"What do you mean, I'm under arrest?" Single mom Sarah Connelly can't believe the man she used to be in love with is throwing her in the clink. Sheriff Patrick "Finn" Finnegan keeps assuring Sarah he'll get her out of this mess, but her trust in him was annihilated long ago. Still, just being in his larger-than-life presence sets Sarah's pulse racing…. Finn knows in his heart Sarah is innocent of murdering town bad-girl Teresa Donovan. But he can't ignore the overwhelming evidence against Sarah—nor the desire he still feels for her. Somehow he's got to find the real killer and convince the only woman he'll ever love to give him a second chance.

Hester Jones is a new arrival in Butterfield, a respectable widow who's inherited a farm up in the Smoky Hills. But is she all that she seems?The third short story in the 'Sheriff Gregg' series.Take your funny bone on an extraordinary adventure with Captain Tripp Vaguely! You will be hurled into immediate action as the Captain and his most trusted compatriot, Ghost-Tongue the Anasazi, trek deep into the jungles of darkest Africa to capture a legendary beast with cosmically-sighted goggles and a portable, gear-churned arsenal! These are just the tip of the extraordinary iceberg when the American bravado and Victorian gadgetry of Captain Tripp Vaguely is in play! Fast-paced action and dry wit ensue as the duo confronts both a race of humanoid arachnids and the Captain's arch-nemesis, the wicked and phonetic Doctor von Skaar! You'll laugh. You'll groan. You'll break a sweat!The Court of the Spider Queen is the first short story installment of the Extraordinary Adventures of Captain Tripp Vaguely and the first book in the Fascination Chronicles; a humorous adventure series by author, Ziggy Tausend and his Clandestine Tales. It introduces the reader to the Captain and his cohort, Ghost-Tongue while forging the first step toward his next mysterious but surely impossible goal. Poking fun whilst simultaneously embracing the pulp format of bygone years, the Extraordinary Adventures of Captain Tripp Vaguely are quick journeys through the fantastic. An Edisonade-style steampunk genre infused with mythology and humor, the Court of the Spider Queen is but the opening of the door into a realm without boundaries. Further releases will follow soon, as Clandestine Tales (clandestinetales.com) prepares to carry the reader into vast worlds of excitement. Visiting Clandestine Tales also offers extra glimpses into the background of the characters and helpful information such as a Glossary of Terms to fill in the gaps between the here and now and the Victorian past.

In sixth grade, bad things can happen to good kids. Bullies will find your weakness and jump on it. Teachers will say you did something wrong when really you didn't mean to do anything wrong. The kids who joke the loudest can drown out the quieter, nicer kids. Maverick wants to change all that. One of the last things his father left him was a toy sheriff's badge, back when Maverick was little. Now he likes to carry it around to remind him of his dad -- and also to remind him to make school a better place for everyone . . . even if that's a hard thing to do, especially when his own home life is falling apart. The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade is a story about standing up for yourself -- and being a hero at home and in the halls of your school.

The High Sheriff of Huntingdon, A Very Bad Man, has arranged to marry a young nun in order to get a coveted piece of land. He never expects to fall in love with her, or to let her tame his wicked ways, but with the interference of his mother, the witch, he’s in for a big surprise. Inspired by the Sheriff in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, it goes to prove there’s a hero in everyone.

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Cord McQueen rides home from Fort Laramie to be met by the sight of three fresh graves on the hillside and a hail of bullets delivered by outlaws occupying the McQueen ranch on the Tongue River. Believing that his parents and young brother have been murdered, he rides to the Bighorn foothills where trapper Pierre Monet lives with his daughter.

