Staged River

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This was supposed to be Aspen Arthur's year. No longer held back by a loser boyfriend or terrible boss she was well on her way to getting everything she wanted-following her carefully crafted set of rules would ensure it. But one unexpected night and two pink lines later the year Aspen had envisioned for herself just got a lot more complicated. Becoming a mom is something Aspen has always dreamed of. Unfortunately that dream now includes a baby daddy she can't stand.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Simon Cadwell first met Aspen in high school he thought there could be something there. But when he sees her again after almost a decade and she doesn't have a single nice thing to say to him he knows he screwed up somehow. Getting her pregnant wasn't part of the plan to win her over but Simon is always up for a challenge.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now that they're both in Bluefield for the summer they have a chance to either work out their differences and prepare for parenthood or let everything they've ever wanted slip through their fingers. But Simon isn't the only one hoping to catch Aspen's eye this summer and with the increasing number of missing women plaguing Bluefield who can really be trusted?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Staged River is a </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>hate-to-love small-town romantic suspense</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> novel set in the fictional town of Bluefield Canada.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This story can be read as a standalone but reads best after </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Inky Water</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> the first book in the Bluefield Beach series.</span></p>