The Secrets of Paradise Bay (Urban Renaissance)

Former international model Ivana Kendall-Lancaster gives it all up to marry the love of her life, Trey, and settle into Paradise Bay, Oregon. She never expected him to be unfaithful but when the worst happens, she blames it on a miscarriage and her turning to alcohol to deal with it. She just isn’t sure that anything can repair the mistrust and pain she feels.

Owner of a string of Northwest car dealerships and movie theaters, Trey Lancaster is living a life of wealth and leisure. But all is far from perfect in his world. After cheating on his wife of seven years with the wife of a wealthy client, Trey is desperately trying to get past this moment of weakness, knowing that he loves his wife more than anything.

Trey’s brother, Clyde, enters the picture. Newly released from prison after serving time for aggravated assault, he carries a dark secret that links the crime to Trey. It doesn’t take long for a sex-starved Clyde and a wounded Ivana to become attracted to one another. This attraction turns into one night of forbidden sexual relations.

Feeling guilty for betraying Trey, Clyde tries to distance himself. Ivana is left confused and unsure what—or whom—she wants.

As the brothers try to come to terms with their issues, a dangerous man from Clyde’s past with a score to settle puts the brothers and Ivana in harm’s way.

Can Ivana and Trey find their way back to each other, or will tragedy forever keep them apart?

Devon Vaughn Archer is the bestselling author of six acclaimed romance and mainstream novels from Harlequin’s Arabesque and Kimani lines. With his 2006 novel, LOVE ONCE AGAIN, Archer became the first male to write for Arabesque. In eHarlequin, the novel was number one in the Top Ten African-American Stories and its male protagonist was number three in the Top Ten Heroes We Want to Marry.
Archer continues to captivate his loyal and growing list of fans with realistic, passionate, and highly entertaining contemporary love stories and romantic suspense. Visit Devon Vaughn Archer on MySpace.