Sheriff Poole & The Mech Gang is set near de Lint's fictional desert town of Santo del Vado Viejo, where his novels The Mystery of Grace and The Painted Boy take place, and where some of his recent short fiction has been set. It is available here for the first time in any format. Dan Cutler lives with his wife Mason in the foothills of the Hierro Madera Mountains near the ruins of Showdown Ranch, his father's old amusement park. Although the ranch is now owned by developers, nothing has been done with it since the day Dan's father died there in a mysterious explosion. Four generations of Cutler men have worked with carnival machines called animatrons—large metal figures whose clockwork workings delight and captivate audiences. Ever since the explosion Dan has been salvaging parts of these mechanical men from the ruins and bringing them home to try to put them back in working order. But there is a greater reason to make these machine men operational once more—something that threatens the Cutlers' very existence.

The only way to save her freedom is to become a mail order bride... Lucille is hiding. Running...And Marshal Lindsay is chasing.The last thing on her mind is becoming a mail order bride. But ... when circumstances force her to act quickly, she does what she must to survive. Leonard is a sheriff's deputy who is always been smitten with Lucille, and she thinks she's hit the jackpot marrying him.No one will question a deputy's wife in connection to a crime.Not even the marshal who's been chasing her. It doesn't matter whether she's innocent or guilty, the marshal's already condemned her, and marrying Leonard is her way out.But when the marshal finally catches up, things only get worse. Lucille has a decision to make.Stay?Or Run? If only she didn't love Leonard, it would be an easy one.Can Leonard save Lucille...

He was the last man she could have, and the only one she wanted. Welcome to Hidden Falls, Oregon where the big, crazy Chance family are finding love one by one. Sheriff James Chance is a burned out Seattle cop who's come home to Hidden Falls where he loves his quiet life as a sheriff — quiet except for a determined divorcee who's stalking him, and the shy baker who's trying to avoid him. Kimberly Parker left home and the shame of her past to start fresh in Hidden Falls. Little did she know that the town sheriff was the man she'd fallen for at a wedding and been avoiding ever since. Now she's working in his sister's bakery and she sees him everyday. Can she keep her secrets and her heart safe from the sexy sheriff?

Pauite Hawk cat-walked out of the barn into the blazing noon sun, it had taken him six months to recover from being torture. But within days of regaining his feet his sixgun was flaming again having helped horse-rancher Pete Slocombe fight against gunmen hired by land-hungry John Fraser.Twenty-four hours later, Hawk is in jail accused of murder and Slocombe is powerless against the outlaws. Just when all hope seems lost a dramatic reversal of fortune ends in a bitter gunfight that paints the Kansas moon with blood

Texas Rangers Jack Carson and Eddie Brand have been hunting outlaw Lope Gamboa for some time without success, but when they ride into Yuma it seems their luck has changed. An assignment of US gold is to be transported along the Oxbow route by Conestoga wagon and the Rangers are convinced that Gamboa will attempt to steal the gold. As all factions close in on the lumbering Conestoga wagon, the trail leads inexorably to a bloody climax in the Gila desert...

