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The Bear Creek Series, Novels 1-3 Greed’s Reward The Thornton’s have three men coming for a bear hunt. In order to prepare for them, Blake has decided to check the trail for signs of bear. However, someone starts shooting at him. Upon arrival in Bear Creek, the hunters start to cause problems. Blake soon realizes that they are facing even more troubles with these men. Before the hunt can even get started, one of the hunters is found dead! Was it murder? Was it one of the other hunters who did it? Why? Dixie Gordon runs one of two local bar and grills. Her husband, Dan, disappeared four years ago when their twin daughters were babies. Her soon to be ex-husband is coming back to Bear Creek. Is he planning to try to stop the divorce, take the girls or try to get the bar? Blake tries to protect Dixie and find the killer. Can he keep Dixie and her girls safe? Can he keep himself safe? Pride’s Deception Robin Beck has lived in Bear Creek most of her life. Three years ago while away in college, Robin lost her fiancé in Iraq. She came back to Bear Creek to run the family grocery store. Her mother died two years before and now it’s just her and her dad who runs the garage and gas station next to the store. Robin is finally thinking about getting on with her life now and comes to an agreement with her dad that they should both do that. Kirby Thornton has loved Robin Beck for many years, but she has always counted him as her best friend, never any more. To cope with the rejection of Robin’s love, Kirby joined the army and after his discharge, works with his brother and sister. However, he lives on the wild side. When Robin’s cousins come up to Bear Creek for a bear hunt, her cousin, Marcia, has just broken off her engagement to her abusive fiancé. The fiancé, Preston, comes to Bear Creek demanding that Marcia leave with him. Marcia, is afraid of Preston and refuses to go with him. Robin is determined to help Marcia. Will the group be able to survive? How can they get help? Will Kirby be able to protect Robin from Preston? Fool’s Profit Chip Green is the deputy sheriff in Bear Creek. He has always liked Reggie but he’s afraid to get close to her since she’d probably punch him if he tried. Reggie Thornton is feeling lonely in her big home built for five people now that both of her younger brothers are married. She wants a family too! But, who would want to marry her, a six foot, thirty-year-old tomboy? Reggie has always liked Chip so much that he basically ruined her for other men. But the fool just can’t see that she likes him. Chip is suddenly given custody of the nine-year-old daughter he didn’t even know he had. His efficiency apartment won’t work so Reggie takes them both in at her four-bedroom house. A Hollywood production company is making a movie at the Thornton ranch and at the old ghost town in the mountains above Bear Creek. Someone is doing things to drive them away, including bar fights, fires and even murder. Will Chip and Reggie be able to resolve the problems facing Bear Creek and still keep everyone safe in the process? Will there be any hope for Reggie and Chip to build a relationship?

A suspense and action-packed mystery series with a touch of romance. Ryan’s Ruin – First in the Clear Creek Series To say that Ryan Maxwell has woman troubles is an understatement. He has women ruining his life at every turn. His two older sisters are trying to control his life. His energetic niece is too much for him to handle. A local woman wants to marry him. And yet another woman is trying to destroy his business. And all Ryan wants to do is to be left alone, run his café, fish, hunt, and play poker with his bachelor buddies one night a week. Is that too much to ask? Candy O’Reilly just wants to start a new life away from relatives who are interfering and controlling her whole life. Will a move 350 miles away be the right thing? Will her children be able to adjust from city life to small town life? Will Candy be able to realize her dream of owning a pastry and specialty coffee shop? Will the house she bought be the right one instead of a nightmare? Two men just released from prison want the money they say is hidden in Candy’s house. A spurned woman starts rumors that cause Candy to lose business and even think about moving back to the city. If these two who are so drastically different come together, can they help each other through a tragedy which threatens them from an unexpected source? How will God work in the lives of these two and their families in Clear Creek? Chase’s Return – Second in the Clear Creek Series Chase Devereaux turned away from God when he lost his wife to cancer two years ago. Now he’s trying to be both father and mother to his teenage sons. Tiffany Cameron was married but her husband ran off with another teacher ten years ago. Now she only has her cat Garfield who not only rules the house but Tiffany too. Chase seems to come out of his fog and notice Tiffany. But how can he do anything about it since he’s her boss? One of his teachers has accused him of sexual harassment. With