Uncharted Emotions ^Featured

She never throws caution to the wind. But when she’s stood up by her date and a stranger across the bar catches her attention, Trish may find the one thing she never knew she was missing.

Trish has spent years building a life that is successful, structured, and completely under control. Between her demanding career as a family court judge and the people she loves, she has convinced herself she is perfectly happy on her own.

Her daughter isn’t buying it.

After weeks of encouragement, Trish reluctantly creates an online dating profile. The plan is simple: survive one awkward first date, prove she is happier single, and move on.

Instead…

She’s stood up.

And just when she is ready to call it a night, a handsome stranger across the bar sends over a drink.

Evan is charming, genuine, and impossible to ignore. One drink becomes dinner, dancing, and a connection that feels far too effortless to dismiss. For the first time in years, Trish begins to believe there might still be room in her carefully planned life for something unexpected.

Evan knows how to make her laugh, tempt her into adventure, and make every moment together feel easy.

What he doesn’t know is how to be a partner.

After growing up in a family where closeness came with a cost, Evan learned to keep the hardest parts of his life locked away. He has never had a lasting intimate relationship, and even as Trish makes him want more than he ever has before, instinct keeps telling him to hold part of himself back.

Then his fierce loyalty to a troubled brother pulls him into a dangerous family crisis—and Trish discovers just how much Evan has kept from her.

Can Evan learn to let someone stand beside him when life becomes difficult? Or will the distance he has always relied on cost him the first woman who has ever made him want a future?

Because sometimes the most extraordinary love stories begin when we’re brave enough to step into uncharted emotions.

Uncharted Emotions is a later-in-life interracial romance between a headstrong family court judge and a wealthy, emotionally guarded hero whose family secrets threaten the first lasting relationship he has ever wanted. It is book two in the Blue Ridge series and can be read as a standalone, though the series is best enjoyed in order.

Perfect for readers who love:

Later-in-life romance
Interracial romance
He falls first
Wealthy hero
Emotionally guarded hero
Family secrets
Found family
Small-town romance