Novels

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If the Ocean Were Empty
Anne Markova hides from herself in the waterfront homes of her clients. Through house sitting she has created a façade of normality, but that frail safety is shattered when a hauntingly familiar young woman is injured on the shore outside her window. Driven by a buried instinct to protect, Anne opens the door to her. Sylvie, however, has plans of her own. She insinuates herself into Anne’s life, and Anne spirals back to the moment her sister, Naomi, drowned. The arrival of Anne’s mother after years of silence may clarify Sylvie’s presence, but a fatal confrontation sends Anne fleeing into the desert. Far from the sea and the illusions she’s built, Anne is forced to confront the reality she’s avoided for years. She must face her own role in Naomi’s death.

Marathon

Time slips away easily in the Florida Keys. Seventeen years after his brother died, Jamie still lives with his brother’s best friend. Nick’s house still has the same avocado green walls, and they still watch the same console TV. Jamie still works on Nick’s dive boat, and he still plays pool at the same pub every night. He definitely needs a change. He just doesn’t know what to do with it when it comes.

Rhiannon is a dolphin trainer who came to the Keys on a whim, and she’s nothing like the waitresses Jamie usually dates. When an argument on the boat ends in an accident and an unexpected diagnosis for Nick, Rhiannon volunteers to takes care of him. She bakes homemade cinnamon rolls and lives in a laundry room without complaint. She makes Jamie want to grow up. But Rhiannon isn’t ready to be anyone’s answer. While she weighs falling in love against running away, Jamie struggles to mend his relationship with the one person who always has stayed – before it’s too late.