The Bareknuckle GroomSettingPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania - December 1868
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James Thompson: Boxer who is actually the cousin of the Thompsons but to the world he’s their brother. He’s the son of Rory’s youngest sister, Maeve, though he was raised by Rory and Cullodena. He has black hair and green eyes.
Lucinda Vermeal: Daughter of a wealthy businessman from Virginia. They moved to Philadelphia in order for her to be introduced to a more formal society.
Elspeth Thompson Pendergast: James’ cousin who is married to Alexander. She’s 22-years old and has auburn hair and hazel eyes.
Alexander (Alex) Pendergast: Elspeth’s husband. He has black hair and blue eyes.
Muireal Thompson: Elspeth’s 26-year old sister, who is the head of the family.
Payden Thompson: Elspeth’s younger 14-year old brother.
Kirsty Thompson: Elspeth’s 18-year old sister.
Cullodena Thompson: Matriarch of the Thompson family. She and her husband, Rory, died at sea on the way to America.
Rory Thompson: Patriarch of the Thompson family. He and his wife, Cullodena, died at sea on the way to America.
Mrs. Murdoch: Elspeths’s aunt.
Annabelle Pendergast: Alexander’s sister.
Gwen Pendergast: Alexander’s mother.
Andrew Pendergast: Alexander’s father.
Nathan Pendergast: Andrew’s brother, Alexander’s uncle. He’s married to Isadora and they are the parents of two sons.
Isadora Pendergast: Married to Nathan and mother of their two sons. Alexander’s aunt.
Benjamin Pendergast: Nathan and Isadora’s son who’s in college.
Ralph Pendergast: Nathan and Isadora’s son who’s in college.
Henri Vermeal: Lucinda’s father, a wealthy businessman with ties to tobacco.
Marie Vermeal: Lucinda’s mother who died in childbirth.
Louisa Vermeal: Lucinda’s aunt.
Malcolm MacAvoy: James’ fight manager. He works at the Pendergast mill.
Mrs. McClintok: Thompson housekeeper.
Robert McClintok: Mrs. McClintok’s son and Payden’s best friend.
Eleanor Emory: Alexander and Elspeth’s housekeeper. She’s a widow and has a daughter, Mary.
Giselle: Lucinda’s maid.
John Williams: Andrew’s friend.
Renaldo Delgado: Louisa’s one love.
Geoffrey Delgado: Renaldo’s son.
Susannah Delgado: Renaldo’s 12-year old daughter.
Edith Fairchild: Lucinda’s friend, a well-known but dangerous socialite.
Laurent: Vermeal butler.
Michael Laurent: Laurent’s cousin.
Baxter: Alexander and Elspeth’s butler.
Albert Watson: Kirsty’s dinner date.
Brandleford: Lucinda’s butler.
Johnny Jackson: James’ most formidable opponent in the ring.
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MacAvoy & Eleanor marry. Elspeth and Alexander redesigned the carriage house for them to rent.
James and Lucinda marry. He won his last bout with Jackson and retired. He opened a gymnasium with Alexander’s father and John Williams as investors. (hide spoiler)]
False FrontSettingsNew York, NY
Amagansett, NY
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Royal Beach, South Carolina
Savannah, Georgia
Prologue
48 Chapters
Epilogue
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Emma Porter: aka Emily Webster. Reporter for The Harlem Sentry. When she was ten years old, she was abducted. Her family was one of the richest in the world. The world believes she was never found because her family was given a new identity. She has blond hair and violet eyes.
Nathan Bishop: aka North. President of Knightsgrove-Bishop, a defense contractor. He’s a former Naval Intelligence. He’s 28-years old, 6’2” with brown hair and green eyes.
Jack Webster: Emily’s father.
Vivienne Webster: Emily’s mother, deceased.
Caroline Fitzhugh: Emma’s best friend since childhood. She works for CNN.
JT: Emma’s driver and bodyguard.
Seraphina (Sera) Bishop: Nathan’s mother.
Henry Bishop: Nathan’s father, deceased.
Charlie Bishop: aka Cerberus. Nathan’s uncle. He’s a former US Secretary of Defense. He’s married to Maggie.
Maggie Malloy Bishop:
Miller (Tox) Buchanan: Nathan’s best friend. Former Navy SEAL who served under Nathan’s leadership on several ops. He’s 6’5” and runs the security division.
Charlotte (Twitch): Computer whiz who runs cybersecurity for Knightsgrove-Bishop. She has red hair in a long ponytail.
Andrew (Chat) Dunlap: Former Navy SEAL who served under Nathan’s leadership on several ops. He works for Knightsgrove-Bishop. He has a caramel complexion and brown eyes.
