***From USA Today Bestselling Author & Screenwriter Stephanie St. Klaire comes the shocking beginning of a 5-star series, McKenzie Ridge. Dawson and Sam kick off this standalone romantic suspense series that you won’t want to put down... until you’re ready to binge-read the rest. All FIVE books are available now!

It isn’t just love on the line, it’s lives too…***

Dawson and Sam agree on one thing... relationships are more work than they’re worth. But in their darkest hour, they couldn’t deny their attraction to each other and now that he's in her life, he'll do whatever he can to stay there.

Dawson can’t shake the feeling that they are being watched and soon learns their small town has a fatal secret when it becomes clear Sam’s car crash was no accident — someone is trying to kill her…

He’s in a race against time to protect her from a stalker determined to finish their task. They won’t need to look far to find what they’re searching for as they walk right into the crossfires of a crime that’s anything but random and brings their community to its knees.

Secrets and lies are revealed when tragedy strikes putting everything on the line, including lives, as a deranged criminal hides in plain sight.

Love, fear, and impossible choices have him charging to her rescue, but will it be in time…