A fast-paced, chilling page-turner, with a romance to melt the coldest heart! The Second Book in the Love and Murder in the Adirondacks Series Emma Pearson believes she has the perfect life in Hopewell, Ohio, until she doesn’t. Her husband’s murder while working undercover has revealed a secret life, a betrayal too deep to forgive, and his actions have placed her and her children in danger. Declining an offer to enter witness protection, she changes her name and goes on the run to join her best friend Riley in the Adirondacks, a park so vast she can start a new life and hide from her pursuers. After recovering from severe burns and a gunshot wound acquired in a drug bust, Anton ‘Tony’ Storms struggles with demons of his own. When Emma and her children arrive in Wanakena, he finds his world turned upside down. Then the assassins trailing her show up, and Tony must decide whether to remain apart from all entanglements or risk everything to protect the woman who has stolen his heart. J.E. Irvin is a career educator and an award-winning author. Her stories, essays, and poems have appeared in a variety of print and online publications. Happiest when canoeing in the Northwoods or hiking forest paths, Irvin and her husband reside in Springboro, Ohio, where they share their life with two crazy cats, a resident beaver in the pond behind their home, and a variety of wildlife in the prairie to the west.

Sexy, Fat-paced, and intense, this romantic suspense novel will keep you up all night reading! Riley Marie Finn lives a stolid, conventional life, every detail planned and unexpected and dull. But when her boyfriend dumps her and the school district where she teaches releases her due to budget concerns, Riley’s whole world turns upside down. Jilted and jobless and determined to change her fate, she heads to the Adirondacks in search of summer employment, where she ends up lost. Rescued by a broody forest ranger who directs her to the hamlet of Wanakena, she is hired in place of a woman whose dead body is discovered at the very place Riley appeared. Josh Waylon is a forest ranger haunted by the ghost of his unfaithful wife, the first victim of the Wilderness Strangler one year ago. With a battered heart and a cloud of suspicion hanging over him, he swears off human contact until Riley invades his territory. Broken and desperate and unable to resist their mutual attraction, Riley and Josh join forces to flush out the ‘Wilderness Strangler’ and clear their names. Can their growing feelings for each other heal the damage of their past lives? Can they solve the dual murders before one of them becomes the next victim? J.E. Irvin is a career educator and an award-winning author. Her stories, essays, and poems have appeared in a variety of print and online publications. Happiest when canoeing in the Northwoods or hiking forest paths, Irvin and her husband reside in Springboro, Ohio, where they share their life with two crazy cats, a resident beaver in the pond behind their home, and a variety of wildlife in the prairie to the west.

When Jack Kirkland travels to the Adirondack Mountains to investigate the death of a well-to-do engineer, he expects to uncover medical malpractice. Instead, he finds evidence of murder and falls in love with the only suspect, the dead man's girlfriend. Will Kirkland give up a chance at happiness to get at the truth?

Dying to Date is a complicated mix of love, betrayal, and murder. Things aren’t always as they seem. Dying to Date is a murder mystery, with a bit of fun romance, and a lot of humor. (Mature language) Copies of Dying to Date have been downloaded in over 34 countries! Kristina Truly is a smart, modern woman, who can’t resist a cute pair of shoes. She’s a highly sought-after relationship expert, despite her own lapse in judgment when it comes to dating men. After three women are found murdered, FBI Agent, Detective Jakes discovers one common link—they’ve all attended Kristina’s relationship workshops. His challenge is making sure Kristina is not the next victim. Catching a serial killer and keeping Kristina safe is tough enough, but when he starts having romantic feelings for her, it takes surveillance to a new level. Kristina is shocked to find out she’s in the middle of a murder investigation, and there’s a chance she’s the killer’s next target. But her inability to trust men, after her father left when she was eight years old, only complicates Detective Jakes’s job. But after she’s kidnapped by the serial killer, trusting that Detective Jakes will find her is the only hope she has. Buy now!