Böcker av Clare Cinnamon

What if you met the love of your life days after you, maybe, gotpregnant by someone else?Lonely but renowned artist Ariadne Franklin ushers in a new year with the vow of a ‘new me.’  Venturing beyond the usual confines of her beachside cottage, she lands herself in a piano bar. The creepy night that follows changes her life forever.Days later, in walks architect Lev Porter to repair her cottage ceiling. Breezy seafarer Lev, with a successful construction company known as LPI and a bustling lifestyle full of intriguing friends, falls in love with Ariadne at first sight.The artist and the architect must navigate through their strong feelings and the repercussions of her tragic night amid threats of major LPI lawsuits on the South Carolina coast. 

In Book 1, Mallard, Mississippi’s powerful landowners Delaina Cash and Jed McCrae fell for each other despite family rivalry and a deep-rooted conspiracy against them. In Lainey and Jed, Book 2, they are the focus of a crooked criminal investigation regarding their farmland that broadens the web of deceit and causes tragedies.For their own safety, Delaina and Jed flee Mallard more than once, embarking on lively adventures across Texas and the West Coast. The problems back home lurk. Their relationship and their lives are complicated by the revelation of a painful secret, public speculation due to their families’ legendary feuding, and the influence of social media.Can they outsmart the locals and find peace in Mallard? Is their love enough for them to choose a lifetime together? Or will they go their separate ways and pursue individual destinies? 

Mallard, Mississippi's twenty-year-old Delaina Cash finds herself face to face with grief, greed, responsibility, and romance when her father passes away, leaving his beloved Cash Way, the largest farm in the county, in her hands. Overwhelmed and against her better judgment, she seeks the guidance of Jed McCrae, a decade older and rightful owner of the rival farm across the road. Their families have hated each other, reasons not completely revealed, for three decades. Delaina, locally known as Lainey, becomes entangled in a web of lies and deceit. Challenged at every turn, never knowing who to trust, she falls victim to young banker Cabot Hartley's antics. Her rural hometown includes corrupt, backwoods characters who scheme together to seize her farm and turn it into a profitable riverbank casino. Delaina is forced repeatedly to seek Jed's help because of his award-winning reputation in agriculture and their innate respect for their heritage. Lainey Cash steals Jed's heart as their instinct to protect the land they love compels them to interact. Is it enough to save Cash Way from greedy clutches? Will she ever trust Jed completely? Can they overcome the secrets of their families' past? Or will she take the seemingly easy way out and marry Cabot Hartley?