He’s a grumpy bar owning, ex-Marine, ex-cop
She’s pure mountain sunshine
She’s been attacked - twice - and linked to a murder
He doesn’t believe in coincidences and brings her under his protection
Payback Mountain
DangerousSecrets
Payback Mountain Book 1
Eight years has been a long time to brew on the injustice done to Walker McGrath, but he needed space to get his head straight. To learn to breathe without the violence of his anger coloring his words and actions.
His return to Cider Mill Farm was bittersweet. He'd come back for vengeance, but one look at the woman he'd been forced to leave behind altered his trajectory for retribution.
Honest Secrets
Payback Mountain Book 2
Emery Marino is in the small mountain town of Sisters, California because her new boss demands it. But she'd be here anyway since she received a letter from a woman claiming to be the grandmother she's never met. If that's not enough of a bombshell, Emery learns she has sisters. Sisters!
Then there's the little incident with Shane Keller, aka Hot Cowboy. Nothing like finding yourself on a barroom floor, laying on top of a cowboy-sized hunk of gorgeousness to add some excitement to your life.
SecretLies
Payback Mountain Book 3
Cameron King is living under an assumed identity in the town of Sisters, California. And still, she never feels safe. As the baker for the café at the quaint Cider Mill Farm, she's grateful to the people who've taken her in and have treated her like family.
But she doesn't belong, and does everything she can to hold herself apart.
GuardedSecrets
Payback Mountain Book 4
Everyone in the mountain town of Sisters, California loves Keeley. Or do they?
When she's attacked, and a woman she knows is murdered, the one person in her life who acts like he can barely tolerate her, swoops in to become her avenger.
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An avid reader for as long as she can remember, Diane has always favored stories with strong female characters who went on adventures and could think themselves out of the most dangerous situations. It’s no surprise that those are the kinds of books she enjoys writing.