O'Connells (Eckhart)

After the devastating loss of her husband, Jenny Sweetgrass packs up her teenage daughter, Alison, and moves to Livingston, Montana, hoping for a fresh start-that is, until Ryan O'Connell knocks on her door. Park ranger Ryan is one of the six O'Connell siblings in Livingston, raised by an independent mom who has been a rock to him. He has a career he loves, and up until six weeks ago, he lived a comfortable life. When a new neighbor moves in and disturbs the quiet peace of the area, bringing with her a daughter who's walking trouble, Ryan is shocked to discover that the woman is a one-night stand he picked up at a bar years ago. Right now, the gorgeous Jenny isn't too interested in making friends, but despite her cool façade, as Ryan gets to know her, he can't fight an idiotic need to try to ease the pain he sees her trying to hide. At the same time, he knows deep down that both mother and daughter have a secret, and if he were smart, he would listen to his brother's warning and walk away. When Alison goes missing, everyone in town believes she simply ran off or found her way into trouble, but nothing about her disappearance adds up. She simply set out on an afternoon hike into the park and never came back. Jenny soon learns she's not alone when Ryan takes matters into his own hands and sets off with her into the park to find her daughter. What he doesn't know is that Alison is actually his daughter, too, and when he learns the truth and the real reason she left, the secret could end up dividing the O'Connell family and the community.

Deputy Marcus O'Connell is blindsided one night after a series of calls comes in from an unknown number, and the caller on the other end is a child. All he knows is she's six years old, her name is Eva, and there's someone in her house who wants to hurt her. Marcus is the ultimate bad boy turned deputy. He knows everything about how to get away with something, considering he was one of the middle of the six O'Connell siblings. He never had responsibility resting on his shoulders like his brother Owen, and he's never been the center of attention like his little sister, Suzanne. Marcus knows how to find trouble and talk his way out of it. Now, as the head deputy for the Livingston sheriff's office, he knows everything about everybody, and no one can pull anything over on him. It's why he's such a damn good deputy. But even Marcus dreads what cops know as the third call. When Marcus takes the call the first time, he thinks it's a prank. The second time, he knows there's a problem. The third time the call comes in and is patched through to him, he knows it's something he can't ignore. The only thing is, the girl is terrified and keeps hanging up, and Marcus knows someone is in the house with her. Where are her parents, and who is this mysterious girl who needs his help?

Small-town lawyer Karen O'Connell believes that all of her clients who have found themselves recklessly embroiled in scandal and trouble have done so foolishly because of love. She has heard far too many times that the heart wants what it wants.

As far as Marcus O'Connell is concerned, his situation is perfect. He's now living with the love of his life, Charlotte, and they're serving as guardians for Eva, a little girl he rescued whose mother is serving time in prison for a crime of which, in Marcus's mind, she was unfairly convicted.

 But Charlotte isn't on board with Marcus's way of thinking. Because her divorce is now final, she wants-no, expects Marcus to want the same things she does. One of those things is a committed relationship, which, to Charlotte, means marriage. For Marcus, though, marriage is only a piece of paper, and it doesn't have anything to do with commitment.

 However, when circumstances change for Eva, whom they both love deeply, Marcus is forced to make some hard decisions to keep both Eva and Charlotte, and he questions his reasons for not wanting marriage. What will he need to do to keep the child he and Charlotte now consider theirs?

In this shocking O'Connell family novel, a brother's secret is exposed, opening up old wounds and creating a scandal that could rock the community. Big brother Owen O'Connell was only sixteen when his father mysteriously disappeared, forcing him to become a father figure to his five younger siblings. If you were to ask them, they'd say Owen is the perfect older brother with the perfect life: He's single, a plumber, working his own hours in a close-knit community. Owen, though, knows that appearances are often deceiving. When he is called to a plumbing emergency at the local high school after a grad prank goes wrong, he finds his old rival Tessa Brooks, now a teacher, holding a broken pipe in the middle of the flood, thinking she can fix the problem. However, the two soon make a horrifying discovery: the body of a student tucked away in a closet. The event brings authorities flocking in, and in the ensuing chaos, Owen realizes that someone knows too much about his family. Having carefully held the family together since his father disappeared, he is determined to keep their secrets right where they are, dead and buried. But sometimes, secrets get revealed in the most scandalous of ways.

What will happen when the secret Marcus has been holding on to begins to unravel, and someone uses it as leverage?

 One morning, Marcus O'Connell is confronted by his deputy, Harold Waters, about an accusation that he's hidden evidence of a crime. Harold knows something is going on in the O'Connell family. Even his partner, Suzanne, is acting strangely. Harold has made it clear that he doesn't do secrets, but Marcus isn't too inclined to share the details of the O'Connells' secret, even with Suzanne's urging.

