At the tender age of seventeen Tula "Sugar" Dubois had it all, an up and coming ballroom dance career, and a family she loved deeply. In the blink of an eye she lost it all on a cold, snowy Minnesota bridge. Now, ten years later, Sugar has rebuilt her life, but still hides her heart behind the log walls of her lodge on Lake Superior. Drug Task Force Agent Donovan Walsh follows his most sought after drug lord to Duluth, Minnesota. His plan is simple; protect the key witness to McElevain's destruction and track down the proof he needs to put him away for life. What he wasn't planning on was his...

Tula "Sugar" DuBois has never known love like the one she has found in the arms of her new fiance. As the New Year breaks over the shores of Lake Superior, Sugar has a picture perfect life. That life is about to shattered when the mysterious Lillie enters the frame. Van's sister, Lillie, is on the run from a man determined to cleanse her of her sins. Taking refuge with her brother and Sugar she's convinced she's safe, until the letters start arriving. Sugar and Van must call upon their family to dance a dangerous samba to save the young girl before she is delivered to the Father by evil......

As the fall colors swirl around Lake Superior, Tula "Sugar" Dubois's lodge is bright with new love and new life. She's happy being a wife, aunt and sister until Van unknowingly begins a dance that will lead her back through the darkness of her past. Filled with doubt, Sugar struggles to trust her heart, and Van. On the outside Sugar goes through the motions of daily life, but inside the darkness traps her and she questions her priorities, doubts her convictions and struggles with 'why'. Sinking further into despair Sugar sets out to ink a deal that will change her life. She unexpectedly runs...

A lifetime ago Grant Harris was an Australian surfer at the top of his sport, until one wave changed everything. Fifteen years later, Grant has become bitter, lonely, and disillusioned. Hoping to jump start his career he accepts a position in Duluth Minnesota, with no way of knowing how quickly his life was about to change. A lifetime ago Carla Coffers was a runaway teen with no family, no money and no hope for a future. Fifteen years later, she's a successful business woman as owner of Carla's Kinky Cafe, on beautiful Lake Superior. Her friends think she's got it all, but Carla still yearns...

Grayson Hanson likes to pretend he's a superhero, sent to earth to fight off the bad guys. In reality, he's a seven-year-old boy who wears those same superheroes on his leg braces, and fights off bullies at school. His mother, Dr. Autumn Hanson, will do anything to protect her son, including leaving her prestigious position as one of Duluth's top orthopedic surgeons. Hoping for a fresh start, she moves Grayson to Cloquet, Minnesota and opens her own clinic. Steadfast in her desire for a new life, Autumn agrees to be interviewed for a feature article in the local paper. Kade Franco is a well...

When Donovan Walsh comforts his wife with the words, Nil aon suailce gan a duailce fein, there are no unmixed blessings in life, he had no way of knowing how quickly he would live those words. Visiting Ireland, Sugar and Van, stay in a familiar place. A place filled with the ghosts and lies of his past. Stumbling through the deception of his early life Van waltzes dangerously close to losing his future. Will a voice from the past be the one to give him the answers, or will he find them in the blue eyes of his forever love? As the ice melts on Lake Superior, Sugar and Van dance together to...

Winter Cheyne was a child bride, sold for the price of a gambling debt. After years of abuse she knew breaking free of his hold would be dangerous, maybe even deadly, but it was a chance she had to take. Dr. Jedidiah Raintree never knew the truth about what happened to his best friend, Winter. Growing up on the reservation they were inseparable, until fate intervened and tore them apart. He's spent the last twenty years looking for the girl with the long black hair and almond eyes. Where he didn't expect to find her was huddled in his cabin, pointing a gun at his chest. Hidden somewhere in...

The last time Phoenix Korby saw Adam Erwin was six years ago, when he waved goodbye to her; a new diploma in one hand, and her heart in the other. Now, six years later, she finds him standing on her doorstep, forced by fate to be her hero. The last time Adam Erwin saw Phoenix Korby was in his rearview mirror, as he drove away from her, their hometown, and the ghosts that haunted him. Now, six years later, his first official assignment as Detective Adam Erwin of Cloquet PD has him staring into her sad brown eyes once again. What he sees in the shadows of her heart gives him hope he can...

THIS CAN BE READ AS A STAND ALONE NOVEL. Past... Trey Helton moved to Duluth to work as a prosthetist for the local hospital. Leaving behind a personal tragedy, he knew Duluth would be the place he could make a life and start to heal. Allison Drakos was a college senior ready to graduate from the University of Minnesota Duluth. Going to school and working part-time filled her days, but Allison still found time to enjoy her last year with her sorority sisters, until the unthinkable happened. Present... Christmas Eve is a special day for Trey and Allison Helton. Not only is it the day...