Battered ex-soldier Parker McKenna is facing his riskiest mission yet: guarding Bailey Lockhart. Returning to civilian life hasn't been easy, but Parker's new job with Corps Security and Investigations gives him purpose again–if he can keep Bailey alive.The privileged governor's daughter has been receiving threats–and they've just escalated into dangerous territory. Someone close to her wants her dead. Parker can handle any adversary, but handling Bailey proves more...
The next chilling thriller from the bestselling author of THE WIDOW NEXT DOOR…“Get out while you can. You’ll die here…”Adeline Evans has recently moved into a home for the elderly. A safe space, where she can be cared for.When she begins to receive cryptic and threatening notes, she is certain that someone is out to get her.But the residents are warned against listening to a woman who is losing her memory. It would seem Adeline is tormented by the secrets in her past, and that the menace is all...
A NATIVE SON ON A STRANGER’S LANDDeputy Sheriff Roan Whitefeather never thought he’d set foot on Horseshoe Creek. He was from a different world, but when the ranch's patriarch died unexpectedly, Roan suspected foul play. And so did Dr. Megan Lail. Roan had been trying to avoid the beautiful medical examiner since the one incredible night they'd spent in each other's arms. After all, they had work to do. But crossing paths again only stirred up old feelings–and an even older web of...
Experience the thrill of life on the edge and set your adrenalin pumping! These gripping stories see heroic characters fight for survival and find love in the face of danger.Macy hadn’t expected to find a perfectly healthy man lying inside a body bag.Rowe claimed to be a special agent who’d escaped from prison by faking his own death. Now they’re both targets. Taking a civilian on the run went against Rowe’s lawman code, but leaving Macy, the woman he was beginning to fall for, behind could mean...
The award-winning and Number One bestselling Val McDermid crafts an electrifying psychological suspense thriller that mixes history, heritage and heinous crimes.A 200 year-old-secret is now a matter of life and death. And it could be worth a fortune.It's summer in the Lake District and heavy rain over the fells has uncovered a bizarrely tattooed body. Could it be linked to the old rumour that Fletcher Christian, mutinous First Mate on the Bounty, had secretly returned to England?Scholar...
SHE SAVED HIS LIFE…When Jess Randall dragged a critically wounded man into her car, she had no idea he was a wanted whistleblowing DEA agent. All she knew was that Steve Carter needed help–help she could only find at her family ranch in Rawhide, Wyoming.AND PUT HER OWN AT RISKSteve had no idea how high up the corruption went, but he knew how desperate the rogue agents were. A sniper's gun wasn't the loner lawman's only fear. The more time he spent with Jess, the more he hoped for...
Baiting a serial killer is risky enough. But FBI Special Agent Mick McCane knows he's in real trouble when he and by-the-book Cassie Miller have to pose as loving newlyweds to do it.Ever since their one sizzling night together, she's determined to keep their relationship strictly business–even as an undeniable attraction pulls them deeper into their undercover personas. Then their real identities are discovered and the hunters become the hunted. Now, the only way for Mick to protect...
FAMILIAR ALWAYS KNOWS BEST!Molly Harper's sister had been killed–and her baby niece had been kidnapped. Now, the only man she could depend on to help her solve the crime–and bring Baby Kate to safety–was Thomas Lakewood.Trouble was, Thomas was the prime suspect. But Molly and Familiar were convinced he was innocent. And in a race against time, could Molly, Thomas and Familiar join forces to clear his name and fi nd Baby Kate before their chances for a future were destroyed forever?
NEVER BEEN KISSED… And never been much of anything else, either.So at the advanced age of thirty-seven, nurse Janey McBride was facing an adolescent trauma– how to get the new guy in town to notice her. She would give anything to replace the sadness in the handsome M.D.' s eyes with joy….Reilly Jones was, quite frankly, used to beating them off with a stick, and at first he was sure that Janey was just another vulture. But her beauty and sweetness caught him off guard. She wanted someone to...
HIS ONLY FEARKidnapped as a boy, Chad Andreini had devoted his life to rescuing abducted children. But this anguished mother was different. Alluring Veronica Lancaster stirred within Chad a long-buried desire to belong somewhere-and made more painful the stark dread that he never would….HER ONLY HOPETrusting a total stranger with her precious child's life wasn't easy for Veronica, but walking away from Chad would have been even harder. her child's safe return was all she wanted...
Undercover agent Pete Waters was all business until a beautiful distraction became an elusive gunman's target. Now, on top of conducting his own mission, Pete was constantly keeping Elle Medina out of harm's way. Though the businesswoman claimed she was innocent of any wrongdoing, the threats to her life–and the tugging at Pete's protective instincts–seemed to be increasing.Pete knew Elle was hiding something, but interrogating her would blow his own cover. So he kept his identity...