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    LOWCOUNTRY MYSTERIES

    Family. History. Love. Mystery. Welcome to Heron Creek.

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    PIACERE PRINCES

    Three princes. One crown. Love will only get in their way. 

    THE PIACERE PRINCES

  • SECRETS DON'T MAKE FRIENDS

    Secrets might not make friends, but they do make good stories. 

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  • MISTLETOE AND MR. RIGHT

    Snuggle up with some cocoa and enjoy Christmas abroad with a couple of romances sure to curl your toes in front of the fire. 

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    They've got power, influence, good looks, and money to burn. But what about love?

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Not Quite Mine

Release Date: May 31, 2016

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The Playboy Prince

Release Date: July 2016

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Not Quite Right

Released: April 2016

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Secrets Don’t Make Survivors

Released: March 2016

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I love the mix of humor, romance, adventure and drama in this series. She develops the character more in every book so you are always guessing at what you're going to learn next.

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Every time I think this series can’t possibly get any better, Lyla Payne releases the next, and it blows me away even more.

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I was so wrapped up in the story, when I didn't have time to read I was wondering what was going to happen to Dinah and Jeyne.

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I am in love with this series. So much that my life is incomplete without the next book. Lyla Payne is amazing once again in this book. Buy it. Read it. Breath it. Love it.

Living the Dream

Living the Dream

Kelly / Amazon Reviewer

Lyla has a way to make the good in people come out. She takes a normal love story and makes it into a great love story.

Secrets Don't Make Friends

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