Melody Balthaser

Chasing Clare Melody Balthaser

She wants to be an independent woman.

He wants revenge.

1850s are ending. The new decade promises more change.

Clare O'Malley is now unemployed and at the mercy of her mother's matchmaking. Seems like the perfect time to leave Boston for Maine to visit her best friend and resident lighthouse keeper, Sophie Stalz Scott. Clare hopes to gain clarity. Instead, she loses all focus.




Bringing down Damien Sherman will take proof and a plan. Erik Stalz has neither. He needs to confer with his brother-in-law, Jackson Scott. Once on the island, Erik finds a pleasant distraction until two more visitors arrive with a surprise that changes everything.

Clare's chasing her future. Erik's stuck in the past. Their attraction is undeniable and volatile. Will their impact always propel them in opposite directions?