At the same time, he learns that the sentencing for those involved in the recent high school crime has been assigned to an overtly conservative judge who makes no apologies for his bias, letting privileged kids walk while tossing others away all because of who their families are. Marcus soon learns there is much more going on behind the scenes with the judge than he's comfortable with.

Added into the mix is the fact that the adoption for Eva has suddenly taken a turn for the worse. Her grandfather wants to be a part of her life and is questioning Marcus and Charlotte's fitness as parents. With everything weighing on Marcus, he needs to make some hard choices about coming clean with his family's secret and taking a stand against the unfairness that has cropped up in a criminal case that should've been open and shut.

In finding a way to keep Eva in their family and close the adoption, Marcus may need to realize that carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders alone isn't the answer-and that reaching out, asking for help, and trusting someone could be the only way to resolve everything.

Raymond O'Connell was the love of Iris's life-from the day she met him, to the day a year later when she married him, to the tragic night before she never saw him again. Some would say they had the perfect all-American life. Now, eighteen years later, questions arise about the night her husband disappeared, leaving a bloody knife and a letter addressed to her, in which he said goodbye and told her not to look for him, with not even a second thought for her and their six children. The scandal when Raymond left rocked the community, fueling widespread rumors, from him running away with his mistress to him being dead. But through it all, Iris kept her head down, keeping the secret of what really happened. Although her children often wondered, and her eldest thought he was protecting her from something heinous when she asked him to get rid of the knife, what they didn't know was that their father wasn't who they thought he was. Making sure his secret didn't come out was the only way to keep her family together. Now, Iris can no longer keep her life with Raymond O'Connell buried, because her adult children are asking questions. The only thing she can think to do to protect herself and them is to enlist the help of a lawyer, her daughter's husband, fearing that once the truth starts to surface, it could change everything about their lives. The secret of their father, which Iris has hidden for so long now, has the potential to destroy everything the O'Connells have built for themselves, and once the truth of who Raymond O'Connell really was comes out, it will put a target on all of them, and their lives in peaceful Livingston, Montana, will never be the same.

Thirty-five years ago, Raymond O'Connell didn't exist, at least not until the moment Iris walked into his life. His very existence had been a secret, a carefully cultivated lie, except for the fact that he loved Iris and the six children he'd never planned on having. He'd become careless, living a life that belonged to someone else. 

 Becoming Raymond O'Connell had made him forget who he really was, and when he fell in love with a fantasy he knew he couldn't have, he put his family in danger. Ultimately, he found himself covering up a murder to protect the woman he loved, and that act forced him to walk away and return to the shadows of a secret life that he couldn't find his way out of.

 When he returns to Livingston with a son in tow, what he doesn't expect is to be dragged from the shadows to protect a family that suddenly has a target on their backs. Soon, Raymond finds himself becoming part of a bigger, deadlier plot-one that could leave someone in his family, someone he's sworn to stay away from, dead.

 The choice he'll have to make to protect the O'Connells could come at a heartbreaking cost. Can Raymond choose between the son he has now and the family he walked away from?

Will life ever return to normal? That's the question everyone in the O'Connell family has asked since their lives were turned upside down by a murder charge. With their father now back from the dead, the O'Connells are coming to grips with the idea that justice isn't equal. But despite the pending arrival of a new grandchild, and the fact that the family is settling into a new identity, trouble seems to always be one step away. This time, it could come from within, as a shadowy new enemy has found its way into the close-knit family and could ultimately destroy the bond the siblings share, forcing them to finally cut their losses and walk away from one another.

Romance and suspense collide in this haunting romantic thriller. When special forces operator Luke O'Connell meets a woman he never expected to see again, he uncovers the dangerous secret she is hiding and realizes the lengths someone will go to stop him from uncovering the truth. Luke never in a million years expected to see Misty Bates again after a weekend of no strings and no names. But when his family introduces him to the nice girl next door, who turns out to be his mysterious fling, he soon figures out that the small-town girl is running from something, and uncovering it could destroy his chance at love.

Seven years ago, she lost her husband. Three years ago, her daughter was taken from her. Today, she's taking back her life. "There's a lot within this book that will draw out strong feelings at the injustices that Reine, and other women/families in similar situations, have had to endure, but it also portrays the strength, love, support, and forgiveness that a family can and should show to one another." ★★★★★ Catlou Being taken in by the O'Connells would be a bit overwhelming for some. But for Reine Colbert, the feeling of being on the outside, looking in is all too familiar. Yet when Suzanne O'Connell, the unruly rule-breaker, steps in with her very pregnant sister Karen to right all the wrongs Reine has suffered along the way, she exposes a deeply guarded secret involving crimes against other women, and the three soon find themselves in a perilous situation that could leave one of them paying the ultimate price.

