, are asking questions about murder. Again.

Twenty years ago Madeline Barker's father disappeared. Despite what everyone else thinks, Madeline's convinced her stepfamily had...

Dead Giveaway

von Brenda Novak

The Reverend Lee Barker went missing nineteen years ago…

And the people of Stillwater, Mississippi, believe they know why. They're convinced he was murdered—by his stepson, Clay Montgomery. But only Clay—and...

Stories of the Heart: What Amanda Wants\Small Packages\Worth the Risk

von Debbie Macomber, Brenda Novak & Meryl Sawyer

Even as you read these words, there are women just like you stepping up and making a difference in their communities, making our world a better place to live. Three such exceptional women have been selected...

In Close

von Brenda Novak

Claire O'Toole's mother, Alana, went missing fifteen years ago. That was big news in Pineview, Montana, the kind of town where nothing much ever happens. Then, last year, Claire's husband, David, died in a freak...

Once Upon a Christmas

von Brenda Novak, Melinda Curtis & Anna Adams

In the spirit of Christmases past, present—and future

"Just Like the Ones We Used To Know" by Brenda Novak

Angela Forrester is determined her foster child will get the one thing she wants for Christmas: to meet...

In Seconds

von Brenda Novak

They're back…

Laurel Hodges has changed her identity twice. She's been on the run for the past four years, trying to outdistance the gang members who blame her for the death of one of their own. She's finally...

Stranger in Town

von Brenda Novak

The car accident was Hannah Price's fault—a few seconds of inattention that changed Gabe Holbrook's life forever, destroying everything he'd been or ever wanted to be.

He was a man who'd had it all. Intelligent,...

A Home of Her Own

von Brenda Novak

When Lucky Caldwell was ten, her mother, Red—the best-known hooker in Dundee, Idaho—married Morris Caldwell, a wealthy and much older man. It didn't last, of course, but Morris's kindness was the highlight...

When Summer Comes

von Brenda Novak

One day, Callie Vanetta receives devastating news…

She needs a liver transplant. But her doctors warn that, in her case, the chances of finding a compatible donor aren't good.

Determined to spend whatever time...

When Snow Falls

von Brenda Novak

After growing up in cheap motels, moving from town to town with her sister and mother, Cheyenne Christensen is grateful to be on her own. She's grateful, too, for the friends she found once her family settled...

Taking the Heat

von Brenda Novak

The small town of Florence, Arizona, is known for one thing—its prison. Gabrielle Hadley is in Florence for personal reasons, though; she's seeking the mother who abandoned her more than two decades ago. In...

Mother, Please!: What a Girl Wants\The Road Home\Upstairs, Downstairs

von Brenda Novak, Jill Shalvis & Alison Kent

What's a daughter to do?

Three brand-new stories…three exasperating moms

Abby Ashton's roommate-from-hell…her mother. If she doesn't get her parents back together, she'll go crazy. So Abby schemes to get them...

The Perfect Murder

von Brenda Novak

If someone commits the perfect murder…

For more than a year, Sebastian Costas has been trying to unravel the truth behind the murder of his ex-wife and son. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, he's...

The Perfect Liar

von Brenda Novak

Obsession leads to lies…

When air force captain Luke Trussell opens his door one Sunday morning, he's shocked to find the police—and even more shocked when they charge him with rape. He knows he made a mistake...

The Perfect Couple

von Brenda Novak

A mother faces her greatest fear

One afternoon in May, Zoe Duncan's thirteen-year-old daughter goes missing from her own backyard. The police think Samantha ran away because she's unhappy about her mother's upcoming...