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Hard Justice, Crossfire Creek Series
Book 1: Crossfire Creek Rescue
Eli Torres was a special ops and then a Texas Ranger. Now, he works for Crossfire Ops. A new security company owned by Ruby Maverick and Owen Stryker. He’ll be partnering with Delaney Hart to find two girls who were put into an institution by their grandfather while their mother was out of town.
Delaney Hart had been with the FBI. After a colossal failure, she’s starting over with Crossfire Ops. This is her first assignment here, and she’s hoping to be able to close the case without losing anyone. The memory of her last assignment is nipping at her heels and reminding her of that failure.
A very unique storyline, loved the characters, and a formidable lineup of villains to choose from. Fast-paced story as they race to rescue two teenage girls before it’s too late.
**Mild sexual content
Book 2: Crossfire Creek Vendetta
Colt Morgan works at Crossfire Ops. Previously, he’d worked for Strike Force. Three years ago, a Strike Force team consisting of Colt, Harlan, and Brenna encountered a situation that turned out very badly. Memories of the tragedy still haunted them. And now, it looks like it’s starting again with the serial killer who’d never been caught back then. Harlan and Colt both moved over to Crossfire Ops, and now they were being called back to finish this nightmare.
Brenna Keane had left the team after the Timberline incident. The nightmares followed her into her private PI business. While working on a case to find a missing person, she soon found herself drawn back to the crimes from three years ago. It was time to let the others know that the killer was back.
A page-turning suspense romance with a cast of villains to choose from. This villain seems to be ahead of them at every turn, just like before. Another enjoyable story in this new series.
**Sexual content and language
Book 3: Crossfire Creek Protector Deputy Laney Sutton passed the culvert where her husband died four years ago. A crime still not solved. A road she had to use to get to her job. When another IED appears in the same area, it brings it all back. Only this time, someone is out to get Laney and her daughter, Evie.
Harlan Creed was in love with Laney. When he chose the military over her, she ended up marrying his best friend, David. Now that they were brought together by the same culvert, by a text message he received, he realized he still cared for her. He’d promised David he’d watch over her. Protect her and the child David never lived to meet. Now they had to find out what madman was after her because losing Laney or Evie wasn’t an option.
Another fast-paced story that keeps you guessing on who could be the villain…well, they all are villains in a way, so who is the villain that’s guilty of the crime?
**Mild sexual content
Book 4: Crossfire Creek Ambush
Beck Culver
works at Crossfire Ops as a field medic. He worked at Strike Force before.
After an op went all the wrong ways, they lost one member, and the others went
in different directions, including the woman he loved. Three years later, it
still hurts.
Grace Donovan
didn’t know who wanted to kill her, but someone did. She’d been heading to
Crossfire Ops headquarters, but after being shot, she let herself into Beck’s
home. And sure enough, he fixed her up.
Now they had a
list of suspects, all but one were former members of the team that had been
there when the op went bad. Most carried a grudge against Grace and Beck for
different reasons. Time to ignore the pain from her injuries, the pull toward
each other that never went away, and get this person caught so they can look at
what the future may hold for them both.
**Sexual
content and language
Book 5: Crossfire Creek Betrayal
Garrett McCall
works for Crossfire Ops. So does a woman with whom he was in foster care.
Twenty-two years ago, when they were teenagers, a foster baby was stolen under
their watch. It broke them apart. Even though their young selves were into the
other, they couldn’t deal with being around each other after Harris was stolen.
Isla Prescott
had to join up with Garrett. Trudy, their foster mom, was in trouble at her
ranch. They found Trudy injured and her house ransacked. It had something to do
with that stolen baby from so long ago. One thing Isla found out… her feelings
for Garrett were as strong as ever.
The suspects
are adding up on who stole the baby, who shot Trudy, and who was after Garrett
and Isla, trying to kill them, every time they seemed to be getting closer to
finding the answers they needed.
**Sexual
content
Book 6: Crossfire Creek Manhunt
Book 7: Crossfire Creek Hideout
Book 8: Crossfire Creek Siege
Book 9: Crossfire Creek Vengeance
Book 10: Crossfire Creek Takedown
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Hard Justice, Outlaw Ridge
Book 1: Hayes
Hayes Brodie works for Owen Striker, Strike Force. A simple
job of catching and taking Petey, a no-good who attacked and robbed his
grandmother, to the Outlaw Ridge jail turns into a nightmare. And it doesn’t
look like it’s going to end anytime soon.
Jemma Salvetti, a former lawyer turned deputy, came into
work at midnight, the rookie shift, and her life changed within minutes. The
man she wants to get to know better is there with a prisoner, easy enough until
they are shot at and then find the unexpected inside the small-town station.
