Olympic Peninsula

Bronze Winner in the 2024 Readers Favorite Contest (romance/sizzle)Once upon a time in the deep, deep woods, on a dark and stormy night, a girl faints in the arms of a boy. Only that girl is a nobody and that boy is a major somebody. Their bodies don't care. His brain tells him she's better off without him. Even then he suspects it's wrong.Holed up in an isolated cabin in the Hoh Rain Forest, county music heartthrob Joe Bob Blade is under strict doctor's orders not to utter a sound. During a freak storm, a beautiful woman collapses at his door. Ali's gentle humor and hard-luck story captivate Joe, raised in privilege and until recently, sailing smoothly to the top of the charts. Surprised that she doesn't recognize him, he decides to keep his identity a secret. It's a novelty being treated like a normal guy, and besides, Joe can communicate only in writing. Ali doesn't reveal her last name, either. Sparks fly, but both resist the heat. Their timing couldn't be worse.Back in civilization, Ali and Joe struggle to move on. Over the next year and a half, neither can forget those two magical days.Book 1 of the Olympic Peninsula series.Editor's Pick! "The relationship compels, the story moves fast, and the ending satisfies, with a door open for intriguing future installments." - BookLife by Publishers Weekly

Teresa wants Liam, but Liam resists. The broody former foster child detests her rarefied world and has no wish to reenact Lady Chatterley's Lover. Fate has other plans. No stranger to adversity, Liam Ryan has also cheated death. He kept himself and his twin sister safe through a tough childhood in the foster care system. Then, at age twenty-four, he took his first trip abroad and was blown up and presumed dead in a terrorist attack. Three years later an investigator locates him working as a security guard in Jerusalem. Scarred mentally and physically by his ordeal, Liam needs space to decide what comes next. So he agrees to join his sister Ali and her new husband Joe at their sprawling estate in Port Townsend. Joe's sister Teresa, fleeing a broken engagement and her controlling mother, also comes to stay. Liam mistrusts rich people, but Teresa, the kind of society princess he would normally avoid at all costs, is hard to resist. Especially when she becomes suspiciously accident prone and in need of a protector. "A light read that will make romance readers swoon." - BookLife by Publishers Weekly

Kilo wants Maddie, who wants David but thinks he doesn't respect her. David wants Maddie but must appease his baby mama. Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream opens at the local theater. Maddie and Kylo are both in the cast. Kilo wins. But for how long? If life imitates art, it's about time David woke up.When David O'Connell joins his family in Port Townsend, Washington for his sister Teresa's wedding, they wonder why their normally outgoing, cheerful brother has become subdued and secretive. He balks at discussing his last four years as a surgeon in Africa or his fiancée Sylvia, who is coming to visit.Family friend Maddie Leftwood is a serious actress in a sex kitten's body. The air crackles between David and Maddie from the moment their eyes meet. But over Christmas at the O'Connell Compound, David is fully preoccupied with appeasing his prickly fiancée. David has good reason to tread carefully with Sylvia, but Maddie sees no choice but to move on. She has a leading role at the local theater, where her co-star, local heartthrob Kilo, pours on the charm, drawing her into his web.David knows Maddie is funny and sweet and nothing like the blonde bombshell she appears to be. Maddie knows David is brilliant and complex and refreshingly different from other men. David and Maddie could be great together, if only they can push the reset button. Still, one giant obstacle remains. In Africa, David's colleagues called him "the magic man." They didn't know the half of it."Big romance with lots of characters and heart." --Booklife by Publishers Weekly

She's married. He's mourning his dead friend. Some might say their love hasn't a ghost of a chance. But in a world where ghosts exist, anything is possible.Jake O'Connell causes quite a stir by showing up in Port Townsend for his brother David's wedding. The twin of country heartthrob Joe Bob Blade has upended his enviable life by resigning as CEO of the family business. In North Bend, he dressed to the nines, dazzled associates, and resided in an architect's showplace. But he bore a grudge against the brothers who left him to hold down the fort while they gallivanted off to follow their bliss. Now Jake is content to rattle around in a rented Victorian mansion. He appears easygoing, though distracted. His recently dead friend haunts his thoughts, making him fear for his sanity. Jake has a new career, one frowned upon in his social circle. He writes thrillers. The muse he finds in Port Townsend is just as inappropriate: the married, beguiling Chiara. "Resurrecting the delights and dishy pleasures of epic family sagas, Treadgold immerses readers once again in the O'Connell family in this fourth Olympic Peninsula series love story. [....] A satisfying escape into the lives of the rich, the famous, and the wounded." - Booklife by Publishers Weekly

Edward has lost his faith in the Catholic Church. But he believes in the power of love. Lisette has lost her faith in fairy tales. But she believes in Edward. Each would gladly put the past behind them. Fate has other plans.An unexpected guest turns up in Port Townsend for Thanksgiving dinner at the O'Connell Compound. Edward, the eldest brother, has cast aside his Roman collar and arranged for an extended stay in a hotel. In his youth, he sowed some impressive wild oats. Joining the priesthood meant turning his back not only on his checkered past but also his worldly family.Edward becomes a regular at Café Lisette, owned by the alluring and lissome Lisette Manegold. Based on scant evidence, his brother-in-law believes Lisette is a man-eater and a former call girl. Though those labels are off the mark, she has in fact buried an identity that would shock any family, let alone one as wealthy and respectable as the O'Connells.Edward rejoices in his own fresh start and is prepared to overlook any and all dark secrets. It is Lisette who can't forgive herself and move on. This Christmas season, they hope to re-imagine the holiday together. If only the ghosts of the past will let them.