Crimson River (The Edens)

A small town, romantic suspense story from Wall Street Journal, USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author, Devney Perry. Lyla Eden has spent the last few years watching her siblings fall in love. Meanwhile, shes married to her job. Its on her hundredth consecutive workday that her sister stages an intervention, kicking Lyla out of her own coffee shop. With nothing else to do, Lyla sets out on her favorite hiking trail. Its there that she spots a man washing blood from his hands in a stream. One moment shes staring at the jagged scar on his face. The next, his hand is around her throat. But by some miracle, he lets her go. Shaken to her core, Lyla reports the incident to the local police. Two days later, Vance Sutter arrives in town, armed with endless questions and a tarnished badge. Vance may be ruggedly handsome but hes as mysterious as the man hes hunting. And hell be gone from Quincy in a blink. Yet Lylas crush is impossible to stop. No matter how hard Vance tries to ignore it, theres no denying the chemistry between them. And avoiding Lyla is not an option. After years of chasing dead ends, shes his only lead to closing the case that haunts his career. So together, theyll retrace her steps. To find the scarred man she met beside a crimson river.