Threatened by masked men making an impossible demand of her, Abby Chandler runs to Luke Cooper for help. She knows it's been three years since he vanished after their blazing one-night stand…and that she might be forced to reveal the secret that he's her little boy's father.Abby has no idea that the former marine has also been keeping a painful secret–that his disappearance was the only way to keep her alive. Luke knows Abby came to him for protection, but earning her trust...
UNDER THE CLOSE WATCH OF HER ALL-TOO-HANDSOME AGENT PROTECTOR, ONE WOMAN NEVER FELT SO EXPOSED…After escaping an obsessive serial killer, Dr. Cara Messinger hoped to forget her days in captivity. But life would never go back to normal. Dash Adams and his proposition saw to that. The hands-on FBI agent could protect the half-Navajo beauty–but only if she gave up all control.Whisked away to a safe house on a remote sandstone mesa, Cara felt her world closing in. It was only a matter of time before...
After nine years as one of Chicago' s finest, Erin McNeal had come to sleepy Logan Falls for a second chance, not to be watched over by a man as infuriatingly overprotective– and disarmingly attractive– as Nick Ryan.She was no damsel in distress, but someone wanted her dead, and Nick knew better than to entrust a guilt-driven daredevil with her own safety. It was his duty to protect her– whether she liked it or not. It seemed the only thing the chief of police and his newest deputy could...
A man of duty and justice, Sheriff Aaron Cooper can't foresee trading his bachelor ways for love. So when he offers an innocent Melissa Draper protection, he doesn't realize what he's signed up for.His cop instincts urge him to stop at nothing to keep the beautiful, passionate woman safe. But the fact that she's suddenly become a target makes him wonder just what she's hiding–from him and from the investigation. Slowly, as Melissa opens up and reveals the horrors of her...
Of the five brothers only Dylan Ledger returned to their hometown of Mustang Run. But he was met by bad memories and hostile neighbors—except for Collette McGuire. The daughter of the sheriff was the last person he expected to have on his side—and the one who needed him most. Collette had nowhere to go when her secret admirer turned violent stalker—except to Dylan.His arms became her haven, his lips her salvation. As old family secrets and feuds threatened to erupt, they knew they were both in...
Something Worth Fighting ForAs Christmastime settled quietly over the countryside, Navy SEAL William «Crash» Hawken was faced with a deadly conspiracy. And he had only one person to turn to– the caring passionate Nell Burns.For though Crash had long ago accepted the fact that there was no place in his dangerous world for the simple pleasures of home and family, Nell had been the only woman who had ever tempted him to dream of another kind of life…Now, as he needed Nell more than ever before, he...
Detective Caleb Walker had taken on some tough cases for Guardian Angel Investigations, but when Madelyn Andrews came to him, claiming that her five-year-old daughter was able to «communicate» with her twin sister who'd never made it home from the hospital, Caleb was skeptical.One glimpse at the beautiful single mother, though, and he couldn't walk away. Now, as he looked into what had really happened when Madelyn went into labor, suspicious details were uncovered. Details that...
Amy Prescott couldn't help but notice the sexy, wet-suited Navy SEAL who washed up on the beach. Nor could she overlook the burst of gunfire that followed his hasty introduction. Thankfully, Riley Hammond expertly shielded her from harm. Unfortunately, he landed her in the middle of his deadly covert op. Riley never expected the seemingly innocent beach girl to be connected to the bad guys he'd been sent to track down.But between the body splayed across her kitchen floor and the...
A woman and baby on the run. A Texas lawman sworn to protect them both.A tip about a serial killer's next target sends former big-city lawman Levi Crockett on a fool's errand. The willowy blonde he finds isn't the intended victim. But Alexa Dearborn is on the run and needs Levi's protection. So does the newborn she's guarding with her life.With Alexa's WITSEC identity compromised, the Texas deputy is Alexa's best hope of survival. And although Levi isn't...
Amid a freak snowstorm, Texas rancher Damien Lambert made the unlikeliest find on his Bent Pine Ranch–a bloodied woman and her infant daughter in hiding. Though her story was transparent as ice, the heat he saw in her eyes made him offer her refuge.After a ruthless kidnapping and a harrowing escape, Emma Muran needed a hero…and the baby needed a home. She'd found both in Damien–the perfect man with a cowboy's swagger and a lover's touch–until he learned about the incredible danger...
Book 13 in Bob Gregg’s series of Crooked Lake mysteries poses a different challenge for Sheriff Carol and Professor Kevin, murders which appear to have their roots in racial hatred, a rare source of violence around the lake. The investigation begins when a cyclist disappears after a biking event and has much to do with a young African-American boy
When Miss Emily Jackson’s brown Burmese cat Mandalay brings her a partially unraveled knit vest, she consults her friends Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. They follow the trail of wool and discover evidence of a horrible crime. Can Watson’s medical expertise save a child’s life, and can Holmes discover who is willing to kill a child, and why?