Reluctant Witness — Sara M. Barton

What happens when the man you're supposed to marry is murdered in your home? Poor Marigold Flowers, already in the Witness Protection Program, thinks it's her fault Jared Spears is dead. At sixteen, life as Marigold knew it ended with the murders of her grandparents. She and her family learned to live under the radar, avoiding trouble. But ever since she met the dashing investor in Newport, Rhode Island, this party planner's had one problem after another. She chalks it up to her status in WitSec, especially after her team of U. S. Marshals is viciously attacked. What if she's wrong? What if something else is going on? Enter handsome Jefferson Cornwall, thriller author, man of mystery...son of mystery and romantic suspense writer Lisabeth Causley, AKA Serena Duvall....Always on the hunt for inspiration for his next thriller, he's willing to take her under his wing as he digs for the truth. With his team of experienced security professionals, he'll keep Marigold alive, but she'd better not be lying to him! To help her fill the hours, she turns to books....But not just any books...books by Jefferson and his mother...books inspired by real villains...books with a heroine who inspires Marigold. She and the fictional Nora have several things in common...deceitful lovers...the Caribbean...and men who are willing to go to the ends of the earth to protect them. While contract killers hunt for her, her unofficial witness protection team unravels a mystery no one saw coming!...And even as the dangerous secrets are revealed, the chase is on!