Ren Jameson: Former Navy SEAL who now works for Kinghtsgrove-Bishop. His nickname came from being known as a renaissance man. He’s also a Columbia professor, teaching a course called Environmentalism and the Economy.
Jonah (Steady) Lockhart: Former Navy SEAL. He’s a Bishop Security operative. He has an olive complexion and tranquil nature.
Finn McIntyre: Former Navy SEAL and friend of the team.
Hercules (Herc) Reynolds: Former Marine. He’s Maggie’s grandson.
Harris Mann: Operative who works for Nathan.
Assam Brudi: Operative who works for Nathan.
Farrell Whitaker: Emma’s boss, owner of The Harlem Sentry. It began as a conspiracy theory blog but has progressed into a highly reliable online investigative news source.
Calliope Garland: Emma’s colleague at The Harlem Sentry. She has black hair and blue eyes.
Aggie: Nathan’s assistant.
Dario Sava: aka El Callado. He’s an illegal arms dealer who was suspected of having abducted Emily.
Tala Savo: Dario’s wife, deceased.
Rigo Mendaz: Dario’s second.
Fyodor: Dario’s scientist.
Miguel Ramirez: aka Camilo Canto. Dario had him deliver the rare books to the Manhattan auction.
Neil Tyson: Emma’s therapist.
Marcus Pratt: Caroline’s one friend at CNN, an editor.
Mac Ferguson: Private detective.
Cyril Bond: Low level drug dealer who was a friend of Vivienne.
Billy Grimes: Hercules’ best friend.
Sofria Kirk: One of Ren’s students and a friend of Twitch.
Fraidy: Rottweiler Tox is fostering that Calliope agrees to adopt.
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Emily had twins, John (Jack) Webster Bishop and Charles (Charlie) Emerson Bishop.
Nathan spun off Bishop Security and is the CEO of the company. It will be based in Port Royal. He and Emily will live there. They got a dog, a mastiff named Reggie. (hide spoiler)]
A Killer's WifeSettingsWhite Sands, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
St. George, Utah
Low Desert Plains Correctional Institute, Nevada
Primm, Nevada
81 Chapters
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Jessica Yardley: US attorney and single mother of daughter Tara.
Tara Yardley: Jessica’s 15-year old daughter.
Wesley Paul: Jessica’s live-in boyfriend. He’s a law professor at the University of Nevada.
Cason Baldwin: FBI agent.
Oscar Ortiz: FBI agent.
Greg Newhall: Liaison for the Las Vegas Bureau office from the FBI’s Operational Technology Division (OTD).
Timothy (Tim) Jeffries: US attorney.
Roy Lieu: Jessica’s supervisor.
Madison Aggbi: Judge.
Daniel Sarte: Professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Griffin Johnson: Forensic odontologist.
Sofie Gledwell: Prison warden at the Low Desert Correctional Institute.
Eddie Cal: Jessica’s ex-husband, a serial killer on death row. He was known as the Dark Casanova.
Steven Cal: Eddie’s father.
Betty Cal: Eddie’s mother.
Emilia Ortiz: Oscar’s daughter.
Ryan Olsen: Murder victim.
Aubrey Olsen: Murder victim.
Isaac Olsen: Ryan and Aubrey’s son who found his murdered parents.
Adrian Dean: Murder victim.
Sophia Dean: Murder victim.
Eric Dean: Adrian and Sophia’s son.
Emma Dean: Adrian and Sophia’s son.
Jay Miles: Man whose home had been cased by someone posing as a representative from his alarm company.
Rosalyn Miles: Jay’s wife.
Doug Miles: Jay and Rosalyn’s son.
Jordan Russo: Killer’s first victim.
Isabella Russo: Jordan’s mother.
Austin Ketner: Son of Eddie’s third and fourth victims.
Cody Jackson: Tara’s school vice principal.
Kevin Watson: Tara’s friend.
Duncan Watson: Kevin’s father.
Dominic Hill: Childhood friend of the killer.
Wehr Parker: Private investigator.
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Wesley Paul was the copycat killer know. As Dark Casanova Junior. His real name was Wesley Deakins.
Eddie killed Jordan Russo. She saw his journal of drawings, which were highly disturbing. He used Tara to set up Wesley. (hide spoiler)]
The Highlander's Christmas CountessSettingsGlen Lyon, Western Highlands of Scotland, 20th December 1830
Glen Lyon House, 24th December 1835
15 Chapters
Epilogue
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Kit Laing: aka Christabel Urquhart, Countess of Appin. Her father was the Earl of Appin. She’s posing as a stablehand for the Glen Lyon laird. She’s 20-years old with black hair and blue eyes.
Quentin MacNab: Hamish’s nephew and assistant, son of his older sister Prudence. He’s 24-years old, 6’1” with tawny hair and hazel eyes.