A chance encounter in a supermarket coffee shop opens old wounds for the ex-Marine and the war widow. Soon they are reliving horrors of death and murder in the Afghan desert, duty and deceit blowing in the wind. Can an icon of crime fiction save them from themselves, or will it be just another case for the Sheriff of Tesco?A chance encounter in a supermarket coffee shop opens old wounds for the ex-Marine and the war widow. Soon they are reliving horrors of death and murder in the Afghan desert, duty and deceit blowing in the wind. Can an icon of crime fiction save them from themselves, or will it be just another case for the Sheriff of Tesco?He walked over to where she was sitting alone in the corner of the supermarket coffee shop sipping a cappuccino. Noticed, close up, that her brown hair, pulled back into a ponytail, was dashed with blonde highlights, her face young looking, probably mid thirties.“Mind if I join you?” he asked, pulling out a plastic chair.“Be my guest,” She looked up, saw this raw boned man, the angular planes of his face weather tanned, his eyes the palest blue.Although the store was busy with the usual throng of mid-week shoppers there were plenty of empty tables in the cafe. She raised a quizzical eyebrow and met his steady gaze.“Nice morning,” he began his gambit, his eyes not leaving hers. Hazel with flecks of white, like a snow-shower. He made a mental note.“That depends,” she said, “On how you define nice.” She read the ID tag clipped to the breast pocket of his dark blue shirt. John Russell. “I like this spot,” she said, nodding towards the trolley park, ”easy to keep an eye on my shopping from here,” the merest shrug, “you never know, do you.”“That’s for sure,” he replied, biding his time as he sized her up. “Always pays to be careful.”“Not that there’s much worth stealing,” she said, “Since my husband died I don’t do much in the way of fancy cooking anymore. Just convenience stuff, mostly, sort of lost my appetite.”He made another mental note: Widow.“So do you work here, John Russell?”He tilted the ID tag and she read the words under the stylised eye motif: Pinkerton Security.“Oh,” she smiled and the smile widened into a grin, “the dudes who tamed the West, railroad dicks, Dashiell Hammett.” He looked nonplussed“The Pinkertons...we never sleep!”“You’ve lost me,” he said“Don’t tell me you’ve never read Hammett, Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key?”He shook his head.“Great detective writer, oh, I’ve read ‘em all.” She smiled at the puzzled expression he was trying to disguise. “You don’t get it, do you?”“Get what?” This wasn’t the way he had intended to play it; she had thrown him off balance and he felt suddenly unsure of himself.“Why Dashiell Hammett. He was a Pinkerton agent, just like you. The immortal legend handed down from the railroads and the banks of the Wild West...” she glanced around the store, “...to Tesco’s Old Kent Road. Who would have thought it...the legend lives on.”No he didn’t get it. He’d become a 12-hour shift security guard when he left the Royal Marines. It was the only steady job he could get and legends didn’t come into it.She began quoting passages of Hammett from memory. The Maltese Falcon...The Thin Man, telling him they all celebrated the lone detective risking all in the quest for the truth. “And you’re carrying the torch now, John Russell, the Sheriff of Tesco,” she laughed, “ Or do your friends call you Jack?”“Jane, actually,” he smiled, harking back to Lima Company, “they called me Jane.”She laughed. “Jane Russell?”“A bootneck joke,” he said, slightly abashed, “but mostly they called me Colours...short for Colour Sergeant Russell.”"Royal Marines?”He nodded, wondering now if she was putting him on and the familiar stabbing ache started up in his leg. He was about to reply when the pager on his belt cheeped. Russell glanced down thankfully and read the message; looked up again, saw her watching him, and said: “Don’t go away...I’ll be right back.”

As a boy, Sheriff Timothy Dean lost his parents to the hands of a vicious outlaw.Buckley Snider murdered his mother and father right in front of him.Timothy swore he'd avenge their deaths and make Texas safer by putting Buckley behind bars or a bullet through his head.Whichever came first.Now Timothy's grown, but Buckley's still at large.His gang is terrorizing nearby towns, and Timothy has vowed to put a stop to it.He'll fight evil and seek justice, but killing the devil is a difficult task.Especially when Timothy meets his childhood sweetheart.Ashley Gates ran away from home when she was 12, leaving Timothy to mourn his parents alone.He never knew why she left, but now is his chance to find out.Until Buckley makes that impossible.Buckley has his own ideas about what to do with Ashley, and he's looking forward to the slow, agonizing torture he's planning to impose on...

You Can Search The World Over... But Sometimes Love Is Right Next Door.Deputy Sheriff Seth Collier is content to serve and protect the citizens of Wickham Falls…until the sexy ex-marine meets his new next-door neighbor. Dr. Natalia Hawkins left the big-city ER for a small-town practice. And while Seth is everything her nasty ex wasn't…Natalia's head says to leave him in the friend zone. But her heart says this may be a second chance at love.

