After her last relationship bombed, Ivy Stephens is doing her best to put her life back together. She's enjoying her job, her apartment-and the cute little puppy she's seen hanging around. When she goes looking for him, she finds the stray in the arms of a big, burly, devastatingly handsome man.

A spare, powerful, timeless parable of two men, Western contractors sent to work far from home, tasked with paving a road to the capital in a dangerous and largely lawless country. "Four and Nine are partners, working for the same company, sent without passports to a nation recovering from ten years of civil war. Together, operating under pseudonyms and anonymous to potential kidnappers, they are given a new machine, the RS-90, and tasked with building...

"When established house flippers Jazzi Zanders and her cousin Jerod donate a week's worth of remodeling work to Jazzi's sister Olivia, they're expecting nothing more than back-breaking roofing work and cold beers at the end of each long, hot day. With Jazzi's live-in boyfriend and partner Ansel on the team, it promises to be a quick break before starting their next big project--until Leo, an elderly neighbor of Olivia's, unexpectedly goes missing....

When Audrey Cunningham's father proposes that they move to Bridal Veil Island, where he grew up, she agrees, thinking that it will keep him sober and close to God. But they arrive to find wealthy investors trying to buy up land - including theirs - to build a grand resort on the secluded island. Contractor Marshall Graham can't imagine why the former drinking buddy of his deceased father would call him to Bridal Veil Island to watch over his daughter...

At the annual Victorian Home and Garden Tour, Lighthouse Cove, California's premier contractor, Shannon Hammer, realizes that the competition is about to turn deadly ... Shannon is in high demand among rival homeowners, who will do anything to win Best in Show. One-upmanship and even espionage break out among neighbors, construction crews, decorators, and landscapers. Thanks to several new hires, Shannon is sure she can handle the extra load--until...

Even in a lovely town like River Bluffs, Indiana, flipping houses can be a challenge. Especially when there's the proverbial skeleton in the closet-and a literal corpse in the driveway... House-flipper Jazzy Zanders has her work cut out for her. Her latest flip, which she co-purchased with her fiancée Ansel and cousin Jerod, is a three-story fixer-upper that's more of a droopy-downer. One corner of the house is sinking and needs to be jacked up with...

Welcome to River Bluffs, Indiana, a cozy small town populated with charming homes, close-knit families, and the occasional deadly secret . . . House-flipper Jazzi Zanders and her cousin Jerod have found their latest project. The property, formerly owned by the late Cal Juniper, is filled with debris that must be cleared before the real renovation begins. But a trip to the attic reveals something more disturbing than forgotten garbage--a skeleton wearing...

"Shannon's good friend and retired tech billionaire, Raphael Nash, is loving his new retired life but he can't stay unoccupied for too long. He's started the Marigold Foundation that helps fund small companies and individuals who do humanitarian work around the world. It's an exciting time in Lighthouse Cove as Raphael hosts the first ever global conference inviting big thinkers from every area of industry to give presentations on eco-living. Raphael's...

"Jazzi married her gorgeous contractor Ansel--not his family. But somehow she keeps living with them. So she's delighted to help Ansel's brother Radley move out of their home and into his own place, in the same building as his work supervisor, Donovan. But when Donovan is shot and his apartment ransacked following an argument with Ansel and Radley's older brother Bain, their sibling becomes a suspect--especially after his missing gun turns up as the...