Someone is out to wipe out the entire crew of the Outlaw
Ridge PD, and they have almost succeeded. Only two are still alive. Hayes could
no longer avoid being close to Jemma until this nightmare ends. A fast-paced
story that has plenty of villains to keep the reader guessing which one is
guilty of mass murder.
**Sexual content and language
Book 2: Outlaw Ridge: Nico
Nico Salvetti is the son of the Rattler, a former kingpin
who is now on the up and up. He’s also the brother to Jemma—her story is in
book one, Hayes. Nico looks like a bad boy following his father’s previous
footsteps but is one of the good guys undercover. He’s back in town to find a
killer who has killed before and isn’t done.
Deputy Callie Brandon came upon a crime scene and…her
former boyfriend. She hoped he wasn’t the killer, but all evidence points to
him. And even after twelve years, he can still set her heart to beating faster
and…more. She’s the good cop, though, and he’s the bad boy.
Great storyline that kept me intrigued throughout the book.
Plenty of “could-be” villains that kept me guessing, as they were all
suspicious characters. Good series.
**Sexual content and language
Book 3: Outlaw Ridge: Aiden
Aiden Brodie worked for Owen Striker at Striker Force.
Still, since a crime spree four months ago that killed about every police
officer in Outlaw Ridge, he’s been working as a temporary officer. After a
woman goes missing and there’s plenty of blood to say, she’s most likely dead.
Deputy Lexa Mullen still has nightmares from the last time
she worked with Aiden. It was not his fault, just the situation they’d been in.
A failed rescue. Now, they are looking for a dead or dying woman, and it seems
someone is targeting them as well. The best way to protect themselves is to
stay together and watch each other’s backs.
Fast-paced, page-turning story with plenty of suspects. If
they can ignore the sparks igniting between them, they can stay alive and
figure out what’s going on.
**Sexual content and language
Book 4: Outlaw Ridge: Declan
Deputy Declan Brodie is called out to the Satan Shack. An old Victorian home that’s been empty for over two decades. Someone has finally bought it, but the work has stopped as there are bodies in the walls.
Dr. Cully O’Banion, a forensic anthropologist, will be moving back to Outlaw Ridge. She bought the old Victorian for her mom. Alice, her mom, has Alzheimer’s and has good memories of the house, and Cully is in the position to grant her mom’s wish. Even if moving back means she’ll be seeing her ex.
This had a great storyline, and plenty of people could have done it. Mix that in with Declan and Cully’s history, Alice’s illness, and a killer on the loose, and it was a real page-turner from start to finish.
**Sexual content and language
Book 5: Outlaw Ridge: Shaw
Deputy Shaw Brodie couldn’t believe the nightmare from seven years ago was happening again. One text changed everything. But the killer was still in prison, so what was happening? Additionally, Ava Satterly came into the Outlaw Ridge PD, and he knew. She had also received the text. They were being sent on a game some killer was playing…no matter how badly they didn’t want to play.
Ava Satterly had struggled since she almost died seven years ago. Panic attacks had her mainly working from home. And now, on a visit to her grandmother’s grave, the nightmare has started all over. She’d have to face Shaw again.
I had a hard time deciding who the villain was. They all had such good motives to be the one behind the murders. Excellent storyline.
*Sexual content and language
Book 6: Outlaw Ridge: Reed
Reed Winston is temporarily at Outlaw Ridge PD but is about to return to Strike Force. He and the new sheriff have a history. He was working with her when she found out that her parents were serial killers, and they helped put them both behind bars. Now, it seems that history is repeating itself.
Sheriff Hallie McQueen’s first day on the job wasn’t quite what she expected. She’s called out to a murder scene. She’s surprised when she finds the scene set up exactly like one of her parents’ murders. Plus, a note on one of the bodies clearly lets her know it’s all about her.
So many could be the villain. Hating Hallie because of her parents. Accusing her of knowing they were killers and letting them continue without turning them in. Everyone seems more guilty by the day. Page-turning suspense with a great storyline.
**Sexual content and language
Book 7: Outlaw Ridge: Jesse
Deputy Jesse McCain had worked for Strike Force but was now a deputy at Outlaw Ridge PD. When a woman walks into the police station with a lot of blood on her and more, they aren’t sure what’s going on. Seems it’s only the beginning, though.
Deputy Lauren Whitman just started working at Outlaw Ridge PD. She’s gone into the cold case side of law enforcement because of what happened to her sixteen years ago. As an excited eighteen-year-old, she was heading out for a date…only she never made it as she was abducted. That was one of the prominent cold cases she wanted to solve: who had taken her and ruined her life…and the date she never got to go on.
