Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, quiet Charon has had only two murders. But after years of working as an FBI agent, Titus knows better than anyone that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine, cornbread, and honeysuckle, secrets always fester under the surface.

Then a year to the day after Titus’s election, a school teacher is killed by a former student and the student is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies. As Titus investigates the shootings, he unearths terrible crimes and a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon.

With the killer’s possible connections to a local church and the town’s harrowing history weighing on him, Titus projects confidence about closing the case while concealing a painful secret from his own past. At the same time, he also has to contend with a far-right group that wants to hold a parade in celebration of the town’s Confederate history.

Cainan Scott has come to the end of the road. The people looking to kill him have discovered his location. The witness Protection Program has done all they could. He now has to walk away to save the woman he loves.

AnnieMarie has waited all her life for a love like her parent’s. To save someone’s life the man she loves exposed himself to criminals he was scheduled to testify against. Now they want him dead. The emotions are high from the murder of her father to the kidnapping of her sister and now the betrayal of a family member.

The emotional bank is now overdrawn for Cainan and AnneMarie. Will they cut their losses and go their separate ways Or will they make a withdrawal from love’s Private Stock?

Cainan Scott has come to the end of the road. The people looking to kill him have discovered his location. The Witness Protection Program has done all they could. He now has to walk away to save the woman he loves.

AnnieMarie has waited all her life for a love like her parent’s. To save someone’s life the man she loves exposed himself to criminals he was scheduled to testify against. Now they want him dead. The emotions are high from the murder of her father to the kidnapping of her sister and now the betrayal of a family member.

The emotional bank is now overdrawn for Cainan and AnnieMarie. Will they cut their losses and go their separate ways Or will they make a withdrawal from love’s Private Stock?

Jonathan Michael moved from London England to claim the woman who inspired him to greatness. In the course of him finding his happily ever after, she is kidnapped and held for a ransom he does not have the power to pay…control of her family’s bank.

Grace-Heather always knew something was missing from her life. It never occurred to her he was always a phone call away. Discovering love filled her heart in a way she never imagined. Happiness is within her reach when she is literally snatched off a street corner and held for ransom.

The family bank is the key to her freedom, but will the family be willing to pay the price or will she have to Bank On Love to save her.

Myles Dunning, the thirty-five-year-old CEO of Dunning Bank and Trust, is fighting off one takeover attempt after another to save his family's historical bank. Recently ranked the third largest bank in the world, the leaders in the financial industry conspire to prevent further growth by any means necessary.

Chrystina Price is a voluptuous, lovable, powerhouse, whose sole purpose in life is to uplift and protect the man she has loved from the first day they met...Myles Dunning. Discovering enemies, close and afar, Chrystina throws everything she has into uncovering and blocking each attempt to bring Myles down.

After a boardroom victory raised the bank closer to the number two ranking, Myles and Chrystina share a victory kiss that unleashes an unstoppable flow of love that no dam could control. The bliss of love is short lived when Miles learns a tragic truth.

When the integrity of the family always comes first is it worth Investing in love.

Paxton Jones returned to her Louisiana hometown for one reason... to buy her mother the bar she's tended for twenty years and turn it into the dream they've both wanted. What she didn't plan on was working alongside Sawyer Robertson, the state civil engineer assigned to her levee protection project and the untouchable golden boy she crushed on throughout high school.

Sawyer came back to Gauthier to rebuild his life and start fresh, not to rehash ancient history. But the sharp, successful woman who once watched him from the sidelines is impossible to ignore now. Especially when she's challenging his engineering decisions and making him question everything he thought he knew about ambition, belonging, and what he really wants.

Between clashing over flood control systems and stolen moments that feel dangerously close to those teenage dreams, Paxton and Sawyer must figure out if some connections are worth the wait. In Gauthier, where the past and present meet on the banks of the bayou, they'll have to decide if this time they're brave enough to stay with each other forever.

Leslie Kirkland is surviving, not living. Between raising two daughters, singing in the church choir, and dodging well-meaning matchmakers determined to find her a man, she barely has time to breathe. The last thing she needs is to notice Gabriel Franklin, the new teacher turned assistant principal who looks at her like she's the answer to a question he's been asking all his life.

Gabriel came to Gauthier to build a future far from the troubled kid he used to be. When he meets the recently widowed single mother who volunteers at his school, he sees everything he never knew he was searching for. But Leslie's heart is carefully guarded, and breaking through those walls means proving he's worth the risk.

As their connection deepens against the backdrop of science fairs and community expectations, Gabriel must convince Leslie that love doesn't have to mean losing yourself. Sometimes it means finding the person who's been waiting to help you live again.

Shayla Kirkland traded her perfectly planned West Coast life for late-night homework sessions, carpools, and a coffeehouse on Main Street in her Louisiana hometown. Raising her two young nieces wasn't part of the plan, and neither was butting heads with Xavier Wright, the cocky new ER doctor who accused her of faking her niece's illness just to meet him. The man is infuriating, presumptuous, and way too attractive for her peace of mind.

Xavier took a traveling physician contract to escape memories he'd rather forget, not to become the object of small-town fascination. But when the beautiful, fierce woman who thoroughly put him in his place storms back into his life asking for help with a community wellness program, he sees his chance to make amends and maybe discover what it feels like to want something again.

In a town where everyone knows your business and second chances come with an audience, these two must decide if the spark between them is worth the risk. Because in Gauthier, forever isn't just a promise. It's a way of life.