If she follows her heart...Will he follow the law?Turtleback Beach, North Carolina, would be paradise—if Faye Donovan wasn't on the run. With her sister's life in danger and her small niece to protect, Faye tries to avoid handsome town sheriff Carlos Ryker. But Carlos offers her a refuge, and Faye feels she's finally found home. And yet he's still the sheriff. Can she trust him with the truth...even if it means risking everything?USA TODAY Bestselling Author

My name is JOHN SMITH. Dad says with a name like John Smith no one will EVER make fun of you. Mum says I'm 'one in a MILLION'. But just because I got what my sister calls 'the most BORING name in the history of names..,.' do not judge a book by its cover. My life is ANYTHING but boring! But here's this thing you should know: I have this massive, massive, MASSIVE secret. I can travel into other worlds and go on amazing adventures. Granddad was an adventurer too. It's this big thing we share. Granddad says we're members of something called the John Smith's are NOT boring Club. He says you don't have to have a fancy name to have a big adventure - just because you sound like a NOBODY you might be a SOMEBODY. Granddad says if you meet somebody called John Smith, he might have this BIG secret too. I joined the John Smith's are NOT boring Club on my last birthday, and since then I've been on all kinds of incredible escapades. So now you know. Book 1: I'm a Knight Book 2: I'm a Pirate...

Ed Pool is a zombie and the sheriff of Colfax County who struggles to manage crime and those who seek to do him harm and remove him from office. Resurrected from a cholera epidemic that struck a wagon train along the Oregon Trail in 1843, the zombie sheriff now deals with the modern world of 1976 and the petty politics of small town life.Ed Pool is a zombie and the sheriff of Colfax County who struggles to manage crime and those who seek to do him harm and remove him from office. Resurrected from a cholera epidemic that struck a wagon train along the Oregon Trail in 1843, the zombie sheriff now deals with the modern world of 1976 and the petty politics of small town life. Follow the adventure’s of the zombie sheriff and his deputies as they confront hatred and bigotry within the community as well as the crimes that plague rural America.

When a surly sheriff butts heads with an unstoppable woman, sparks fly.When an outlaw’s bullet ends his career—and almost takes his life—Sheriff Joaquin Obregon locks himself away from the rest of the world. But when a stubborn woman comes into his life, refusing to take no for an answer, he finds himself wanting to say yes…to her.Mary Margaret McCallahan is proud of her skills as a nurse, but she’s never had a patient as difficult as this gruff, handsome sheriff. She’s going to bring him back into the world no matter how much he grumbles—or how attractive she finds him.The battle lines are drawn, and only love can win.

A lady in danger. A lonely sheriff. And their only hope? A diary lost in time...After the inexplicable death of her father, Lillian Walter lives a quiet life with her mother, struggling to make ends meet in a small city of Texas, Rust Canyon. Preparing to accept the marriage proposal of a man her uncle introduced her to, the arrival of the new sheriff turns her world on its axis.Back in Utah, like a harbinger of change, a telegraph marks the end of Michael Flemming's lonely life. Now he has to return to Rust Canyon and become the new sheriff. His career suddenly finds him confronted with something a lot more dangerous than crime: love.When a series of fires start terrorizing the town, Michael realizes that his new position comes with old baggage.However, when Lillian goes missing, things get personal. With ominous notes arriving at his doorstep, Michael must face a foe with no material form: secrets. And a long-forgotten diary just might be the key.There is only one problem: The diary has been lost for months...

It was only supposed to be a temporary home...He interrupts her plans... When police chief Anson Curry returns a lost little girl to her frantic mother, his only goal is to ease the single mom's anxiety. But it doesn't take long for Tess Harper's amazing child to have Anson wrapped around her little finger—and for Tess to have him thinking about a possible relationship. As for Tess, she's tempted—even though she had planned to be in Oak Hollow, Texas, only temporarily. But after losing her father and brother in the line of duty, Tess thinks Anson's job poses too much of a risk to her heart. And Anson has no plans to get involved with someone who's planning on leaving. From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness.Home to Oak HollowBook 1: A Sheriff's Star

