Families & Heroes: Volume 2
(2026)(A book in the Families & Heroes series)
An omnibus of novels by Karen Randau
Three emotionally rich stories of women facing danger, buried secrets, and the choice to keep moving forward.
A newly divorced woman inherits a house—and a family history she never knew existed. A mother discovers that the husband who vanished nineteen years ago may still be alive. And a widow learns that the mass shooting that killed her husband may not have been random after all.In this collection of women’s fiction with suspense, three women confront secrets that challenge everything they thought they knew about their families, their pasts, and themselves.
Her Undiscovered Door
With her divorce behind her and her twins off to college, Anya Thomas unexpectedly inherits an aging house in Peach Blossom, Oklahoma—and must share it with a guarded sibling she never knew. When a forgotten box of letters reveals a decades-old love story, Anya begins uncovering the missing pieces of her own past and discovers that new beginnings can come at any age.
The Trail You Left
Nineteen years after her husband vanished on a wilderness hike, Elise Whitaker has built a life with the daughter he never knew existed. Then a book she deliberately hid appears on her nightstand. Someone wants her to reopen the past—and someone knows Dan is alive. Following the trail she abandoned years ago may expose secrets powerful enough to threaten everything she loves.
Beneath His Lies
Rita’s thirty-fifth anniversary ends when her husband is killed in a mass shooting. As investigators uncover troubling connections to his past as a Marine, Rita discovers the attack may not have been random. Then her daughter is kidnapped, and the demand for documents Rita has never heard of forces her to confront a devastating possibility: the man she loved for decades had secrets that could still destroy their family.
Three complete stories. Three women confronting truths they never expected to find. One collection about family, betrayal, resilience, and the courage to face what comes next.
Families & Heroes — Volume 2 is for readers who enjoy emotionally rich women’s fiction with suspense, complicated families, buried secrets, resilient women, and danger that raises the stakes.
Genre: Thriller
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