SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
The river keeps moving.
Three generations of Culpeppers. Protection, port leakage, and debts running through the old city.
SAVANNAH’S OLDEST MONEY. ITS MOST DANGEROUS PROMISES.
The
Collectors.
Nothing is taken. Everything is offered.
Five slow-burning romances by Marlo Vickery.
SOUTHERN GOTHIC · CRIME FAMILY · 18+Five books. One debt. ↓
SELA & MERRITT THE COLLATERALTHE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PROMISES
Want has
its own terms.
A family that never takes.
Five couples who must learn
what it means to offer.
01 / 05
Visual interpretations of the characters and settings.
01 / THE COLLECTION
Every debt has
a love story.
Five interconnected standalones. One complete love story in every book. One family debt running beneath them all.
Read in order to follow the Note.
THE GROUND THEY HOLD
A city built
on owing.
The river. The rooms. The doors left open.
In Savannah, every place keeps a record.
RIVER STREET / THE SURETY
The Anchorline
Alma’s bar. Her rail. Her rules.
GASTON STREET / THE FAMILY
Where everything is entered.
Early keeps the ledger. Half the city lives between its lines.
THE COLLATERAL
A table on neutral ground.
Dampier’s stands over the river on pilings. Here, Sela brings her own terms.
THE MARKER
A house with her rules.
Heart pine. Stripped plaster. A missing staircase. Darby rebuilds on her own terms.
THE COASTAL ROADS
Salt, heat, and distance.
The city gives way to tidal creeks, marsh grass, and the roads that carry its debts.
THE CULPEPPER CODE
A thing seized is a liability.
A thing offered is an asset.
Thirty years ago, Ramona Culpepper pledged everything to keep her children alive. Five love stories unfold in the shadow of that promise. One Note is coming due.
Follow the Note through all five books ↓03 / BEGIN AT THE TABLE
She came with
terms of her own.
To end a war, Sela Braswell is offered as the guarantee.
She brings forty-one clauses and a red pen.
“Free things get no respect
on that river.”SELA BRASWELL
THE COLLATERAL · CHAPTER ONE
A NOTE TO READERS
Dark stories. Deliberate choices.
Slow burn. Open door. Negotiated consent. Each couple earns a happily-ever-after, with no cheating, no third-act breakup, and no cliffhanger on the romance.
For readers 18+. These novels include mature themes and violence. Specific content notes are available with every opening chapter.