Hamish Douglas: Laird of Glen Lyon, married to Emily. He’s 6’5” and looks like a Viking with wheat-blond hair and blue eyes. He’s an astronomer.
Emily Baylor Douglas: Lady of Glen Lyon. Blue stocking who is married to Hamish. She’s Quentin’s aunt. She’s 30-years old with hazel eyes and dark brown hair.
William Douglas: Hamish & Emily’s son.
Andromeda (Andy) Douglas: Hamish & Emily’s daughter.
Diarmid Mactavish: Laird of Intertavey. He’s 6’2” and 35-years old with black hair and black eyes. He’s married to Fiona and are the parents of five children.
Fiona Grant Mactavish: Diarmid’s wife. She washed up on the beach following her shipwreck in her escape from her clan. She’s tall and has light blond hair and pale blue eyes. She’s the mother of their five children.
Christina Grant: Fiona’s 19-year old daughter, Diarmid’s stepdaughter.
Prudence: One of Hamish’s older sisters, Quentin’s mother.
Charity: One of Hamish’s older sisters.
Grace: One of Hamish’s older sisters.
Elspeth Douglas Girvan: Hamish’s youngest sister. She is 27-years old and has dark brown hair and brown eyes. She’s married to his friend Brody and they’re the parents of four children.
Brody Girvan: Laird of Invermackie, Fergus’ cousin. He’s married to Elspeth and father of their four children.
Fergus Mackinnon: Laird of Achnasheen and chief of the clan. He’s married to Marina and they’re the parents of three. He’s 36-years old and tall with red hair and gray eyes.
Marina Lucchetti Mackinnon: Fergus’ wife and mother of their three children. She’s an artist formerly from Firenze, Italy. She’s half English and has black hair and black eyes.
Joseph Laing: Kit’s uncle, the Glen Lyon head groom.
Mrs, McCluskey: Glen Lyon housekeeper.
Neil Maxwell: Kit’s stepbrother and guardian.
Belmont Sinclair: Earl of Bogle, Neil’s slimy friend.
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Kit and Quentin marry to avoid scandal after spending the night together in the blizzard.
Christabel & Quentin have a son, Connor. She’s pregnant with their second child, due in March 1835. (hide spoiler)]
The Bachelor’s BrideSettingPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 1868
21 Chapters
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Elspeth Thompson: She’s 22-years old and has auburn hair and hazel eyes.
Alexander (Alex) Pendergast: He has black hair and blue eyes.
Muireal Thompson: Elspeth’s 26-year old sister, who is the head of the family.
James Thompson: Elspeth’s older brother.
Payden Thompson: Elspeth’s younger 14-year old brother.
Kirsty Thompson: Elspeth’s 18-year old sister.
Cullodena Thompson: Matriarch of the Thompson family. She and her husband, Rory, died at sea on the way to America.
Rory Thompson: Patriarch of the Thompson family. He and his wife, Cullodena, died at sea on the way to America.
Mrs. Murdoch: Elspeths’s aunt.
Annabelle Pendergast: Alexander’s sister.
Gwen Pendergast: Alexander’s mother.
Andrew Pendergast: Alexander’s father.
Malcolm MacAvoy: James’ fight manager. He works at the Pendergast mill.
Mrs. McClintok: Thompson housekeeper.
Robert McClintok: Mrs. McClintok’s son.
Henry Schmitt: Alex’s boss, a city councilman.
Bert Kleinfeld: City Council office secretary.
Graham: Head of security for the Pendergast family.
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Rory was Mrs. McClintok’s uncle; her mother, Katherine, was his sister. The Thompson family’s real last name is MacTavish. Rory was the Ninth Earl of Taviston. Payden is now the Tenth Earl of Taviston. James is the son of Rory’s youngest sister, Maeve, who died when he was a baby. He was raised by Rory and Cullodena.
Rory’s father had an illegitimate son named Cameron Plowman who is now trying to lay claim to his title. He is deadly.
Elspeth was kidnapped and roughed up pretty badly. She was almost raped but killed her attacker.
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Second Chance on Cypress LaneSettingHolly Grove Island, North Carolina
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
28 Chapters
Epilogue
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Dakota Jones: Investigative reporter. She’s 34-years old.
Dexter Roberts: Assistant operations manager for Holly Island Resorts. He’s Dakota’s boyfriend from high school.
Oliver Jones: Dakota’s father, a widower and retired police chief.
Madeline Jones: Dakota’s mother, who died five years ago.
Shayna Jones: Dakota’s older sister.
Howard: Shayna’s husband, a Hollywood executive.
Marilyn Roberts: Dexter’s mother. She’s divorced from James.
James Roberts: Dexter’s father.
