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The Sunrise Cove Series | A Novel
I promise these books truly stand alone. They’re connected by setting, not characters. Hope you enjoy! Xoxo!
Secrets are revealed and forbidden sparks ignited in this sizzling Sunrise Cove standalone, a tale of enemies to lovers, redemption, missing treasures, and love—by romance superstar and New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis.
Anna Moore didn’t just wake up one day and decide to go on a wild quest — especially since her life no longer lends itself to wild anything — so how in the world does she end up racing against the clock with Owen Harris, a sexy, enigmatic adventurist, to prove her beloved dad innocent of stealing a million-dollar necklace?
It’s all Wendy’s fault. Her older, bossy sister, who’s seven months pregnant and on bed rest in their small Lake Tahoe hometown, is desperate to clear their dad’s name. Owen though is convinced he’s guilty as hell and wants to return the jewelry back to its rightful owner—his elderly great aunt. Together they go on a scavenger hunt for clues to the past (with Wendy remotely along for the ride via an ear bud, supplying a running wry commentary to boot).
On opposing sides and suspicious of each other as they are, Anna and Owen still can’t deny the inexplicable and explosive chemistry between them on this heart-stopping adventure, the outcome of which will prove the necklace isn’t the only thing stolen — their hearts have been as well.
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Chapter 1
At the ripe old age of eight, Anna Moore decided she knew enough about engineering and physics to design a cape so she could fly. It went without saying that “flying” off her family’s second- story deck into a pile of soft, spongy Tahoe snow— which had in fact been neither soft nor spongy— had gone badly.
As an adult, she understood the ridiculous plan had come from the part of her brain responsible for stupid ideas. Older now, and hopefully wiser, Anna had long ago locked that part of herself away and given up being a wild child. It’d definitely taken her longer than it should’ve, but eventually she’d accepted that it was safer to live life by the book.
Apparently though, she still had to learn her lessons the hard way. Or as in today’s case, the really hard way. She’d told Mari, her entire support staff at her private investigations firm, that she didn’t need backup today. So there she stood, alone in the alley of the bar she’d been staking out for a case, having run into the pissed- off ex- husband of a different client. The guy was as big and mean as the Sierra mountains behind him and, oh goodie, held a knife in his hand.
Some days it didn’t pay to get out of bed.