Secrets at Parata Bay: A heartwarming New Zealand romance about family, secrets, and second chances
About this ebook
Cassandra Lee has lost the two people she loved most—her son and her father. Convinced one man is responsible, she vows to make him pay the only way she can: by destroying his wealth. She has nothing left to lose… except perhaps her heart.
Dallas Mackenzie has devoted his life to restoring his family’s fortune and proving he’s nothing like his ruthless father. Money may not buy happiness, but it has given him purpose—until Cassandra enters his life. She’s beautiful, determined, and hiding secrets he longs to uncover.
Drawn together by desire but divided by betrayal, Cassandra and Dallas find themselves locked in a dangerous game of seduction and resistance. But when revenge collides with love, both must confront the truth: is there any future for a relationship built on lies?
A powerful story of grief, redemption, and the courage it takes to trust again.
The Mackenzies series: heartwarming women’s fiction with clean romance, unforgettable characters, and the beauty of New Zealand at its heart.
—The Mackenzies—
A Place Called Home
Secrets at Parata Bay
Escape to Shelter Springs
What you See in the Stars
Second Chance at Whisper Creek
Summer at the Lakehouse Café
—Lantern Bay—
Yours to Give
Yours to Treasure
Yours to Cherish
Yours to Keep
Yours Forever
Yours to Love
—MacLeod's Cove—
A Second Spring at MacLeod's Cove (prequel to series)
Sanctuary at MacLeod's Cove
The Café at MacLeod's Cove
Second Chapter at MacLeod's Cove
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About the author
I write emotional, heartwarming romances with stories which make you turn the pages, and characters who feel real—whether they be sheikhs, British billionaires, medieval knights or everyday people whose lives are usually far from everyday (at least in my books).
I'm an avid people watcher, hopeless romantic and dreamer who spends far too much time gazing out the window, imagining scenes where people struggle with life and emotions but always end up happily. Because, yes, I'm also an eternal optimist!
I live in beautiful New Zealand, just north of Wellington in a small village by the sea. It's here, in a sunny window seat overlooking the hills and trees, that I write my books.
Wherever you are in the world, welcome to my little corner, where I sit with my two cocker spaniels snoring gently beside me, creating worlds where people struggle with life and emotions but are always rewarded with love and happiness in the end. Because that's non negotiable!
