Dominion Falls

Katherine Daugherty will do anything to avoid an arranged marriage at the tender age of fifteen. Running away from Dominion Falls, the only home she's ever known, seems her only hope. She enlists the help of the one man she knows will never tell her parents the truth-the town's nefarious brothel owner, Cole Mitchell. She makes her escape and winds up in Chicago. For three years she keeps her head down, but when she turns eighteen she steps into the world ready to take it by storm. Katherine takes a chance and asks a well-known rake to help her learn a few indecent things. Little does she know, life itself is about to teach her more than she ever expected.

Cole Mitchell runs the busiest saloon and brothel in Dominion Falls. He keeps his women at a distance, unwilling to relive a past he worked hard to forget. Until the night Jane Doe falls into his saloon bleeding and near death. She wakes with no memory, only the firm belief someone tried to kill her. In the strange world of amnesia she manages to find solace in Cole's arms and he finds home in hers. While they work together to solve the mystery of her appearance, their pasts - her lack of, and his buried - build a barrier between them. To make matters worse, Jane's past isn't willing to let her go. A stranger proves he'll kill to keep his secrets safe. With those she loves in danger, Jane's errant memory is all that stands between them and death. Cole can only do so much to protect her, will it be enough?

The crimes of her forgotten past threaten the very life Jane Doe has learned to cherish. Jane is out of time. With a warrant on her head, a maniac out for her blood, and a secret baby on the way, something has to give. Without Cole Mitchell's help to find the answers, there may be no hope left. Cole has nowhere left to hide. He unwittingly let Jane into his heart, and is ready to share the secret of his dark past. Fate has a way of playing its hand, and tragedy strikes. With the world crumbling around them, it's easy to lose faith. If they can't forgive past sins, they have no hope for the future. Because the noose waits for no man or woman.

A dead woman walks the streets of Dominion Falls. Jane Doe Spencer knows she should be dead. The pain and terror of her hanging haunt her every day. Under the cover of a long, harsh winter she heals and vows to finally solve the puzzle of her past. One man will do whatever it takes to keep her alive. Cole Mitchell has his hands full, keeping her hidden from the law and safe from the maniac stalking her. The riddle of her letters is beyond him, but his common sense helps drive them both toward her answers. He almost lost her once, and he refuses to let it happen again, even if it means betraying her trust. The future is uncertain and her enemy is closing in, intent on ending them once and for all. In order to stop him and save the lives of those she loves, Jane must confront the past she cannot remember-and the family she left behind.

Jane Spencer and Cole Mitchell are up to their eyeballs in chaos and denial. The Hangman's Inn is facing trouble, and after a year of peace, they're forced to face their own feelings about their future. Jane is happy in her life with Cole. There's no subterfuge to their feelings, even if she's the only one that sees the real Cole. She knows his past influences his fear of marriage and family--but his constant waffling when others pressure him is getting on her last nerve. Cole wants to take that leap, and a sudden change in The Hangman's Inn ownership provides him the perfect opportunity, if it isn't too late. Al Webb returns to town, and Cole is left wondering if he's out of time.

The Hangman's Inn is in jeopardy. Pregnant whores and a dead dealer are only the lead-in to fiery destruction. Jane and Cole soon realize that someone is targeting their business. They must negotiate a surprise visit from their investor in order to keep from losing everything. Things go from bad to worse when Marshal Lewis makes an appearance, wondering at the dead woman walking the streets of Dominion Falls. With everything falling apart, their one shining hope is the baby. Will a violent illness rob them of their remaining joy? And can they save their lives and business, before all is destroyed?

When one of their own betrays them, Jane begins to lose faith in her friends, and herself. She and Cole fight to reclaim their lives. With the pregnancy on tenterhooks, and the underage whore they take on as a ward, life doesn't show any signs of letting them rest. The darkest hour comes just before dawn, and what should be a rescue turns into an hour of great sacrifice. Jane is left with a choice - succumb to the darkness like her predecessor, Clara, or stand tall and fight.

Leanne DuBois, also known as "The Virgin Madam" is itching to remove the 'Virgin' from her status. However, fate doesn't want to let her. After a year of near-courting Tommy Young, they have yet to do more than snuggle and joke. Leanne is ready to put an end to their non-status. Tommy would like nothing more than to seal the deal, but Leanne's lifetime of celibacy and all the anticipation it provides makes him hesitate to go all the way. A business trip to pick up new whores in Heber City affords them the chance to be alone without the eyes of their families on them. Trouble arises instead in the form of two white children raised by Ute Indians. When the pair are mistreated, Leanne wants to step in, but is it safe? Or will she put them all in danger?

It's a big year for the citizens of Dominion Falls. Not only are they celebrating the nation's Centennial, but Colorado is also officially becoming a state. Amidst preparations for these big events, a rare weather phenomenon brings about destruction and mayhem. Then an odd death catches the attention of Tommy Young, deputy for the town, as well as a Pinkerton. With no evidence of any wrongdoing, it's put down as an accident. Jane and Cole are busier than ever, expanding their business, and their family. When their ward Sally is attacked, they begin to think Tommy might be right that something odd is happening. Sally has spent the past several years doing all she can to be a good and proper child for Jane and Cole, whom she's come to see as her true parents. She's afraid to tell them the truth about what she wants out of life. She's not even sure what she wants, except for one thing. To learn to do what Tommy does-to become a detective. Her attack cements it in her mind and heart, if only she has the gumption to tell her family. As Sally begins to pursue a life she could only dream of, the odd deaths and attacks in town begin to mount. Is it a pattern? Or simply coincidence?

The citizens of Dominion Falls are just getting over the chaotic, and tragic, events around their celebratory summer. Dark forces aren't done with them yet, though. Sally is studying hard to be every bit the detective Tommy is. When a mysterious stranger arrives and initially threatens her life, Sally is in for a big surprise. New ways to expand her knowledge, and her new lease on life are laid out before her. If only the renewed streak of murders would reveal its mysteries in the same way as life. Jane and Cole have plenty on their plate as well. With multiple businesses, many children, a new pregnancy, and the newly engaged Michael acting out in unexpected ways, their desperate for assistance. When tragedy strikes, will they make it through? Or will this be one hit too many? As mysterious deaths begin to pile up, the search for answers begins to become desperate. Will they lose someone close to them before the killer is found?

Fresh off a personal tragedy, Cole must now return to the place he never thought he'd see again - Holle Creek, the site of his greatest loss. Though necessary, his departure leaves Jane with a sense of great unease. She powers through, especially considering the unexpected joyous news she receives. Then, Cole stops communicating entirely. Between that, and the continuing difficulties both personal and townwide, Jane faces a new threat to her happiness. Sally and Molly are finally making some headway in their investigations, and in their personal lives. As Sally's duties to the casino and her family continue to build, will she be able to piece the puzzle together? Or will an innocent man hang?

Jane has finally found Cole again after weeks of missing him. The question is, did he even want to be found? Before Jane can fully face what's happened, and her husband, she goes missing herself. Cole and Jane's brother's search brutal terrain in hopes of rescuing her. Sally has learned how to live how she's always wanted to. A new beau adds a pep to her step but causes strife in another relationship at a very inconvenient time. Right as Sally has finally grasped what's been happening in Dominion Falls and has her sights set on a possible culprit, her life is put in danger, and her soul suffers a brutal loss. Can Sally and Cole keep their wits about them long enough to find those they're searching for? With so many lives in the balance, they'll have to. It's a matter of whether they'll ever be the same after these tragic events that's going to be what's truly at stake.