Hayden Trenholm

When Lady March's charming and devoted husband, Marriot, disappears for six months; everyone is at a loss to understand his absence. Especially his lovely wife, Nell, who loves him dearly. Suddenly, on the eve of a friend's visit, Marriot reappears, his six-month adventure a total blank. He can remember nothing--and cannot explain the case of priceless jewels he is carrying. Has he stolen them?

Maddie Townsend might live in a town called Serenity, but there's been nothing calm or peaceful about her life since her marriage broke up. This stay-at-home mom has no job skills, an out-of-control sixteen-year-old son, a talkative fourteen-year-old who's suddenly gone silent, a six-year-old daughter whose heart is broken, an ex-husband whose younger girlfriend is expecting their baby and two best friends who think she's somehow qualified to help them open a fitness spa for women.But if Maddie is a tad on edge with all that on her plate, it's nothing compared to the chaos that ensues when she discovers that her son's baseball coach has feelings for her and the whole town disapproves. Maddie's faced a lot of challenges lately with strength and resolve, but Cal Maddox may turn out to be more than she can handle.Then again, he could just be the one man in all of South Carolina who can help her find serenity.

Found naked and alone in a locked room. The beautiful woman was in perfect health - except she was dead. It's 2043 and much has changed: nuclear war, biotechnology and all-powerful corporations have ruled the world. Now science is taking DNA manipulation to new, unrestricted levels. Superintendent Frank Steele is an old-fashioned cop. He commands a small, elite police unit that is handed all of the bizarre and baffling cases no one else can solve. He knows the money, the murders, missing persons and gruesome body shops are all connected. He knows it starts with the girl.