Mystery writer Kimberly Sawyer lives alone and likes it that way. But when she is threatened by a hooded figure, and a blood-red rose with a needle thrust into its heart is left on her doorstep, she knows she needs protection. So it seems like perfect timing when Napa Valley vineyard owner Darius Cavenaugh returns to Kimberly's life, offering help and a place to stay. But how did he know she needed him? Was it the deep, intuitive intimacy of a soulmate...

"Only a life-and-death mission could make FBI special agent Jackson Revannaugh leave Louisiana for Kansas. But a husband and wife have gone missing in a case with disturbing similarities to an unsolved one, and Jackson's desperate for answers. And the trick is keeping his desire for his new partner from compromising the operation. Marjorie Clinton knows Jackson's type only too well. But with passion--and the case--heating up, she soon has to trust...

Troy Anderson has steered clear of other people since tragedy changed the trajectory of his life. But when Eliza Burke and her children move in next door, he's unable to ignore the sweet family-especially when it becomes clear there's more to the house Eliza inherited than anyone suspected. As Troy and Eliza dig up the past, they'll have to face things they both hoped would stay buried.

A small-town innkeeper's life is transformed by a sexy army ranger. Rescuing a beautiful woman from four armed men wasn't how Blake Randall planned to spend his army leave. But as chief security detail at his best friend's wedding, the ranger's mission is just beginning. A blizzard has cut off Sarah Bentley's Colorado B and B from the outside world, trapping them with a killer. Snowed in with the rugged stranger who already saved her life once, Sarah...

Detective Hunter Bergeron has two goals:  fine the French Kiss Killer and keep Helena Cosworth from becoming his next victim.  Hunter and Helena share a past, and close proximity now only reignites their attraction.  But with New Orleans on high alert, giving in to old feelings is a distration neither can afford,  Especially in the darkest corners of the Quarter.

Deputy sheriff Austin Cardwell rescues a woman from an Idaho blizzard, then must protect her as she tries to regain her memory of who she is and from what she is trying to escape.

"After her father's murder, pregnant Lilah Tedder dreads facing deputy Harlan Sampson, her child's secret father, who left her heartbroken. Though she still wants him, Lilah knows his professional ambition won't let him associate with a moonshiner's daughter. But when a killer targets Lilah, Harlan becomes more than her protector. Now they must uncover old family secrets or pay the ultimate price." --Amazon.

The lines are blurred between duty and desire in ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESCUE by Cindi Myers
Federal marshal Patrick Thompson almost lost one woman in his care. He won't lose another. As an officer for the Witness Security Program, it's his job to protect Stacy Giardino, the former daughter-in-law of an infamous crime boss. At first, Stacy is reluctant to trust the brawny cop—or to act on their intense mutual attraction. But when her toddler...

Tangled threat: "A body hanging from the infamous History Tree had unraveled their teenage love. Now, twelve years later, Maura Antrim is again tangled up with Brock McGovern, and they're back where that devastating murder occurred. With two women missing, and Brock now an FBI agent, Maura is determined to help. Together they'll have to confront a threat that never died, and see if their passion has withstood the test of time."-- Suspicious: "Big-city...

For top security expert Parker Lawton, the anonymous threat is explosive. Return the gold stolen during his intelligence unit's last Iraq mission--or they'll each be hunted down. And when one of his men is killed just before meeting investigative reporter Rebecca Wallace, he must take her under his "protection." But her persistence in getting the real story is even more dangerous--and irresistible.