Seth

On a cold February afternoon, I lost my son at a ransom exchange gone wrong.

My wife left me a week later.

Every morning I wake up alone in a house filled with nothing but their memories, and most days I can barely get out of bed.

I need to get out of the city, and I go to a small Minnesota town to grieve and come to terms with my little boy’s death and the loss of my marriage.

There I meet Avery McKay, who’s in Lakehaven Falls for reasons of her own.

I’m not ready to fall in love, but I do anyway. In just a few short days, she becomes my lifeline—someone who understands my grief in a way that no one else ever could.

As we spend time together, Avery and I discover that my son’s kidnapping and her sister’s death are connected, and we realize the danger isn’t over. When I’m warned to stay away from her if I want to keep her alive, I do the only thing I can.

I walk away from the woman I love.

Avery

In a dark alley covered in snow and trash, my sister was murdered, and the police think it was a violent act of revenge.

Two months later, my husband left me for another woman.

I came to Lakehaven Falls to grieve and to figure out who I am now that I’m alone. What I didn’t expect was to fall in love with a man who was as damaged as I am.

When the detective handling my sister’s case asks me to write a goodbye post on her gossip blog to draw out her killer, I stumble across a devastating secret that connects her to Seth’s family. The longer Seth and I look for answers, the more dangerous the truth becomes.

Someone will do anything to hide what they’ve done.

Loving Seth could cost me my life—but the last thing I’m going to do is let him walk away with my heart.

Wicked Games is a billionaire, small-town, romantic suspense. It's a standalone with an HEA and no third act break up.