When private investigator Tara Sloan walks into a neighborhood bar and grill off the Atlantic City boardwalk, she never expects to come face to face with Fred Brent. Tara and Fred had once worked together at the NYPD and been much more than colleagues before she followed her vision to relocate and start her own domestic surveillance agency, leaving both the city and Fred behind. Now she is back in his world, searching for a client's missing lover.
Fred pushes aside the heartbreak she left behind and offers to help her, even though doing so may force him to betray his longtime friend Nolan, the man at the center of Tara's investigation.
As the search grows more dangerous, their renewed partnership ignites old feelings, and Fred battles the fear that once the case is solved, Tara may walk away again.
Between their unexpected reunion and the truth behind Nolan's disappearance lies the answer to whether Tara
and Fred have a future together or whether she will
fool him twice.
Mystery and memory collide, shaking loose truths that were
long hidden but never lost. A page turning blend of danger, desire, and
second chances.
Mattie Bryant is a frustrated teacher and perpetual fiancé to Peter Dawson. When her aunt and uncle offer her an opportunity to own Ig-Loo, their long-established ice cream parlor, Mattie jumps at the chance to move forward after being in both personal and professional limbo.
Elfie, a young wearable-art designer, stops by Ig-Loo one day looking for a
particular flavor, and perhaps more. She’s marked Peter as a sucker
for her capers. But when Peter reaches out to Mattie,
she struggles between ignoring him or putting her
new life on hold to help him.
Private eye Carl Statler is a dashing British expat
who has been hired by Elfie’s family to find her.
Unbeknownst to Mattie, Peter’s nemesis, and the
object of Carl’s investigation, are one of the same.
Mattie and Carl pool their resources to untie a
dangerous knot tightening around Peter and Elfie, and
in doing so find themselves caught up in a turmoil
of their own!
American nurse, Carol Duncan, is visiting Venice with her siblings, unaware that she is being observed by a man about town and café owner, Sergio Bari. Carol is a dead ringer for his long-lost first love, Leonora Santella, and confides in his best friend Paolo, a local actor and tour guide.
Paolo’s rendition of the Italian lover Giacomo Casanova seems to have cast a spell over the Duncan family during an evening walking tour, as one by one, special people emerge to whisk Carol’s siblings away for romances of their own. Left alone, Carol keeps to her plans to enjoy the city’s sights and sounds but she is not alone for long. With Paolo’s sage advice to “strike while the iron is hot,” Sergio succeeds in meeting Carol, only to later learn that Leonora, his past love, has returned to Venice after a decade’s absence.
In the spirit of Casanova, Carol and Sergio summon their hearts to guide them as they meld the past with the present in a quest for a love strong enough to span an ocean.
An Italian-style love story that guarantees to pull at the heartstrings!