Elle Kennedy - Welcome to Paradise Series (01,04)

Welcome to Paradise (2011)
(The first book in the Welcome to Paradise series)
A novel by Elle Kennedy

Revenge can be sweet. Forgiveness is sweeter.

Welcome to Paradise, Book 1

Singing sensation Charlotte Hill can't wait for her high school reunion. She's out to give Nate Bishop - the man who walked away with her virginity - the sexiest ride of his life. Then give him a heaping dose of the same medicine he gave her fifteen years ago.

Stomp all over his heart as she walks out the door.

Nate has never forgotten the green-eyed redhead who set his body on fire, the one girl who saw past his bad reputation. The heat of those memories still warms his thoughts, even after all these years. After he did the right thing and let her go, rather than let his love chain her to a town she despised.

Now she's back in Paradise looking sexier than ever, and Nate finds himself powerless to keep his distance. And Charlotte, in spite of her resolve, can't believe she's so easily falling under his spell. Yet mind-blowing sex doesn't bury the past. It unearths painful emotions too long buried. Emotions that could stamp out rekindled love before it catches flame...

Since You've Been Gone (2013)
(The fourth book in the Welcome to Paradise series)
A novel by Elle Kennedy

What happens on the road can follow you all the way home.

Welcome to Paradise, Book 4

Austin Bishop is going home to face some difficult truths, but that doesn't mean he can't take the long way home. So rather than hop on a plane, he accepts a photography assignment that requires a cross-country drive.

The road can be a lonely place, though, and when he spots a cute redhead leaning against a broken-down car, he stops to offer the stranded damsel a ride.

Mari Smith has lost her job and her apartment, she's moving back in with her parents, and now it looks like she's without a car, too. When a sexy, dark-haired stranger stops to help, she's utterly grateful. And utterly tempted to explore their sizzling chemistry.

The fresh-faced Mari is so sweet, so smoking hot, so easy to be with, Austin finds himself spilling a shocking secret he's been holding onto for the past year. But passion doesn't fix everything. And Austin realizes he has some personal demons to vanquish before he and Mari can hope for a chance at forever.