Dear Reader,

I am so happy to have another book in a Colton series for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. I have a big family myself with many siblings, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins, so I love writing about family dynamics. No family is more dynamic than the Colton family with their assorted pasts, secrets and lies. When billionaire Blake Colton returns to his hometown of Red Ridge, South Dakota, he learns a secret that nearly devastates him—a secret that K9 cop Juliette Walsh has been keeping from him for nearly five years. Juliette will never forget the night nearly five years ago when she felt like Cinderella, but she doubts she will ever feel that way again. As a K9 cop and with more than one killer on the loose in Red Ridge, Juliette isn’t living a fairy tale anymore. She’s living a nightmare, and Blake Colton’s return only makes that worse.

I hope you enjoy my contribution, Colton’s Cinderella Bride, to this latest Colton series. I am so excited to read every book in this series myself since all the intriguing characters in Red Ridge have come to mean so much to me.

Happy reading!

Lisa Childs