The O'Connells of Livingston, Montana, are not your typical family. Follow them on their journey to the dark and dangerous side of love in a series of romantic thrillers you won't want to miss. Raised by a single mother after their father's mysterious disappearance eighteen years ago, the six grown siblings live in a small town with all kinds of hidden secrets, lies, and deception. This Boxed set collection in The O'Connells series includes The Neighbor, The Third Call & The Secret Husband The Neighbor: Park ranger Ryan is shocked when Jenny, a one-night stand from years ago, moves to his Montana town with her troublesome daughter, Alison. But he can't resist the pull he feels toward her - especially once Alison goes missing and the truth about her daughter's real identity comes out... The Third Call: When dispatcher Charlotte Roy passes along a call to bad-boy deputy Marcus O'Connell, they learn a six-year-old child is in danger. Can they save the girl from a desperate situation? The Secret Husband: Small-town lawyer Karen O'Connell receives a call from Jack Curtis, her vengeful ex-husband, whom she's never told anyone in her family about. He's found himself in jail charged with murder. He says he's innocent, and Karen soon learns the mysterious circumstances surrounding the murder could be the reason their hasty marriage ended so badly.

The O'Connells of Livingston, Montana, are not your typical family. Follow them on their journey to the dark and dangerous side of love in a series of romantic thrillers you won't want to miss. Raised by a single mother after their father's mysterious disappearance eighteen years ago, the six grown siblings live in a small town with all kinds of hidden secrets, lies, and deception. Much like the contemporary family romance series focusing on the Friessens, this romantic suspense series follows the lives of the O'Connell family as each of the siblings searches for love. This boxed set collection in The O'Connells series includes The Fallen O'Connell, The Return of the O'Connells, And Then She Was Gone. The Fallen O'Connell - Book 10 Now over eighteen years later, the truth about Raymond O'Connell has been revealed, and it has come at a cost. That cost is measured by the loss of life, the loss of innocence and the loss of what could have been.
 The Return of the O'Connells - Book 11 Will life ever return to normal? That's the question everyone in the O'Connell family has asked since their lives were turned upside down by a murder charge. With their father now back from the dead, the O'Connells are coming to grips with the idea that justice isn't equal. But despite the pending arrival of a new grandchild, and the fact that the family is settling into a new identity, trouble seems to always be one step away. This time, it could come from within, as a shadowy new enemy has found its way into the close-knit family and could ultimately destroy the bond the siblings share, forcing them to finally cut their losses and walk away from one another. And Then She Was Gone - Book 12 The moment Brady told his family he was engaged, his fiancée was nowhere to be found.

The O'Connells of Livingston, Montana, are not your typical family. Follow them on their journey to the dark and dangerous side of love in a series of romantic thrillers you won't want to miss. Raised by a single mother after their father's mysterious disappearance eighteen years ago, the six grown siblings live in a small town with all kinds of hidden secrets, lies, and deception. -"A new family series more suspenseful than the Friessens." Karen L. Vine Voice This Boxed set collection in The O'Connells series includes The Quiet Day, The Commitment & The Missing Father The Quiet Day: As a female firefighter in a small town, Suzanne O'Connell finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation with two men. And when the stakes turn deadly, trusting the wrong man could put her life in jeopardy. The Commitment: As far as Marcus O'Connell is concerned, his situation is perfect, only Charlotte isn't on board with Marcus's way of thinking. However, when circumstances change Marcus is forced to make some hard decisions to keep the child he and Charlotte now consider theirs. The Missing Father: The O'Connell family collides with danger in this shocking new story from NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart. "Luke O'Connell has the type of job he can't tell anyone about. He'd have to kill them – literally. So when he returns home after a mission, everything is normal for him and his family. Until it isn't. Now he has to put all of his training into action to save those that he loves, but it may not be enough." Susan H.

The O’Connell’s of Livingston, Montana, are not your typical family. Follow them on their journey to the dark and dangerous side of love in a series of romantic thrillers you won't want to miss. Raised by a single mother after their father's mysterious disappearance eighteen years ago, the six grown siblings live in a small town with all kinds of hidden secrets, lies, and deception. This boxed set collection in The O’Connell’s series includes The Hometown Hero, Justice & The Family Secret. The Hometown Hero -Book 7 In this shocking O'Connell family novel, a brother's secret is exposed, opening up old wounds and creating a scandal that could rock the community. Justice -Book 8 What will happen when the secret Marcus has been holding on to begins to unravel, and someone uses it as leverage? Family Secret -Book 9 Raymond O'Connell was the love of Iris's life-from the day she met him, to the day a year later when she married him, to the tragic night before she never saw him again.