Anna Stalzer is the author of romance novels featuring immersive settings and complex dynamics, delivering fresh and nuanced themes to the contemporary market.She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand). She spent the greater part of her 20s solo traveling the world, and her novels reflect her passion for adventure and global experiences.
When she’s not literally scaling mountains with her daughter, she’s creating stories where women figuratively do. She and her husband, a British expat, now reside in Southern California.
The Height of the Fall
Set in a picturesque lakeside town in California and journeying into the steamy jungles of Costa Rica, this atmospheric tale explores the bonds of family, guilt, and love.
Avid rock climber and altruist, Kate, dreams of opening the doors of her nonprofit. Alongside this effort, she’s determined to forge a meaningful connection with her half-sister, Vivian.
Vivian is a bombshell in every sense of the word: hot, explosive, and so toxic she’s a threat to anyone close to her. But Kate’s convinced she’s the reason Vivian grew so malicious; after all, Kate was conceived in the adulterous affair that tore Vivian’s childhood to pieces. So when Vivian shows up on Kate’s doorstep needing a place to crash while patching up her marriage, Kate’s only too eager to help.
As Kate struggles to raise funding, she encounters Adam. Adam’s dashing, altruistic, and clearly into Kate, but he’s a recovering alcoholic, and Kate’s not sure that’s a battle she’s willing to join. Soon, however, her empathetic heart wins out and she slips headfirst into love.
But before Kate can revel in this new love, she makes two startling discoveries: Adam is the man Vivian had an affair with years ago, and Vivian has been lying to her husband about her own sobriety. Torn between the man she loves and the sister she’s desperate to save, Kate must decide if she’s strong enough to sacrifice her heart and ambitions in favor of her sister’s marriage.