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Just days before Christmas, law student Ivy Ashford's nineteen-year-old sister vanishes without a trace. The police are convinced it's murder, but Ivy refuses to give up hope. Enter Cody Everson, a battle-hardened investigator who wants a quiet holiday, not another case. Yet Ivy's determination pulls him into a search as relentless as the nor'easter closing in on them. Forced into a fragile partnership that quickly sparks into something more, they uncover the hidden truths of Willow's life — and, in the process, confront the scars of their own pasts that make trusting each other so hard. In a storm of lies, danger, and undeniable chemistry, can they find Willow before it's too late? Or will the truth — and their own wounds — tear them apart?

Grace Walker Holden thought she had life figured out - until a deathbed promise shattered the illusion. Called back to her Oklahoma hometown to care for her estranged father, Grace inherits more than grief: a mysterious device, cryptic notes, and a warning that could cost her everything.

After her husband abandons her and a powerful energy corporation starts closing in, Grace is thrust into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. The deeper she digs into her father's invention - a groundbreaking method of harnessing geothermal energy - the more ruthless the opposition becomes. From sabotage to threats against her family, Caligula Energy will stop at nothing to seize control.

With the help of her first love, her fiercely loyal family, and a strength she never knew she had, Grace must unravel the truth behind her father's invention - while risking everything she holds dear. But as powerful forces close in, she's faced with an impossible question: can she save the world without sacrificing the people she loves most?

Ray Shipworth's life plan was clear: marry his girlfriend after serving his country. From boot camp to the unforgiving front line, Ray faces challenges that shatter his worldview and threaten his identity. In this high-stakes arena, he's tested in unexpected ways.

Leo Lightfoot, daughter of Ray's cross-country coach, is an outsider yearning for more. Just as she's on the cusp of graduating and starting college, everything she believes to be true is put into question.

With shared beginnings and divergent paths, two wounded souls return to their childhood home in rural Oklahoma. The trauma of recent experiences threatens to derail them. Can their reunion allow them to heal? Or will their attempts to help each other leave them more broken than before?