STOLEN DRUGS. HOSTAGE SITUATIONS. SHOOTINGS. MURDER. —Does it ever end? What happened recently at Finley Creek General Hospital is a bit more than ER Nurse Cherise McAlister wants to think about. Especially while she's alone in the dark, empty parking garage… She should have waited for the security guard to walk her to her car. Even if she'd already been told it wasn't in his job description. She should have waited. That bad decision might just be her last. IT WAS GOING TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GOT BETTER. Chief of Security at Finley Creek General Hospital, Vince Acardi took his job guarding the hospital seriously. Lives depended on him and he knew it. When he hears a woman scream in the parking lot, Vince runs. Someone was in trouble, and it was his job to help. When pretty nurse Cherise barrels right into Vince’s arms, he promises to keep her safe until her attacker is caught. The only way to do that is to keep the woman as close to him as he possibly can...

TEN YEARS. THREE MONTHS. SIXTEEN DAYS. —That was how long it had been since she had felt safe. As a teenager Gabby Kendall witnessed the execution of her best friend's family. Those images haunt her every day. Now... Now the killers are back. They know who she is, where she lives, and who her friends are. They know everything about her... He has the TSP to run, and a woman to protect... Police Chief Elliot Marshall had lost almost his entire family when they'd been murdered ten years ago. Now he is back in Finley Creek, searching for the killers. He won't stop until he has the answers--and the killers behind bars where they belong. When the threat gets far too close to Gabby, Elliot makes a vow. He isn't about to let anyone hurt the woman who had been his murdered sister's best friend. The only place she feels safe is next to him. But the price of that safety may be someone else close to her. Close to him. And one thing is clear: they can't lose someone else they love like that ever again...

ONE NIGHT CHANGES EVERYTHING. —But will it change enough? She had survived. She could survive. She would survive again. After a brutal assault as a teenager, Dr. Nikkie Jean Netorre has found her way out of the darkness. She does good for the world now—pediatric trauma surgeon by day, counselor at a women’s trauma center by night. She’s moved on, has a purpose for her life, and everything is in her control now. BUT... —SHE CAN’T CONTROL EVERYTHING. When a young patient dies, a grief-stricken Nikkie Jean runs straight into the arms of neighbor Dr. Caine Alvaro, just needing to forget for a little while. One small step forward at a time—that is Caine's plan for helping Nikkie Jean feel safe with him. But as they struggle to deal with their sudden, life-altering change in their relationship, another surgeon has Nikkie Jean in his sights. A surgeon who has killed before. A man who will stop at nothing to protect his sinister secrets. Now Caine has to keep Nikkie Jean safe once again—before someone else she loves pays the ultimate price. And before the killer destroys them all…

WHY DO WE ALWAYS HURT THE ONES WE LOVE MOST? Haunted by a terrible crime committed by her own father, Texas State Police Officer Bailey Moore is a woman on a mission: Getting her normal back after her father nearly killed her. Mending her broken body and spirit, she's hell-bent on reclaiming her badge, determined to find a way to heal, whatever it takes. Even if it means working with the one man she can't forget—the one whose expectations she never could meet. Sheriff Clay Addy. HE HAS HIS REGRETS. SHE IS ONE OF THEM. Clay Addy is a man living in the shadow of guilt. He should have protected Bailey before. And he had failed. Bailey's return to the force reminds Clay of that every time he looks at her. There are some failures a man can never forget. Having her right there next to him just makes the hurt all that much sharper. SHE DESERVES FAR BETTER THAN HIM. —AND HE KNOWS IT. Clay knows he’s not the kind of man a woman like Bailey needs, so it’s better to keep the walls between them. No matter what. No matter how much he wants to hold her. But when a serial killer comes to little Value, Texas, Clay has no choice but to work closely with the woman he can’t help but want. As they dig into the killer, an enemy from their past resurfaces. One with a single goal in mind now: Keep Sheriff Clay Addy away from Bailey. No matter who he has to hurt to make that happen…

FIVE MONTHS JUST WASN’T LONG ENOUGH. After practically kidnapping her boss’s baby to protect Violet from a drunken gunman seeking revenge, Maggie is finally back in Masterson County. It’s time to give Violet back to the sexy-as-sin single father who still burns Maggie with just one look. The same man who broke her heart after that one beautiful night they spent together. The night that never should have happened. HE ONLY HAS ONE CHANCE TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT. Wyoming Highway Patrol investigator Clint Gunderson nearly lost the two people he loved most to the damned job. Once this last case wrapped up, he was leaving law enforcement forever. And getting his family back. His infant daughter—and Maggie Tyler. Maggie, the woman who haunts his dreams at night. He has a lot to make up for with that woman. But while he’s convincing the woman he loves to give him a second chance, someone else is watching. Someone far too close to Maggie. Someone who wants something only Clint can give them. Something that if revealed will make all Clint values go up in flames—and take Maggie away from him forever. FACING THE FIRE is a full-length, small-town western romantic suspense novel and part of the Masterson County connected stand-alone series. The Masterson County series contains scenes of violence, adventure, occasional dark criminal behavior, moderate cursing—especially by villains, a few mild-to-moderate love scenes, and references to subject matter that may distress some readers. The Masterson County books contain the same level of descriptive content as a typical crime drama on network television—but good always wins out in the end, guaranteed.

Join Faith and Finley as they tour their home state of Missouri. Friends and facts are discovered by the traveling duo! Do you love history and the outdoors? What do you love about your own home state? May the adventures of Faith and Finley grow your curiosity for your local past and the wonderful places in your own backyard!

SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE PROTECTOR. —THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE. Former homicide detective Melody Beck has always taken care of her younger sisters. But lately…that was the one area in which she’d failed. Her younger sister has just barely escaped a band of vicious killers. And the threat wasn’t over yet. Melody is still searching for answers. All signs now point to the richest man in Texas being the mastermind behind the attacks. That billionaire is still out there. Watching. Watching them all. Melody is going to see he pays for what he did… Except there is one small complication she hadn’t told her family about. The billionaire’s son. The one man she couldn’t forget. The man she had loved before. HIS FATHER ISN'T A KILLER. —HE NEEDS A WAY TO PROVE IT. Houghton Barratt knows there is no way his father would have harmed an innocent family. The only way Houghton can fix this is by going after the woman accusing his father and convince her to tell the truth to the media outlets. Even if his own plans for her older sister aren't exactly on the up and up. A different Beck sister is Houghton’s real target now. MELODY IS COMING WITH HIM. —WHETHER SHE WANTS TO OR NOT. He has a daring plot to fix everything. And it all hinges on Melody. Houghton is right there in front of her before Melody can even begin to escape. Now, she is a hostage, a pawn in his game. A game he intends to win. But as Houghton tangles with Melody, the real mastermind is getting closer. Closer than they could imagine. Only this time the killer’s focusing on Melody—and the sisters she'll do anything to protect. Houghton makes Melody a vow he would willingly die to keep: Melody will never be the price Houghton pays for his father…