A dark cloud of deceit hovers over her family tree...
Left an estate by an aunt she's never met, Laurel Standridge takes possession of Laurel Heights, hoping it will be the safe haven she needs to recuperate from her ill-fated relationship with Rand Peterson. Secrets long buried rise to the surface when her cousin James is murdered and dumped on the highway just outside the gates of Laurel Heights.
Her past trails her to the mountains of Arkansas...
Caught in an obligation Chase Peterson feels he cannot ignore, he agrees to help his brother Rand take back the property he believes Laurel stole from him, but Chase remains at Laurel Heights after he discovers Laurel took nothing of Rand's away with her except nightmares, fading bruises, and a broken rib.
Unexplained disturbances shatter her hopes of a normal life...
Are the strange bumps, thumps, and bangs reverberating through the night caused by the murderer of Laurel's cousin James, someone Rand has sent to exact his revenge, or a disturbed soul existing in another dimension, trying to communicate with the living? Drawn together by the intrigue surrounding Laurel Heights, Chase and Laurel become hopelessly entangled in a relationship that goes deeper than lust.
Can love survive the haunting of Laurel Heights?
Haunted Hearts is a five-book series set in Hill County, a fictional county in Arkansas. Each book in the series is written to stand alone, but the reader will get a richer, deeper story by reading all five. Romance, suspense, intrigue, and hauntings are woven together in every book in the series. The timelines in the five books overlap, and the plots of all five taken together tell the story of how one man's influence affects an entire county. Since the timelines overlap, some scenes may be repeated from one book to the next book to allow both books to stand alone. In no way is one book simply a reference book for another book in the series. Each book is meant to be its own story and meant to be part of a larger story.