that charge looming over him, he turns to his best friends Hunter and Ryan for advice and support. Tiffany finally realizes that she is attracted to her principal but she doesn’t know what to do about it. Then her mother is diagnosed with breast cancer. She turns to her best friends Sabrina and Candy who comfort and encourage her with their prayers. Everything else goes on hold as murders begin to happen in this peaceful little town and Tiffany suddenly becomes the prime suspect. Is their faith in God strong enough to bring Chase and Tiffany together among all the chaos and keep each other safe in the process? Can Chase ever return to the man he was before? Hunter’s Revenge – Third in the Clear Creek Series As police chief of Clear Creek, Hunter Billingsley hasn’t had much of a family or social life since his wife divorced him fifteen years ago and moved to another state, taking their baby girl with her. Hunter would like revenge against his ex-wife for making his sixteen-year-old daughter think he is a mean person who doesn’t want her around him. On top of that, Karrie is involved with a group of kids who are getting her into trouble. How can he help her from so far away? His life is turned upside down when Karrie hitchhikes almost three-hundred miles to be with him but doesn’t really want to be with him. Then, as if that wasn’t enough, someone is out to kill him. Between her job as head librarian at Clear Creek Public Library, and restoring 1965 Mustangs with her dad, Sabrina Elliott stays too busy to have a social life. In fact, she’s forty-one and never been married. Sabrina’s life is changed when Hunter’s daughter comes to her at the library instead of to her father. She quickly realizes that Karrie is afraid of her father. What has caused her mistrust of all people and why did she run away? Can Sabrina encourage a relationship between a father and daughter who have been virtual strangers for fifteen years? All three of them must come together to free themselves

Out of My Way Logan McKenzie is a police detective sergeant who does things his way with his own “rule book.” Logan’s partner retired 6 months ago, and he is determined to work alone. He has no use for stuffed-shirts or Feds. He avoids all female cops, if he possibly can, until a certain female DEA agent comes to work with him. Logan is trying to shut down a large drug operation in his hometown of Lakeland, Arizona. He wants to do it all by himself and his way but is forced to accept the help of DEA Special Agent Samantha Farley. Sam has been a federal agent for 20 years and is able to persuade Logan to work with her. Sam not only helps him but she also saves his life … more than once. Logan begins to grudgingly appreciate Sam and her help. However, a drug lord has put out a contract on Logan. It not only affects him but Sam and Logan’s daughter. Can Logan and Sam work together (without hurting each other) and shut down the drug operation and keep him alive in the process? This new series, by the author of The Sycamore PD Series, is loaded with action and suspense. On the Way Logan is back and so is Sam but now he’s the captain and she’s retired from the DEA and is one of his sergeants. Lakeland PD will never be the same with the two of them working as partners in the detective bureau. Will Logan continue to try to do things “Logan’s Way” even when Sam disagrees with him? On the first day in their new positions, they hit the floor running. A congressional candidate is murdered at his kick-off rally. Political pressure to solve the case quickly starts on them immediately. Did one of the four high-profile political suspects do it or is there another suspect? Complications occur when a waiter is found shot. Was this death associated with the first murder? Will Logan and Sam be able to work together as partners to solve both murders? This book will keep you in suspense as to who the “real” murderer is and why the candidate was killed. All the Way Logan and Sam are back for a third time and this time is going to be very different and dangerous for both of them. Someone is kidnapping and murdering women in Lakeland – appears to be a serial killer. The women are all tall and have long black hair, just like Sam. They find out a man Sam put in prison fifteen years ago is out of prison and he had vowed to kill her when he got out. Sam, Logan, FBI agents and the local police agencies work together to get this killer but each time they think they’ll get him, he disappears. Both Sam and Logan have to take their families to a safe house – even there the killer finds them. As Sam and Logan work closely together, they have to address the growing feelings that are developing between them. But with Logan’s loss of his wife seven years ago and Sam’s divorce eleven years ago, can they overcome their losses to build a new relationship? Will they be able to work together? How many women will be killed before the killer is found? Will he get Sam or her daughters before he is caught? Will Logan’s way be enough to solve this case and build a relationship? Will Logan finally go all the way?

