Bøker av Kalan Chapman Lloyd

"You know you're a little crazy, right Lil?""I know. I get it from my mama."Unfinished business. Old family secrets. Guilt.Attorney Lilly Atkins has survived the long, hot summer in Oklahoma after running home from a cheating fiancé and discovering a former flame had become a career criminal. That infamous ne'er-do-well, Cash Stetson, is on the tail end of a stint in rehab; and with a near-death experience skirted, life-altering epiphany under her belt, and cowgirl boots in place, Lilly is ready to kick butt.Except something's got ahold of her; turning her every way but loose. And as much as she tries to hide her crazy, it keeps flashing everyone on Main Street.Former federal agent Spencer Locke is rescuing her. Again.Her latest case includes dead varmints. On YouTube.She's finding dead bodies. In her office.She's getting assaulted. Weekly.And it won't stop raining. So there's reason enough to come unwound.

"Lilly Atkins is Erin Brockovich in boots!" - Foreword Reviews "Charming and heartfelt... a well-developed journey of self-discovery and romance." - Kirkus Reviews "Lloyd checks off all the appropriate boxes - suspense, drama and humor - to keep readers turning the pages." - Romance Times "You need to stop all this yoga crap and find your inner badass again." Old love. New Love. A love you wish would just die. A kinder, gentler Lilly? Small-town lawyer Lilly Atkins has calmed down. She's doing yoga, her hair is relatively tame, and she hasn't shot anyone in a while. But with bad boy Cash Stetson out of rehab, former FBI agent-turned-attorney Spencer Locke dogging her steps and a ghost from her past who just won't go away, her trigger finger is starting to itch. When cattle rustlers hit a little too close to home, and she's forbidden to investigate, the only thing to do is get up off the yoga mat and grab her gun. Will Lilly stay zen? Or get her groove back?

Weddings. Biker Gangs. Road Trips. Vegas. What happens in Brooks, stays in Brooks. Except when it doesn't. Attorney Lilly Atkins and her supermodel sister, Tally, have led a charmed life, but when a mysterious bank deposit puts Tally in a tizzy, Lilly has to find a way to protect her sister. The Posse's rounding up a road trip to celebrate bride-to-be Brandy's upcoming nuptials, and it looks like they're going to get more of a bachelorette party than they bargained for. Outlaw Cash Stetson is knocking at Lilly's door, even after Prince Charming Spencer Locke has all but swept her off her feet. Can Tally find solid ground again? Will Lilly stand steady? Can the Posse make it to the church on time? Will Cash and Spencer settle the score once and for all? All isn't always fair... in a cowgirl fairytale.

On Florida's iconic 30A, mother and social worker Vinny Lillenhammer has a secret.About the Betancourts next door. Unrequited artist and newly widowed Lila Beckham has a secret.About the Betancourts next door. Thirteen-year-old left-handed tennis ace Gabe Lillenhammer has a secret.About the Betancourts next door... but he doesn't know it yet. The Betancourts next door have their own secrets and have been a part of the lives of their neighbors for thirty years, but have always remained only on the vacationing peripheral, until now. As they all head toward the end of the era with their two families intertwined, none of them know they are on a crash course, with one force barreling toward them all, one that could blow apart three generations and two families, and the secrets that threaten to break the fabric they've woven for thirty years in the sparkling "Hamptons of the South."

"Charming and heartfelt." - Kirkus Review"Frothy, saucy chick-lit." - Foreword ReviewsSecrets. Lies. Bodies.Small town attorney Lilly Atkins has finally got it all together. Until she finds herself neck-deep in bodies, and no charm to fend them off. Hometown sweetheart and resident badass Fae Lynn is everyone's favorite best friend. She's always been the super glue that holds The Posse together. Until she has to take a stand on the street, triggering a scene from the past and cracking the cover-up. When the bodies start to pile up and the secrets start to rise from the grave, can the well-dressed and righteously justified Posse ride hard enough to outrun their past?Or will the stampeding skeletons run them down?

On Florida's iconic 30A, mother and social worker Vinny Lillenhammer has a secret.About the Betancourts next door.Unrequited artist and newly widowed Lila Beckham has a secret.About the Betancourts next door.Thirteen-year-old left-handed tennis ace Gabe Lillenhammer has a secret.About the Betancourts next door... but he doesn't know it yet.The Betancourts next door have their own secrets and have been a part of the lives of their neighbors for thirty years, but have always remained only on the vacationing peripheral, until now. As they all head toward the end of the era with their two families intertwined, none of them know they are on a crash course, with one force barreling toward them all, one that could blow apart three generations and two families, and the secrets that threaten to break the fabric they've woven for thirty years in the sparkling "Hamptons of the South."

"If the raw reality of stillbirth, loss of pregnancy, or miscarriage has rendered you senseless if you feel helpless in friending a grieving family, then you will be touched by the words of care and concern that you can't always think to say at the time. I highly recommend this unabashed account of Kalan Lloyd's journey toward wholeness."-Susanna Fitzgerald, MSW "A cry-laugh, laugh-cry. What makes it so good is how she conveys the terrible sadness and madness of losing a child."-Heath Mueller, M.D., Psychiatry "Kalan's frank, honest expression of her personal experience will bring hope and encouragement to many." -Lisa Nolan, Associate Pastor, Cornerstone Fellowship "Rarely as healthcare providers do we have the opportunity to hear the intimate thoughts and feelings of a patient who has been delivered the most heartbreaking news. This memoir will help us all be better friends, family members, and caregivers to those that have experienced such loss." -Shara Young, M.D., OBGYN