Caring for a little boy is more than he bargained for... He's looking for help.And she has the perfect arrangement... Overworked and overwhelmed, all Sheriff Wyatt Holcomb wants is to be the best guardian to his seven-year-old nephew—and dealing with a runaway alpaca and the animal's frustrating owner isn't helping. Then veterinarian Remy Evans offers a solution for them both. She'll watch his rambunctious nephew, Samson, this summer if he'll fast-track her permit application for a petting zoo. But this temporary solution might just be their chance at forever...From Harlequin Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.Thunder RidgeBook 1: Surprise Christmas FamilyBook 2: The Sheriff's Promise

When Kenna Scott finds herself broke and alone, she risks everything and takes a job that will set her up financially for life. She won’t be rich, but at least she’ll never have to worry about starving to death or not having a roof over her head.The wilful, independent junior lab technician from Chicago knows the job she signed up for is way over her pay grade: Time travel – she had no idea it was even possible before she agreed to this mission. Kenna travels back to the Old West to find an engineer who has vanished from a base located near the bustling town of Forest Hills.But when she meets the handsome sheriff, can she stay focused on her mission, or will he distract her and convince her to stay? Is the passion and protection that he offers worth staying for? Can she leave everything behind for love?Publisher's Note: This steamy Old West, time travel romance contains a theme of power exchange.

Success as a warrior is one of the few paths to advancement in early medieval Britain and Stefan, a young Saxon peasant, has fought his way up to the rank of captain, serving under an earl who in turn serves the king of Atheldom. Returning from a series of hard-won battles, he hopes for further promotion. Instead, his command is taken from him and given to a better-born rival, while he is sent off to serve as the sheriff of an impoverished shire in the furthest corner of the kingdom. Stefan arrives in Codswallow to learn that, between marauding brigands, corrupt local officials, and a hostile populace, no sheriff has stayed longer than a single season. Determined to defeat the outlaws and gain control over the shire, Stefan forms an alliance with the keeper of the shire's inn, a Briton with a mysterious past, but is frustrated to find that even with that clandestine aid his efforts are stymied. When he is summoned to join the search for Princess Aleswina, the betrothed bride of...

Cal Haskell is brought to a remote, industrialized town in Michigan's northern tier by a group of wealthy men who want him to be the sheriff. Cal quickly discovers that the men care more for their wealth than they do for their workers, citizens, or even families. Caught up in class and racial struggles, Cal finds his concept of justice is in great contrast to the men who intend to hire him.The Sheriff of Sorrow debuts a new novelette series by author Jack Bates. Near the end of the nineteenth century during early industrialization in the fictional town of Sorrow, Bates unfolds the strife and complexities that its citizens face. His talent for telling a great story yields gritty and compelling episodes. Listeners and readers get ready to soar.

Bombay's red-light district is the scene of the crime, when gentle Inspector Ghote, 'one of the great creations of detective fiction' (Alexander McCall Smith), is forced to take on his most embarrassing investigation yet in this classic mystery - with a brand-new introduction by bestselling author Vaseem Khan. Inspector Ganesh Ghote of the Bombay CID is in the worst trouble of his career so far. Given a task which at first seems merely embarrassing - that of escorting an aging British film star on a tour of Bombay's notorious red-light district, the 'Cages' - he is, before long, confronted with something infinitely worse: murder. But this isn't the end of his troubles. For the sole suspect is none other than the Sheriff of Bombay: respected holder of the honorary legal office, an ex-Rajah and former captain of India's cricket team. And he is a suspect only because Ghote had a swift glimpse of his face - as he hurriedly left a house of...

Attacks against her are escalating...And protecting her is his mission. His investigation into the threatening occurrences befalling Aimee Barker leads Sheriff Jackson Redmond into a thirty-year-old mystery. Aimee's nightmares have brought her to Evergreen in search of her past. The incidents seem intended to scare her off. But when an attack leaves Aimee without lodgings, Jackson offers her his home. Now their sizzling chemistry makes keeping Aimee safe a much more challenging assignment.From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of the Sierra's Web series:Book 1: His Lost and Found FamilyBook 2: Reluctant RoommatesBook 3: Tracking His Secret ChildBook 4: Her Best Friend's BabyBook 5: Cold Case SheriffBook 6: The Bounty Hunter's Baby SearchBook 7: On...