An uplifting novel series with romance, mystery, and suspense. The Rookies Series Seventy-three-year-old Ginny Faulkner’s husband, Leroy, was the Rockland PD chief for twenty years until his death eight years ago. Now, Ginny has virtually taken over the PD and claimed it and all of its officers as her own children. Of course, she has a little help from Leroy’s lifelong friend, Dean, a retired doctor. Ginny knows everything that happens in Rockland, most of which she instigated or maneuvered. Now Ginny has taken on the latest class of graduates from the police academy. Four rookies, two male and two female, have become her latest project. Read this series to see how Ginny makes things better for all the citizens of Rockland not just her police department. Looking Up Donna Parker, rookie police officer and daughter of a commander in another department is eager to start her new career at the age of twenty-three. Now she is excited about finally being able to fulfill her dream of being a police officer. Bob Coleman has fought the stigma of his father being the mayor and his father’s unreasonable demands. He is a twenty-six-year-old lawyer who wants to be a prosecutor. Donna finds that she has an enemy at Rockland PD. A new lieutenant who decides to take revenge and prevent Donna from completing her Field Training. Bob is constantly resisting his dad and his dad’s best friend the judge, in their efforts to marry him off to the judge’s daughter, Rachel. What can he do to convince them to quit their matchmaking scheme? Donna arrests a man who beat his son and wife and Bob is assigned to the case to prosecute it. Will this be the case that can destroy their new relationship? Can Ginny, with a little help from God, bring these two young people together in spite of all the adversities they face along the way? Looking Good Tyler Randall, twenty-four old rookie police officer and son of Las Vegas Casino hotel managers, is eager to finish his field training. He has repeatedly let everyone know that he’s only going to be in Rockland long enough to get on with the Metro P.D. back home. Rachel Anderson, the daughter of Judge Willard Anderson, has always lived in Rockland, Arizona and does not plan to ever leave. Rachel is very happy as a RN at the Rockland Memorial Hospital emergency room. Rachel becomes the intended victim of a stalker. But she is confident that her “rookie” friends will be there to help her. How will she stay safe from the stalker? Looking Out Sandy Wells has a major problem. She’s finally out of the police academy, off Field Training and now she’s looking forward to being on her own. Not! Now she has a partner! But he’s not just any partner but Jake Harper who has been nasty to her for the last seven months. Jake Harper has a major problem. He’s finally out of the police academy, off Field Training and now he’s looking forward to being on his own. Not! Now he has a partner! But she’s not just any partner but Sandy Wells who has been nasty to him for the last seven months. In addition to Jake’s assignment dilemma, his grandma is coming to town. She may be from Upper New York and seventy-three years old, but no one would know it. How can she be of any help to Jake or will this be another problem he has to deal with? Sandy’s past is coming between her and Jake. Now she has to face her past and resolve the problem. How can she do it? Ginny has her own problem. Dean, after eight years, now wants to be more than just a friend to her. Will she let him? Can she let him? Just as things are starting to settle down, Sandy and Jake rescue a challenged adult who has been living on the streets since her mother died and she ran away. Sheila is a fifty-year-old with the mind of a child but she brings danger to all of them. Can Ginny, Grandma and even Sheila bring Jake and Sandy together?

No Walking Away Twenty-eight years ago, Stan Parker and Angela Carpenter broke off their engagement when each wanted to go their separate ways. Stan became a sheriff’s deputy, married a dispatcher, and had a daughter. His wife died 7 years ago leaving him lonely and unhappy. Stan decided to retire and move to Rockland to be with his daughter, her husband, and new granddaughter. Angela is the Rockland County Attorney. She had married but divorced after 5 years. Now she is lonely and unhappy. Angela is up for reelection and her nasty opponent is trying to prevent it. Stan is bored so he applies for an investigator job under Angela. All he really wants is to talk to her because he thinks he still has feelings for Angela and wants to know if she still has feelings for him. Angela is reluctant to interview Stan for the investigator job. Can she put aside the past to work with Stan? Stan becomes the Chief of Police at Rockland PD following a man who led by intimidation. Stan and Angela have many challenges to overcome, such as working relationship, personal relationship, threats, kidnapping, bomb threats, election and family issues. Can Stan and Angela overcome all the trials they face? Wrong for Each Other Assistant County Attorney Ken Anderson spends his weekends drinking and running around. After waking up with another hangover, Ken decides not to drink so much anymore. Ken and his buddy, Tony, go out to eat and see Mia Correa and Faye Kincaid at the restaurant. Ken decides he has to ask Mia out. Mia Correa has just been promoted to Lieutenant over the Detective Division and enjoys her work. Mia catches Ken and Tony staring at them. She does not like to be stared at and warns Ken to stay away from her. She has heard about Ken, Judge Anderson’s bad boy son! Ken finally corners Mia to ask her out. Mia very bluntly tells Ken that he would have to stop drinking and running around first. She agrees to give him two weeks to change with Mia’s friend Angela being the judge. Someone sends Ken a bomb and later takes shots at him. Who is trying to kill him? Then Ken finds out that he has a seven-year-old daughter whose mother is going to prison for five to ten years. Ken is given custody of Becky and his mother comes to stay with Ken to help with Becky. Mia heads up the task of protecting Ken, his mother and his daughter. Will Ken change his bad boy ways? Will he be able to take care of a seven-year-old girl? Will he be safe from the killer? Can Mia believe Ken has changed enough to give him a second chance? Can she protect him and his family from a killer? A New Leaf Lieutenant Fay Kincaid has plenty on her plate with being commander of the Rockland PD Support Division which included two of the most prestigious units there, SWAT and the Bomb Squad as well as CSU, SRO and Dispatch. Not only that, but she is the single mother of a six-year-old daughter, Ashley, who thinks she’s an adult. Fay is certainly not looking for a man in her life, especially not the handsome doctor some call Dr. Kildare behind his back. He has the reputation for being the worst kind of playboy and Fay wants nothing to do with him. Wayne Holland hasn’t realized it yet but he’s getting tired of the playboy lifestyle and needs to put some stability in his life. First, his Aunt Esther who raised him comes to live with him. Then he starts to see Fay Kincaid as other than the cop he always argues with about whether his patients should be handcuffed or not. Many things happen to keep bringing Fay and Wayne together not to mention that Ashley loves him on sight. Finally, they face a life-or-death situation together. How will they both come out of it. Will this bring them together or push them farther apart?

