Lisa Jackson

Dear Reader, It?s always wonderful to return to a favorite place. That?s how I feel about Bittersweet, Oregon, the fictional setting for my 1990s trilogy, Forever Family, now collected here in one volume with a new title-Envious! I?m delighted to revisit Bittersweet in the company of Bliss, Katie, and Tiffany-three women who?ve just discovered they are half-sisters . . . Bliss Cawthorne is John Cawthorne?s only legitimate daughter,...

Some places earn their bad reputation through tall tales or chance. Grizzly Falls is different. Here, killers aren't just the stuff of legends and campfire lore. Someone is in the nighttime shadows, watching the local teens in the moonlit woods. Waiting for the right moment, the right victim. Waiting to take away a life. Detective Regan Pescoli is counting the days until her maternity leave. Exhausted and emotional, the last thing she needs is another...

It starts as a prank - a way to blow off steam after a long summer at Camp Horseshoe. Among the teen counselors, tensions and hormones are running high. No wonder the others agree when Jo-Beth Chancellor suggests they scare Monica O'Neal a little - or a lot. Monica has it coming, and no one will really get hurt. What could go wrong? Everything. 20 years later, Lucas Dalton, a senior detective with the sheriff's department, is investigating the discovery...

Father John, the notorious serial killer, is back for revenge. After hiring prostitutes, he then strangles them with rosary beads, leaving behind a hundred dollar bill with Ben Franklin's eyes burned out. Also in his cross-hairs is Bentz's daughter, Kristi, a true crime writer, who survives an attack when the novel opens but it ends with her husband Jay's death. Was the attack the work of Father John? Or is there another killer on the loose in New...

Sarah McAdams has come home to the shores of Oregon's wild Columbia river to renovate the old Victorian mansion where she grew up. Her daughters, Jade and Gracie, aren't impressed by the rundown property, and Sarah too is beset by uneasy memories - of her cold, distant mother, of the half-sister who vanished without a trace, and of a long-ago night when Sarah was found outside, feverish and delirious. Ever since the original mistress of the house...

The police don't believe Shannon when she says someone is out there, watching her, trying to kill her. The only person on her side is Travis. The former Special Forces agent is convinced Shannon's past has something to do with the disappearance of his daughter, Dani - a child whose connection to Shannon is just the beginning of a nightmare.

Cassie Kramer and her sister Allie dreamed of taking Hollywood by storm. But Allie was more beautiful, more talented, more driven. While Cassie got bit parts, Allie rose to stardom. But now her body double has been killed - and Allie herself is missing. To the police, Cassie looks like a suspect: the jealous sister who grew sick of playing a supporting role. As the tabloids go into a frenzy, Cassie ends up on a Portland psych ward, where a sinister...

In Grizzly Falls, Montana, Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli are struggling with a new commander and a department in the midst of upheaval. It's the worst possible time for a homicide. A body has been found, missing a finger. Alvarez hopes this means a murderer with a personal grudge, not a madman. But then a second body turns up... As the clues begin pointing toward a suspect, Pescoli's unease grows. She senses there's more to this case...

With unscrupulous enemies, a rebellious child, and a farm that was being slowly sabotaged, Dani had to shore up her defenses. But sexy, rugged Chase McEnroe was invading more than just her property; he was trespassing on her heart. Chase needed finds, but his powerful new business partner was pushing him too far. Chase refused to seduce Danielle Summers into giving up her land - though he did want to win the beautiful farmer. How could he possibly...