As always, the author provides the reader with plenty of potential bad guys and numerous twists and turns. Always a great storyline.
**Sexual content and language
Book 8: Outlaw Ridge: Griff
Deputy Griff
Abrams has been helping out at the Outlaw Ridge PD, after his boss, Owen
Striker, had taken over after the devastating murders of almost the entire
department. It’s temporary for Griff as well. He plans on returning to Strike
Force. For now, he’s going to help Lily with her open case.
Deputy Lily
Oliver had received a letter from Bobby Ray Moore, a week before he died in
prison from cancer. He said he was innocent of a murder fifteen years ago, and
wanted her to find the killer. She’d become a cop because of that case. It
never felt right to her. So, even after threatening notes to stop
investigating, she moves forward with it.
As usual, I was
kept guessing which of the many guilty-sounding suspects it could be.
Page-turning from beginning to end.
**Sexual
content and language
Book 9: Outlaw Ridge: Ryker
Deputy Ryker
Caldwell left Strike Force to stay with the Outlaw Ridge PD. He was out with
his new partner for the first time, and life turned upside down. A body that
wasn’t real but carried a real threat. A ghost from the past. Not to mention
the attraction simmering between the two of them.
Deputy Emma
Bonetti had lost her uncle when the department had been attacked this past
year. He was a good man and was loved as the sheriff. Her? Not so much. The
people of Outlaw Ridge thought she’d murdered her fiancé four years ago. And
yet, could Ethan still be alive? Or was someone pretending to be him? Whoever
it was, they were doing a good job of causing chaos.
As always, a
good suspense-romance that has plenty of choices of possible bad guys, or gals,
that kept me guessing.
**Sexual
content and language
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Hard Justice, Texas Series
Book 1: Lone Star Rescue
Major Rafe Cross retired from the military and became part of Ruby Maverick’s group. Maverick Ops. When he’s called to help with a body that was uncovered, a former girlfriend, he’s not sure if he’ll be too close to the situation. But here he is.
Sheriff Bree O’Neil and her two child friends, Rafe and Tessa, were bonded by blood. Even though Tessa had been missing for eighteen years and had changed even before that, now, Tessa’s body may have been found, and Rafe has been hired to help on the case as a consultant. She’d have to hide her feelings from long ago to close this case.
This is the first book I’ve read by this author. It was a well-written plot and kept me guessing at what had happened. I enjoyed the characters, too.
Looking forward to more in this series.
**Sexual content and language
Book 2: Lone Star Showdown
Jericho McKenna works for Maverick Ops, where he’s made quite a name for himself. The folks at Maverick Ops were all over the top at what
they did. And then, a blast from his past came knocking. After five years of no
contact, Rachel Franklin appears on his doorstep.
Rachel Franklin and Jericho grew up together in a compound,
Stronghold. Childhood friends and then on again and off again romantically for
years. She’d heard about him even though they hadn’t been in contact, and she
had no doubt he could help her.
Danger seems to be coming at them from all directions, and
nothing leads them to where it’s coming from. It was a page-turning story that
kept me guessing who the bad guys were.
Book 3: Lone Star Payback
Marco Morelli had once partnered with Rayna, both on the job at Maverick Ops and personally. And then, it was over. So now they try to stay out of each other’s way. But now, someone seems to be killing people who’ve escaped justice or who have hurt Marco in some way. And Rayna is on their list.
Rayna Brandon didn’t like getting too close to Marco. Especially not so close they touched. She still cared for him but had to keep that tamped down. Right now, they had to work together to get a killer who had his sight set on her.
Fast-paced stories that have plenty of could-be villains to keep the reader guessing.
**Sexual content and language
Book 4: Lone Star Protector
Nash McKenna does his best work as a protector. He works at
Maverick Ops with two brothers, Jericho and Slade. A third brother is in
prison—or he was supposed to be. The minute they heard he’d escaped, Nash was
off to protect the woman who put Bodie in prison in the first place.
Caroline Maverick had learned a lot in eighteen years. She
wouldn’t be a victim again. Ever. But as prepared as she’d thought she was,
when Nash came to tell her that Brodie had escaped and was seen heading her
way…that fear was back.
A great suspense story! There were several could-be
villains, and it kept me guessing.
**Sexual content and language
Book 5: Lone Star Witness
Slade McKenna works for Maverick Ops. After finishing off
an op, he got a call that had him moving as quickly as possible. Marise was in
trouble, and he’d be there for her. She was beautiful, but they kept a
friends-only relationship. They were too valuable to each other to mess it up.
