Heather Schlitt

When her fiancé dies unexpectedly and she loses her job, 40-something music manager Alice Kendall inherits half ownership of The Grotto, a struggling nightclub in the California desert where she discovers eccentric performers and a heartbreaking secret.

Vic Simmons helps people in desperate situations where the law cannot act. He faces a dire situation when a domineering ex-boyfriend beings stalking and threatening Katie, the younger sister of a deceased friend who he vowed to protect.

An insomniac writer's sleep-deprived hallucinations distort reality as paranoia drives him to extreme violence.

A group of heroic firefighters at Seattle Fire Station 19—from captain to newest recruit—risk their lives and hearts both in the line of duty and off the clock. These brave men and women are like family, literally and figuratively, and together they put their own lives in jeopardy as first responders to save the lives of others.