Can fear of repeating past mistakesHinder a sheriff's search for a serial killer? Rayna Coombs has enough on her plate, juggling single motherhood and working as a sheriff. So she's determined to resist the white-hot desire she feels for Parker Norton. But when Parker enlists Rayna's help to find a missing friend, she can't ignore the sparks flying between them. As passion flares, though, bodies start turning up. Can Rayna and Parker track a lethal killer while guarding their own hearts?From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.

Cash-hungry Nate Bannerman, unable to persua de his brother to sell the Lazy B, hires a look-alike killer to murder a young girl. Her half-blind father is the witnes s whose reluctant testimony gets his old friend Bannerman a life sentence. '

He's outnumbered and outgunned... but this sheriff won't give up his fight for justice.Sheriff Dusty Hicks has spent his life protecting others, but now he's facing a new kind of danger.It's a kind of evil he's never had to battle before, but he's willing to go to war if it means saving the lives of dozens of young girls.One-eyed Joe Pearson and his gang have a taste for the innocent.Joe likes his women young.He likes it even more when they're scared.He's ready to give up thieving, but only if he can bring money in through his brothels.That means he needs more women, no matter their age.He'll put them to work, whether they like it or not.At first, fighting Joe and his gang was just part of Dusty's duty.When Joe took the woman Dusty loved, things got personal.But Joe's got a lot of men, and Dusty's outnumbered.Can Dusty beat Joe before he ruins another life, or...

Billy Sundown, a Cheyenne Indian, was determined to return the young English woman to her home, so he took her from the blood bath that was the battle of Washita. But Billy, white educated, albeit with an Indian's temperament, was up against more than a tough trek to North Texas.

He Made Her Feel The Infinite Number 0f Feelings, In Which She Lost Herself...Since her father’s mysterious disappearance, Geraldine Laurel has been struggling to make ends meet while taking care of her mentally unstable mother. When her favorite neighbor is found dead, her life suddenly becomes turbulent.Robert Bradway, a lonesome sheriff with a tragic background, investigates an enigmatic murder. Once he meets the beautiful Geraldine, the victim’s closest friend, his dark days seem to finally be over.Under the most unfortunate circumstances, a true love blossoms…But while working together to find answers to the riddle, their questions lead them to old secrets capable of tearing them apart. With very little time left, they soon discover that the person behind the attack is not only beyond suspicion but also ready to strike again...

Here is the first person narrative of Homer Bolton. Follow Homer as he starts out on his father's cattle ranch, then becomes a Deputy in Broken Hearts before becoming the first Sheriff of Duncan Flats. It is meant to be a light read and should take about 60 minutes.A collection of quirky verse by Barnaby Wilde which is not at all rhinoceros. (Well, maybe just a little bit, at the end). A miscellany of verses full of weak puns, old jokes and a sense of the ridiculous, including 'A pyschiatrist's guide to empathetic garden design', 'Two flies walking on a bald man's head', and 'Acupuncture is a jab well done' amongst others.And absolutely no mention of rhinoceros (OK. perhaps a very little bit at the end).

When exiled bank robber Moses Kane arrives in Haven''s Hangdog Saloon, he is with deadly gunslingers and wanting revenge. Old-timer Gannon smells trouble, Flint is concerned for Gannon, Baxter wants his money, and the Sioux Long Arrow wants Kane.'

The Sheriff\'S Son Originally published by Boston, New York : Houghton Mifflin Company in 1918. Book will be printed in black and white, with grayscale images. Book will be 6 inches wide by 9 inches tall and soft cover bound. Any foldouts will be scaled to page size. If the book is larger than 1000 pages, it will be printed and bound in two parts. Due to the age of the original titles, we cannot be held responsible for missing pages, faded, or cut off text.

