Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lost / Lost in Belle Ridge | 2020 | Andrea Rousse | Buy |
| 2 | Abandoned / Return | 2020 | Andrea Rousse | Buy |
| 3 | Escape / Escape from Belle Ridge | 2020 | Andrea Rousse | Buy |
| 4 | Broken | 2020 | Andrea Rousse | Buy |
The series opens with Lost, which introduces Mallory Evans, a woman who has spent years running from a violent past and trying to disappear in plain sight. Belle Ridge is the kind of town where anonymity is difficult, and that tension between wanting to hide and being drawn into a community runs through all four books.
Subsequent entries, including Return, Escape, and Broken, follow different women in the same town. Return brings Stella Sutton back to Belle Ridge to face family gossip and unfinished business. Broken takes an enemies-to-lovers angle. The books share a setting and cast of recurring characters, so reading them in sequence gives the fullest picture of the town and the people in it.
The series sits solidly in romantic suspense, meaning the plots involve genuine threat alongside the romance. Andrea Rousse balances the two without letting either swamp the other, and each book ends with a resolved romance rather than a cliffhanger.