Shattered Sea

Laiken Montgomery is an artist who has survived a lot of pain. Now she wants room to concentrate on her work, and she gets it by running a small-town gallery.

Boden Cavanaugh, Hollywood royalty, walks into that gallery. He has left his past behind and come to town to prepare for his next film role. He sees Laiken more clearly than most people do.

Both carry grief, and neither wants anything serious. Their friendship settles in slowly, then shifts into attraction, one unplanned step after another.

The book is romantic suspense in a small-town setting, and it is the fourth in the Tattered & Torn series. It can be read on its own, so no earlier volume is needed.

The threat comes from a person who has killed before and will go to any length to separate the two of them. Whether Laiken and Boden can hold on to each other against that danger is what the book turns on.