River Road

Lucy Sheridan was a teenager the last time she lived in Summer River, in California's wine country. One summer night, Mason Fletcher, the older boy she had a crush on, hauled her out of a wild party. She assumed he was simply being bossy. Now she is back in town after her aunt dies in a car accident, and she is finding out that the night meant far more than she ever knew.

Mason had actually rescued her from a serious crime planned by Tristan, a wealthy and coldly calculating young man who had chosen her as a target. Not long afterward, Tristan vanished, and no one ever explained why. Thirteen years on, Lucy works as a forensic genealogist, tracing family lines and uncovering buried histories. Mason runs a thriving security company with his brother.

Then Lucy and Mason find something startling inside her aunt's house, and several of Tristan's old friends begin behaving in ways that raise alarm. Mason, who is calm on the surface and relentless underneath, is ready to protect her again. Lucy has other ideas. She is no longer the girl who needed to be pulled out of a party, and she means to take an active part in uncovering the truth.

This is a romantic suspense story that mixes an old mystery, a small town with secrets, and a slow-burning attraction between two people whose shared past is not what either of them remembered.