The Bear Creek Series Blake Thornton along with his older sister, Reggie, and younger brother, Kirby, own a ranch in Bear Creek. In order to pay for the expansion of their herd, they have started a hunting guide service. Most of these clients/hunters want to hunt bear or mountain lion.Greed's RewardThe Thornton's have three men coming for a bear hunt. In order to prepare for them, Blake has decided to check the trail for signs of bear. However, someone starts shooting at him.Upon arrival in Bear Creek, the hunters start to cause problems. Blake soon realizes that they are facing even more troubles with these men. Before the hunt can even get started, one of the hunters is found dead! Was it murder? Was it one of the other hunters who did it? Why?Dixie Gordon runs one of two local bar and grills. Her husband, Dan, disappeared four years ago when their twin daughters were babies. Her soon to be ex-husband is coming back to Bear Creek. Is he planning to try to stop the divorce, take the girls or try to get the bar? Dixie is shot at twice. Is the shooter trying to scare her or kill her? Why? Who?As more murders are committed, Blake and Kirby who are reserve deputies, help the deputy. Blake tries to protect Dixie and find the killer. Can he keep Dixie and her girls safe? Can he keep himself safe?Pride's DeceptionRobin Beck has lived in Bear Creek most of her life. Three years ago while away in college, Robin lost her fiancé in Iraq. She came back to Bear Creek to run the family grocery store. Her mother died two years before and now it's just her and her dad who runs the garage and gas station next to the store. Robin is finally thinking about getting on with her life now and comes to an agreement with her dad that they should both do that.Kirby Thornton has loved Robin Beck for many years, but she has always counted him as her best friend, never any more. To cope with the rejection of Robin's love, Kirby joined the army and after his discharge, works with his brother and sister. However, he lives on the wild side.When Robin's cousins come up to Bear Creek for a bear hunt, her cousin, Marcia, has just broken off her engagement to her abusive fiancé. The fiancé, Preston, comes to Bear Creek demanding that Marcia leave with him. Marcia, is afraid of Preston and refuses to go with him. Robin is determined to help Marcia.Kirby is hoping that during the hunt, Robin will get to know him again and will give him a chance. Will the group be able to survive? How can they get help? Will Kirby be able to protect Robin from Preston?Fool's ProfitChip Green is the deputy sheriff in Bear Creek. He has always liked Reggie so much that she basically ruined him for other women. But he's afraid to get close to her since she'd probably punch him if he tried.Reggie Thornton is feeling lonely in her big home built for five people now that both of her younger brothers are married. She wants a family too! But, who would want to marry her, a six foot, thirty-year-old tomboy? Reggie has always liked Chip so much that he basically ruined her for other men. But the fool just can't see that she likes him.Chip is suddenly given custody of the nine-year-old daughter he didn't even know he had. His efficiency apartment won't work so Reggie takes them both in at her four-bedroom house.A Hollywood production company is making a movie at the Thornton ranch and at the old ghost town in the mountains above Bear Creek. Someone is doing things to drive them away, including bar fights, fires and even murder. Chip has to win Megan over, while living in the same house with Reggie. Sparks will fly all the way around when these three very different people are thrown together.Will Chip and Reggie be able to resolve the problems facing Bear Creek and still keep everyone safe in the process? Will there be any hope for Reggie and Chip to build a relationship?

