Suzanne Ferrell

Suzanne Ferrell writes contemporary and romantic suspense novels in which family ties and local obligations complicate a central relationship. Close To Home opens the Westen series, set in a small Midwestern town whose residents recur across later books. The story follows Emma Lewis, a single mother raising twin boys while caring for her aging mother, and Clint Preston, a doctor whose arrival challenges Emma’s determination to manage without another demanding relationship. After its late 2012 debut, the story establishes the café, neighbors, and shared history that connect the sequence; a paperback followed in 2013. Close to the Edge and subsequent Westen titles shift attention to other residents while preserving those community links. Ferrell’s wider work includes the Edgars Family novels and other suspense-led romances. Close To Home is quieter than her action-driven work, but it keeps the same concern with protection and trust, showing how practical care for children and parents shapes what its central characters can promise each other.