Are you ready for more exciting suspense featuring Griffin of the Quinn family from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Barb Han?

'No matter how angry I was with her, the sight of her tears made me melt. I pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head. Her hair smelled like a curious mixture of gunpowder and cinnamon.'When feisty Bree fled her outlaw family applying as a governess for the widowed Sheriff, Maxwell Banks, she thought she would finally escape into a respectable life.But when Bree's evil father, Bryson O'Laney, outraged that she defies his will to marry an outlaw of his choice for the town's Sheriff, he seeks revenge. As Bree and Maxwell got closer, by Bree still keeping her criminal origins a secret, her brothers arrive to force her back, unveiling the truth to the startled . . . and now betrayed Maxwell.With Bree kidnapped by her brothers after knocking his daughter out cold and leaving her for dead, Maxwell has to take the law into his own hands to revenge for his daughter and save the woman he loves . . .

When Kid Kantrell trails a cold-blooded killer from Indian Territory to the Texas Panhandle, he finds himself caught up in a bloody battle over a fertile valley.

John Guiana is set up and framed for bank robbery and murder. He must confront an enemy he has never met and fight a savage battle that will decide his future.

LivI just moved into a cute house but didn't count on my new neighbor being a dangerous felon. Things are so bad that I'm scared for my life. Thank goodness the sheriff shows up right in time to save me. The more I get to know him, the harder I long for him. Derek's everything I want in a man: hot, strong, driven, and kind. I know he wants me too, but something is holding him back from giving in to his feelings. DerekA police intervention is always risky, even in a small mountain town like Trout Creek. You never know who or what you will run into. When I arrive at the scene and lock eyes with the curvy beauty who made the emergency call, my whole world spins on its axis. From now on, protecting her is my main concern. There's no way in hell I will ever let anyone threaten her safety again. I know she's meant to be mine, but will she still want me when she finds out about my troubled...

How does a small-town sheriff track a serial killer?With the help of his fake fiancée!Running for reelection, Sheriff Trey Colton needs a bride-to-be by his side. Who better than his best friend, psychologist Aisha Allen? But as they start to play house, a serial killer terrorizes their beloved town—and targets Trey. The fight for survival brings an eye-opening truth for these "pretend" lovers—that love is precious...but death is only a heartbeat away.

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She's just what the doctor ordered... but never knew he needed U.S. Marshal-turned-Sheriff Taylor James can trace her family back to the original thirteen Marshals appointed by George Washington. She's good at her job, but once they find out she's the local law, she can't get even one of her dates to stay past the appetizers. Her plan? Convince good friend and hot neighbor Dr. Gabriel Adams to give her dating lessons since his dance card is always full. A survivor of childhood leukemia with no guarantee his remission will last, Gabe lives by two rules: Don't get emotionally involved and don't let his well organized life spiral out of control. When he's given a baby, with his name on her birth certificate, he needs Taylor's help. But dangling dating lessons in exchange? If that will get the dedicated sheriff to lend a helping hand, could it be a bargain worth making?

'You're A Witness. You're My Witness.'Pregnant and on the run, Rachel Malone Delcorte is the only witness to the murder of two federal agents. Mob boss Carlos Delcorte wants her baby--his grandson--and he wants Rachel dead. But as fate would have it, sheriff's deputy Jethro "J.J." Fox gets to Rachel first.After delivering her baby and seeing her safely to her billionaire grandfather's estate, he's sworn to protect the beautiful widow. Keeping mother and son safe isn't the problem for J.J.--he's used to handling the bad guys. Matters of the heart--that's a whole different story. He's always had his own agenda. One he's not sure Rachel can accept....

When ex-marshal Morgan Keen got news that hi s son, the Sweetwater Kid, was to hang for murder, his first impulse was to break him out of jail. The only trouble was that the jail was in Tombstone, Arizona, and that meant leav ing his wife alone.

