For archery expert Hannah Riley and her daughter, nowhere on her Smoky Mountain ranch is safe with someone aiming to kill her. She's not sure why they want her dead, but with the help of her best friend, Sheriff Ben Whitman, she won't give up until she knows--and stops them. Hannah's comeback in competitive mounted archery is looming, though, and time is running out to uncover the truth. Years ago Ben promised Hannah's late husband he'd watch over...

Emily Graves left everything behind to save her aunt's stuggling bed-and-breakfast, but she is hardly through the door before she is the one who needs saving. Someone in Bridal Veil, Oregon, will go to any lengths--even murder--to keep her from making the B and B a success. Sheriff's deputy Archer Reed has made it his personal mission to bring down the culprit. But first he has to convince Emily to accept his protection and determine why anyone would...

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......

"Convinced that Allison Ashworth deserves better, Sheriff Shane Timmons has always tried to remain aloof around his childhood companion. But with Allison in Gatlinburg for the holidays, insisting on caring for two motherless babies, Shane feels obliged to help her. Every shared moment gives Allison hope that this Christmas, her dreams of motherhood, and a life with Shane, may finally be coming true."--Pages 4 of cover.

When her ancient RV catches fire and she's stranded in the town of Mule Hollow, Dottie Hart gets help from handsome sheriff Brady Cannon, and the local matchmakers begin their plans as soon as they realize that she's a single woman.

"When Aurora Daniels becomes the target of someone seeking their own twisted justice, Sheriff Beckett Marsh is the only one who can rescue her. As a public defender, Aurora has angered plenty of people in town--and in her past. And while Beckett constantly clashes with the feisty lawyer professionally, it's his duty to protect and serve. Guarding her 24/7 is now his sole assignment. He may not have been able to save his fiancée from a dangerous felon,...

Sheriff Sarah Winfrey has seen her share of men claiming not to be guilty. Yet something in Lanford Davies's haunted gray eyes convinces Sarah to investigate the fire that killed Lanford's family - and sent him to prison for eighteen years. But if Lanford is innocent, that means a killer is still out there. Can they sift through the ashes of a long-ago past to find the truth... without getting burned.

Awakening from a months-long coma, Ben Stillwater is met with a big surprise: the footloose bachelor cowboy is a father! Ben tries to adjust to life with baby Cody and decides what the child really needs is a mom. Sheriff Lucy Benson does not seem a likely candidate-she already has her hands full closing in on the thieves who have been targeting the ranches of Little Horn, Texas. But the closer Ben gets to Lucy-and the closer they get to solving the...

"After a catastrophe strands a train—and eight orphaned children—near Evans Grove, Nebraska, schoolteacher Holly Sanders sees hope in the chaos. These children are the new start her community needs. And Holly is stubbornly determined to give the townspeople, the children...and even gruff sheriff Mason Wright...the happy families they deserve. How can anyone so petite have so much gumption? Watching Holly rally her young charges wins Mason's admiration—and...

Home from the war, army nurse Thea Miller is determined to adopt her late sister's baby and begin a new life. But someone else has the same intentions-the town sheriff and Thea's old friend, Mack Worthington. Now, in order to keep her niece in the family, Thea must reach an agreement with him. Mack isn't sure Thea-whose actions once hurt him badly-is committed to baby Sarah. And a judge may never approve a single-parent adoption for either of them....