Emerie (Em) Roberts: Dexter’s sister. She’s a graphic artist.
Steven Roberts: Dexter’s brother who lives in Wilmington.
Ellis Roberts: Dexter’s brother who lives in Carolina Beach.
Sinclair Buchanan: Dakota’s best friend in high school.
Lila Gayle Eriksson: Owner of Lila’s Café.
Daniel Eriksson: Lilah’s son.
Nick Washington: Director of sales and marketing for Holly Grove Island Resort. He’s Dexter’s friend.
Garrett: Dexter’s cousin.
Mike Warren: Dexter’s boss.
Angela Gilson: Mean girl from high school.
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Slow BurnSettingRabun County, Georgia (November)
Lakemont, Georgia
Clayton, Georgia
21 Chapters
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Adeline Walker: Graphic designer. She’s 28-years old with red hair and hazel eyes.
Sutton McCloud: Veterinarian and volunteer firefighter. He’s 6’5” with blond hair and gray eyes.
Ethan McCloud: Sutton’s older brother. He’s the county sheriff.
Caroline McCloud: Ethan’s wife.
Harper McCloud: Caroline and Ethan’s 10-year old daughter.
Willow McCloud: Sutton and Ethan’s sister who owns and operates an outdoor destination business called Wander Woman.
Sally Walker: Adeline’s stepmother.
Jaycee Walker: Adeline's sister, deceased.
Bristol Arrowood: Adeline’s uncle.
Shannon Cagle Caldwell: Sutton’s high school girlfriend. Formerly married to Beckett.
Beckett Caldwell: Sutton’s high school nemesis.
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Keith: Caretaker for Adeline’s cabin, working for Caldwell Properties.
Katie Dunaway: Owner of the puppy.
Dorinda Clancy: Owner of Clancy’s, a cafe.
Julie Harlowe: Woman with the book club group. She was Charlotte’s former college roommate.
Charlotte Parks: Co-owner of the Black Walnut Inn.
Eliza: Sutton’s college girlfriend, deceased.
Shelby: Beckett’s receptionist.
Colonel Mustard: Ethan’s mother’s cat.
Otis: Rescued puppy.
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Katie was the one who threw her puppy into that abandoned house. She wanted Sutton to be called in to find it so they’d have a reason to reunite.
She also killed Julie Harlowe because she thought Sutton was going to be interested in her. Then she tried to kill Adeline and Shannon. Turns out Shannon had been sleeping with Beckett much longer than that one night. Katie had drugged her so that Sutton would see her with Beckett.
Adeline’s uncle had also secretly sold all the property around the cabin he shared ownership with her. He hired Shelby to cause mischief to make Adeline lose interest in the property. Keith was helping Shelby.
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The Home They BuiltSettingBlackberry Bay, New Hampshire
17 Chapters
Epilogue
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Finn Weaver: Financial manager.
Anna Beckett: Host of the TV show Relic Rehab. Finn’s grandmother’s house is their grand finale project.
Tess (Gram) Weaver: Finn’s grandmother.
Joel Weaver: Finn’s father.
Alice Weaver: Finn’s mother.
Reyna Bishop Nash: Meredith’s high school friend who, along with her mother, operates Bishop’s Auto Care & Bakery. She’s married to Brady and mother of their 11-month old son, Parker.
Brady Nash: Electrician who is married to Reyna and father to their 11-month old son, Parker.
Tom Brisbin: Finn’s business partner.
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Their Christmas Baby Contract SettingBlackberry Bay, New Hampshire
18 Chapters
Epilogue
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Reyna Bishop: Meredith’s high school friend who, along with her mother, operates Bishop’s Auto Care & Bakery.
Brady Nash: Electrician who’s been interested in Reyna since grade school.
Jenelle Bishop: Reyna’s mother who operates the bakery.
Chris Nash: Brady’s brother, married to Marcy and father of their two sons, CJ and Benny.
Marcy Nash: Married to Chris and mother of their two sons, CJ and Benny.
Christine (Christy) Nash: Brady and Chris’s mother.
Meredith Price Maguire: Former widow who moved back to Blackberry Bay from San Diego after her husband’s death. She’s now married to Cam and they’re the parents of Sophie and a new infant son. She has long, dark blond hair and hazel eyes.
Calvin (Cam) Anthony Maguire, IV: Meredith’s husband who was her former neighbor and whose grandmother owned the cottage he inherited. He lived in New York, working for his father until he moved permanently to Blackberry Bay. He has dark brown hair and blue eyes.
Sophie Price: Meredith’s 6-year old daughter.
Lucas: Man Reyna dated for three months.
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Reyna and Brady marry and have a son, Parker James Nash.
Brady learns that his mother was married before and he has a half sister named Anna. (hide spoiler)]
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