A Family For Texas1875Grace Murray inherited an equal share in a Texas ranch. She’s come to the Hill Country town of Testament Creek along with the other two young women who have inherited the ranch.Soon after arriving, Grace has fallen for the handsome sheriff of Testament Creek. But marriage to Tyler Smith seems like an impossible dream. Until she and Tyler rescue two young children and bring them to the Circle T ranch. Now that the precious children have been brought into her life, Grace will have to think of their future. And of the prospects of marriage to the sheriff who has claimed her heart.Sheriff Tyler Smith wants Grace as his wife. Two young orphans need a home and Tyler’s hopes of becoming a family man have been awakened. But secrets from the past threaten to end his dream of marriage and family.Can faith help Tyler and Grace claim a joyful future with the children?Finding Love And Family In The Texas Hill Country.

A Sweet Romance from #1 Best Selling Author Emily Woods After Charlie's parents sell the family business and the man she loves abandons her to chase gold, she has nowhere to go but West. Jackson gives in to his sister's desires to find him a bride, but he finds there are more obstacles to finding a mail order bride than he ever thought possible. When Charlie and Jackson's budding romance is threatened by lawless men, all seems lost, but in the end, God's plans for divine romance prove to be stronger than the law! This book is a sweet, clean, western, historical, romance short story. It is a complete story, but it is also part of the Bozeman Brides series. Be sure to read them all - in any order!

Laura Norder lives her life by the Golden Rules and so should everybody else. But being Sheriff of Butts Canyon at the age of ten is a big job to handle, and when a no-good rule-breaking bandit causes chaos in the town, enough is enough! It's time for Laura to step up to the plate and catch the masked mischief-maker before he breaks any more of her rules! Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 8+

Surprise is an understatement for Sheriff Reed Larkin when he finds out his childhood sweetheart has returned home. After all these years Paige Keenan's smile can still make his heart ache. But what's the secret he can see in her whiskey-colored eyes? There's a little baby growing inside Paige, and it needs all the love and care she can give. In Reed's strong, protective arms she knows that both she and her baby will be safe. Dare Paige dream that they could one day become a family?

She's a tough, no-nonsense doctor moving to the wild west to start anew, he's the sheriff that is injured while protecting her. When Dr. Beatrice Jones’ father passed away, she was stunned to learn the hospital she’d worked at by his side for years would no longer have her. With nowhere else to go, Beatrice remembers a letter she received from a cousin who had moved out west to become a mail-order bride. Knowing she could do a lot of good as a doctor out west, Beatrice decides to move to Birch Creek. When the stagecoach she's traveling in is held up by a group of ruffians, Beatrice is saved from harm when the sheriff and his deputy arrive just in time. While in pursuit of the group he's been tracking for days, Sheriff Elias Mills comes upon them robbing a stagecoach. He is shot by one but with the expert medical care of the woman he just saved, he manages to pull through. Unfortunately, the only place near enough for them to stop for help was at a house of ill repute. In order to save the good doctor's reputation, Sheriff Mills offers to marry her. Can these two strong spirits work together to become one, or will the town of Birch Creek lose both their doctor and their sheriff?

CourtneyI notice his piercing blue eyes. Then his uniform. Then his physique.He says his name is Owen Jackson and he's the new Sheriff.I think I need to have my legs wrapped around him tonight for sure.Just then, I pull up to my condo, I notice new neighbors.I'm installing my new doorbell camera, having multiple glasses of wine since I can't have the new sheriff and off to bed I go.Thud, thump in the middle of the night.A scream shatters the air around me. I call Owen who gave me his number today.My god was someone just murdered next door? OwenShe says she's 25. She looks way younger.Sweet body, and a sassy attitude to boot.I can't let Courtney take my attention away from this case.We have a maniac on the loose and she's not safe.But every time I look at her I know exactly what I want to do to her.I want to make sure the next...