Suspicious Coincidences Julie Cantrell finally made detective sergeant, and everything seems to be falling down on her head both professionally and personally. Gary Bradshaw is the new pastor of First Baptist Church and everything seems to be falling down on his head both professionally and personally. Julie doesn’t trust pastors and Gary can’t get past her hard-as-nails demeanor. Julie has to deal with those in the police department who didn’t want her to get the promotion, especially the detective that everyone thought would be promoted. Her first week starts out with chaos. A council women’s house is burglarized. Julie’s ex-husband is filing for custody of their ten-year-old daughter. The church, the one place that Julie promised never to go again, is also burglarized. Assault and murder become part of the overall mix of problems. Gary encounters problems from the time he arrived at the church. He has to deal with six argumentative deacons, a custodian who won’t talk to him and a secretary that seems to know everything about everyone. Gary has to worry about the church burglary. His ten-year-old daughter, who is confined to a wheelchair, is very unhappy about the move and is making it known to him. All of these circumstances force Julie and Gary together. But what can they do about it? Can they help each other both professionally and personally? First, they must see each other differently than they did at their first meeting. Can they? Dangerous Consequences Carla Sutherland, a judge for 5 years and a prosecutor for 15 years before that, has her life threatened with a bomb. Who could hate her that much to want her dead? They make up a list of men who were recently released from prison. One of them is found dead. Was he the one responsible? How can they be sure? Forrest Jenkins, high school football coach, is being approached by a drug dealer wanting him to buy performance enhancing drugs for his team. If Forrest doesn’t buy them, the dealer is threatening harm to his star quarterback, Carla’s son. Can the police catch this sneaky dealer? Carla does not especially like the football coach. She thinks he is a typical bully jock. Forrest does not especially like Carla. He thinks she is a typical snob. Threats to Carla continue then she and Forrest are thrown together when Forrest becomes a target for helping Carla’s son. After they are all placed in a safe house, Carla and Forrest are forced to work to together. Will they be able to resolve their differences long enough to save all their lives? What dangerous consequences will they face? Subtle Persuasion Lisa Sherman is teaching at Stillwater High School for one year only. She will get a position in the Phoenix area next year, one way or another. She doesn’t like Stillwater or her apartment and can’t wait for May to be able to leave both. An older teacher, Marty, tries to persuade her to stay. Ken Wilson is a county detective trying to make sergeant. Dead bodies keep turning up near the casino. Now he has three murders to solve and the little redhead down the hall from his apartment keeps getting in his way. Lisa finds out that a former boyfriend from Phoenix, Harlan, is in town, working at the casino and living down the hall from her. He begins to bother her and her roommate, Margie. Lisa decides to ask for advice from Ken who also lives down the hall from her. Ken finds out that the murders are probably drug related. A new group is coming into the county to take over by killing the old one. He gets information that Harlan Mills is probably involved. Ken’s younger brother works at the casino. Is he involved too? Ken and Lisa start working together to eliminate the threat that Harlan poses to Lisa and Margie. In an attempt to stay safe, the women move in with Marty. Can they fight off Harlan and the drug organization? Can they work out their differences? Can Ken subtly persuade Lisa to stay in Stillwater, for him?

AN UPLIFTING NOVEL WITH ROMANCE, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE. Hunter's Revenge - Third in the Clear Creek Series by T. E. Killian As police chief of Clear Creek, Hunter Billingsley hasn't had much of a family or social life since his wife divorced him fifteen years ago and moved to another state, taking their baby girl with her. Hunter would like revenge against his ex-wife for making his sixteen-year-old daughter think he is a mean person who doesn't want her around him. On top of that, Karrie is involved with a group of kids who are getting her into trouble. How can he help her from so far away? His life is turned upside down when Karrie hitchhikes almost three-hundred miles to be with him but doesn't really want to be with him. Then, as if that wasn't enough, someone is out to kill him. Between her job as head librarian at Clear Creek Public Library, and restoring 1965 Mustangs with her dad, Sabrina Elliott stays too busy to have a social life. In fact, she's forty-one and never been married. Sabrina's life is changed when Hunter's daughter comes to her at the library instead of to her father. She quickly realizes that Karrie is afraid of her father. What has caused her mistrust of all people and why did she run away? Can Sabrina encourage a relationship between a father and daughter who have been virtual strangers for fifteen years? All three of them must come together to free themselves of the danger from more than one direction. But can they all come together to form a family? Will they each let God work in their lives to help them to overcome fear, revenge, and loneliness.