Not that it was easy, not at all.
Marise Brennan was a nurse at Patriot Retreat. A place for
soldiers to heal. She had PTSD herself and was thankful for Slade because he
could always help her through an episode. But today wasn’t about her; it was
about a mutual acquaintance they’d both served with.
As always, it is a fast-paced, page-turning adventure that
keeps my attention from beginning to end.
**Sexual content and language
Book 6: Lone Star Target
Jace Malley was ready for his first solo assignment with
Maverick Ops. It wasn’t what he expected. Jace was to be a bodyguard…for
someone from his past. Could he do it? Yeah. He’d protect Kit with all he had.
Katherine “Kit” Barclay had asked for Jace because she knew
he would be her best protector no matter the bad blood from their past. Someone
was trying to stop her from testifying in court. She needed to do this, no
matter what it would bring. Whoever wanted Kit out of the way—maybe even
dead—and the most suspected ones were related by blood.
As always, this series is fast-paced and has a great
storyline.
**Sexual content
Book 7: Lone Star Secrets
Angel Deluca had kept a secret for twenty years. That same secret kept him away from his teenage love. Now, the body’s been found, and their secret was going to come out.
Mia Sawyer had to let Angel know they had found the body. They had to decide what to do. What they didn’t expect was being shot at. What was going on, and who was after them?
Another page-turner with some surprises for the characters. They needed to get through the secrets of the past first before they could look to the future.
**Sexual content and language
Book 8: Lone Star Hostage
Presley Nolan works for Maverick Ops. He’d been an orphan twice before ending up in foster care. But that life is behind him. That is until some evil-minded person kidnaps a wealthy woman, and Presley and his former boss, Billie, are the only people he’ll deal with. The person is playing games with him. Bringing horrible memories from the past into the present.
Billie Cooper hadn’t seen Presley for two years. After a kidnapping case went badly, they ended up in bed. She was his boss. Billie quit the force two weeks later and now works for Owen Striker’s company, Striker Force. And all the people she is put on a job with…Presley.
Fast-paced, page-turning as all of this series has been. The villains are plentiful, but the author kept me guessing who was behind this all.
**Sexual content and language
Book 9: Lone Star Redemption Ruby Maverick, owner of Maverick Ops, has a meeting with Owen. She’s hoping it has nothing to do with what happened three years ago, a failed mission they’d worked together. It was precisely what he had wanted to meet with her for.
Owen Striker, owner of Strike Force, didn’t mind having Ruby around. He might bend the rules a bit, which is why some folks called his group Owen’s Outlaws, and Ruby was a by-the-book type of woman. Yet, his attraction to her was hard to fight. They have an old case to solve for now, and he needs to find redemption.
This author always has a long list of would-be villains that keep me guessing who the bad guys are. Always enjoyable and page-turning stories.
**Sexual content and language
Book 10: Lone Star Christmas Mission
Cash Whitaker got a text that he needed to get to his old friend’s house ASAP, or else she was going to die. Forget the ransom and back up; he had to get to Kayla and save her. He failed her once…he couldn’t let it happen again. Ever.
Kayla Morgan never saw the attack coming. She was in her workshop behind the house working and thought someone needed help… it ended up being her who needed help. Even when it seemed the threat was handled, she realized it was just beginning.
Cash and Kayla tried to avoid each other, not because of dislike but because of quite the opposite. Unfortunately, Cash reminded her of the worst time of her life, bringing on too many bad memories and panic. But now, being close is not an option while someone is out to kill her.
A short novella that’s packed full of danger and attraction, like the novels in this series.
**Sexual content and language
Book 11: Lone Star Wanted Maverick Ops operator, Kincade Maddox, woke up on the floor of a burning safe house and
couldn’t remember what happened. The bash on his head accounted for the lack of
memory. He thought he was meeting his partner here, but Travis Prescott was
nowhere to be found. It only turned more confusing from there.
Deputy Cassidy Prescott found a beat-up Kincade at the safe house, but no sign of Travis. He
was being accused of a murder she knew he didn’t commit, and she had to find
him before anyone else. The cops were ready to take Travis in alive or dead
because of who the dead man was.
Kincade and Cassidy team up to find out what’s happening. It’s starting to look like the
local law enforcement officers, including Cassidy’s boss, could be involved
with framing Travis and trying to kill Kincade. They couldn’t trust anyone
beyond each other and Kincade’s fellow Maverick Ops.
Exciting story as always. The author always has a good list of villains, or they seem like
villains, and yet the bad guy is usually a surprise and not who I expected.
**Sensual content language
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