Carlie Sexton

Carlie Sexton entered independent romantic suspense with Fallen for You, the first novel in a three-book connected sequence. The story follows Kate Simmons as she tries to rebuild her life after her fiance's death and moves into a San Diego apartment with her friend Charlie. Three possible relationships complicate that fresh start, but suspicion gathers around building manager Roger after his girlfriend's death. Sexton continues the story through Taken by You and Given to You, keeping Kate, Neil, and the danger surrounding them at the center of the trilogy. Later books include Beholden to You and its companion titles, extending her interest in relationships tested by grief, secrecy, and threatening circumstances. Fallen for You debuted during 2013, establishing the balance that defines her early fiction: contemporary courtship develops beside a mystery about who can be trusted. The series format gives emotional decisions consequences beyond a single volume.