Six years ago a monster broke Ava Monroe's soul. She was left with nothing but an empty house and no reason to live. In starting a new life in a new city she finds the strength to carry on, but can she ever erase the demons of her past? When an act of fate brings Seth into her life, they'll attempt to discover the truth about their tainted pasts. But Seth Carter has a secret; one even he doesn't know exists. Will Ava's connection with Seth be enough to lift her up, or will it destroy what little she has left?

Letting go of a past that won't stay there has never been harder. After another failed attempt at stopping James, Ava finds herself back in Seth's arms. There, she finds the courage to put the monster out of her mind, get on with her life, and accept the love he gives her. Slowly learning to set herself free, Ava and Seth are closer than ever to the happy ending they deserve. Too bad James has something else in mind, and Detective Dawson has been kicked off the case. Determined to end James once and for all, Dawson sets out to track him down without a badge holding him back. Ava trusts Dawson...

Since that fateful night he first laid eyes on her, James has been Ava Monroe's nightmare. He's taken everything from her, leaving nothing but death and destruction in his wake, but was he always a monster, his soul twisted from the very start, or did compassion and love once run through his veins? Was his darkness created by the very people who should have been his light? In Stepping Out, step inside the mind of a psycho. Find out what led James to his obsession with Ava.

Carissa Jacobs spent most of her life hiding from her past behind the devastation that surrounded her best friend, Ava Monroe. After Ava's parents were brutally murdered, the two of them left home for a better life in sunny Florida. Carissa had herself, and everyone else convinced, that their move was to give Ava a second chance at life. But she'd only been running from her own demons. Now, years later, she finds herself enamored with a certain detective. She's finally living a life she'd always wanted. One filled with a love that leaves her vulnerable to emotions she's only ever wanted to...