Guardian (The Protectors Series) (35 page)

As the Collegium council's top sheriff of the southeastern United States, Valeria Banning doesn't just take her job seriously, she takes it personally. So when a notorious traitor wanted by the authorities suddenly risks his life to save hers, she has to wonder why. As a mage, Griffin is sworn to protect innocents from dark magic, which is how he finds himself fighting side by side with the beautiful Valeria Banning. But when the council finds out the two have been working together, they're both left running for their lives-from the law, the threat of a ghoul takeover, and a possible Collegium mole. (90,000 words)

When firefighter and paramedic Edie Lang arrives to battle a wildfire in southeast Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp, she's dismayed to encounter the man who ruined her life in just one night.  Their reunion doesn't make helicopter pilot Josh Campbell any happier than Edie is.  Despite their efforts to ignore each other, the sparks between them have not diminished, but neither intends to let them flare again.  When one of them is gravely injured, the two discover their passion runs deeper than either of them could have imagined and they have Dr. Stefan Harper to thank for that chance.  Dr. Harper is happy to have given the couple a second chance, but realizes through Josh and Edie as well as his good friends Val and Griff that what's missing from his life is love. (35,000 words)

Twenty-year-old Camryn Bennett decides to leave the only life she's ever known and set out on her own. Instead, she finds the sexy and exciting Andrew Parrish who lives life like there is no tomorrow. Soon he becomes the center of her daring new life, but there is more to Andrew than Camryn realizes. Will his secret push them inseparably together-or destroy them forever?

When her beloved high school teacher appears on her doorstep, Deputy Chief Jess Harris is flooded with fond memories until the woman says she’s about to be charged with murder. As Jess fights to keep her former teacher from suspicion—and her relationship with Chief Dan Burnett separate from her work life—she knows she is caught in a vicious cycle of vengeance. And the killer is far from finished . . .

On her own in the Big Apple, Jenna Jay Scroggs can handle herself when trouble arises but she doesn’t expect to fall for a hunky stranger during a Central Park carriage ride. Beau came to the big city to escape his past and live life to the fullest, yet the leggy blonde with eyes as blue as a western sky causes a real hitch in his giddy-up. So when the well-meaning folks of Bramble plot to bring Jenna home, Beau will need to convince her that she won’t ever get Texas out of her blood—or one good-time, ever-lovin’ cowboy out of her heart.

Avery Price trades couture for country and makes her way to Trouble, Wyoming. Noah McDermott didn’t become a successful business owner by letting people get the best of him. He knows Avery is running from something, and if getting the beautiful blonde into his bed is the only way to find the truth, he has no problem with that. Trouble is, Avery is everything he never expected. Can he put his pride aside and convince this city girl to settle down with him once and for all?

Fourteen years ago, Kate Beckett was a teenager more interested in summer romance than babysitting. Then the unthinkable happened: her younger brother was kidnapped and murdered on her watch. Now she is an advocate for missing children, and her newest case brings her back to the small town where she lost her brother—and where she left behind the first boy she ever loved. As they race against the clock, their investigation leads to a brutal murderer with a shocking connection to Kate’s tragic past. And this time, the killer has Kate firmly in his sights.

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Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Epilogue
About the Author
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