Epona Fusaro had wanted out of the small town where she'd grown up, and she'd left right after high school graduation. After almost a decade away and a lot of second guessing, she's back, a full-fledged...

Jord Sheafson swings a sledgehammer as well as any man working for her, but few men appreciate her skills. Wearing jeans and a tool belt doesn't get her much in the way of male attention, unless it's...

Cerridwen Moore is still looking for normal. She knows it isn't avoiding a parking garage for fear it will collapse or checking every building she enters for fault lines or, the most pitiful, using a...

Inanna Rusnik is the fourth generation to till the soil and plant wildflowers at Gardens of Eden, the small town's nursery. She wants nothing more than to continue the legacy by finding the right man...

Lilith Varsela is the closest to the Amazonians of ancient myth than anyone in the small town of Eden will ever meet. A fierce advocate for the most vulnerable, she is armed with her stiletto heels and...

There was no way Izabella dos Santos was letting him in again. He’d been flitting in and out of her life since she was a teenager but when pitcher Reid “Crackerjacks” Jackson is traded to his home team...

Mari Zambrano wanted to run O'Farrell's Pub since she was big enough to climb onto one of the stools, and since her mother retired, and left her the taps, she's killing it. It's become the hang-out place...

Brigid Frazier's been climbing a precarious ladder out of nowhere for years and although she's making progress, she knows that any misstep could cause a tumble back into oblivion. She's finally given...

Casey Calipari is back in the spectator stands, filling a seat in the groupie section she thought she'd vacated years ago. Her father, a Hall of Famer, has recently been handed the reins as manager to...

Tree roots, dragon claws, earth and fire… Gwenhwyfar Cronun is no longer the kick-ass warrior she used to be. All those skills evaporated the minute she was medevacked out of the Middle East. By the time...

Arianna Woodley was finally off the campaign trail and returning to her law firm, where she swore, she'd spend the remainder of her days. It was where she could live and breathe. It was also where her...

Nell Warren has just won a major victory but has no time to celebrate. Her old flame, an eleven on the scale of one-to-ten, in the love department is back. When Congressman Jack Adams knocks on the door...

Emilia Spencer-Ronan is finally willing to go from two-pound whirly sucker to over him. That Nick's been her best friend since college means it's way past due and she's finally closed the door.  Nicholas...

Geneticist Fiona Barrows was working below her pay grade as a dog walker, but she was only doing it until she could find a more appropriate job. It was taking more time than she'd anticipated but she'd...

Magic in a Cup...That's how everyone is describing Rhea Cronun's coffee. Since she'd opened her café a few short months ago, it was the "in" place to be. Everyone smiled going in and going out, but Rhea's...

Mia Fisher was at wits end. She'd been holding the fort for everyone and the weight was beginning to bury her. It wasn't that her husband was temporarily housed in DC fighting a good fight but that he'd...

Jelani Ramirez had been looking for Mr. Right with fervor, the need to create a family the driving force. After losing her own to the immigration man, there was no way she'd let an ICE man take her heart.Alec...

Rock singer Artemis Joy Munroe is finally getting out, leaving a lucrative career behind her. It's way past time she shed the glitter and flash, and the name Artemis, along with it. She's embarking on...

Tansy McPhail's life has never been easy and the road she's traveled has been filled with potholes. She might be dauntless, like her favorite character, but she's used up all her grit and determination...

Alicia Nilsson, the Vice President in charge of Player Development for the Boston Greenliners, would do just about anything to see her team win the World Series. And she'd proven it. She had also proven,...

"I choose you."Maggie Corcoran had said it before, back when she was naïve and thought love could survive anything. But the sex, drugs and rock and roll of the seventies had taken their toll on her, and...