Clean Romantic Mystery

Welcome to Stellar’s Ford. Where faith and fear are at war. The line has been drawn in this forest, and only one will survive. Undercover forest ranger, Jackie Duncan, comes to the New England logging village of Stellar’s Ford to take down eco-terrorist, Rand Adams. But is Rand in town? Who’s igniting protests, spiking trees, torching saw mills, and nearly skewering her with a hunting arrow? Everywhere she turns she grabs at shadows. Creeped out by the notes of a faceless kidnapper who knows his every move, Robbie Adams comes to Stellar’s Ford desperately seeking his missing brother...

Ross and Dorie are planning a Christmas Eve wedding. Someone wants Dorie out of the way, permanently. Could it be his mother, escaped from Central State Hospital? Ross really thought Dorie was imagining things while he was in California, but now that he’s home, though sleeping at Riley’s until the wedding, she continues to see things being moved and lights on in the attic. When someone steals his credit card and sends Dorie flowers from him with it, he just has to find out what is going on. Dorie finds out the secret about what happened with Ross’s mother on Ross’s 5th birthday ...

Lizzie is having second thoughts about the husband she tossed out years ago. Lizzie Patterson didn’t make personal decisions on a whim…she never had. No one knew that better than her former husband. So when Lizzie tossed out they should get married…almost like a dare…he’s determined not to waste any time…or take a chance on Lizzie changing her mind.Even as Lizzie and Harry continue their ongoing tap-dance around each other, Clay, the other resident celebrity of the canyon, has problems of his own…or at least he believes he does. Twila is coming to the canyon for a visit. ...

Welcome to Stellar’s Ford. In the shadows of these forests, a malevolent presence lurks. Will the innocent survive, or will the guilty hide their dark crimes forever in the wild mountain ravines? Ex-bad-boy, Rand Adams, is serious about his new faith, and about opening a wilderness camp for troubled teens. But he’s burned too many bridges. One of them is Molly Stuart, his former-best-friend’s wife. Molly blames Rand for her husband’s death, and for skipping out on the funeral. When her son lies about hanging out with a stranger, Molly has no choice but to keep the potential runaway ...

They’d prepared for this moment all their lives without believing anything would ever come of it...they were wrong. Danae knew before she ever heard her brother’s voice that it was bad...and it didn’t take long to find out just how bad it was. She’d always understood the high cost of secrets...and quickly learned that sometimes the price of truths was far more costly. It took her even less time to realize that she’d never really known true fear. She did now and knew that the heart-pounding terror she’d experienced in those handful of moments when a gun was pointed at her brother...

Royalty...it was more than just a word to her. It was her life. But not for long. Marlie loved her family dearly, even when she didn’t like them very much. But their life wasn’t the life she wanted for herself. Maggie had always fulfilled her responsibilities, she’d always done exactly as she was expected to...she knew no other way. Until now...until after reading a letter from her father suggesting she visit her niece and learn how to do as she pleased every once in a while, including the joy of eating pizza at her slightest whim. The last thing Maggie expected when she showed up at ...

Hallie Gable didn’t know that saying yes to a New Year’s Eve party invitation would end up with her being forced on a case and stranded in the freezing cold in Greenland’s mountains. When she envisioned the evening, with her dressed in an elegant gown, and Cameron Whitlock as her companion, she thought it would be an enjoyable experience. Hallie expected it to end at midnight and she would go on her way. She had plans to go home after weeks of helping Aunt Delores at the Bed & Breakfast after she had broken her leg. Hallie had a life to get back to and now Cameron had messed up her ...

Help me. . . When CIA Agent Jade Hunter receives a text message from a dead man, she puts aside her fear at returning to the country where she almost died, because if Darius is alive and reaching out to her, his life is in danger. Crossing the border into Iran, Jade and her guide are immediately attacked. Both almost die from a rocket attack. With their Humvee destroyed, they are on foot and on their own behind enemy lines. The only person who can save her now is the man she walked away from ten years earlier. She’s the only thing that can bring CIA Director Coleman "Cole" Dean back into ...

AN UPLIFTING NOVEL WITH ROMANCE, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE Chase's Return - Second in the Clear Creek Series by T. E. Killian 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 ...

A SUSPENSE AND ACTION-PACKED MYSTERY WITH A TOUCH OF ROMANCE Two people having to deal with abuse and rebellion in their lives come together to fight both. Betty Sue Harris is running from her abusive ex-husband, for a third time. He has already caught her twice in the past two years. As her bus passes through the little town of Strawberry, she is attracted to it because of its cheery Christmas decorations. She steps off the bus and into the local diner where she meets Trish Howard. Trish not only gives Betty Sue a job but also takes her into her own home thus changing Betty Sue's life ...

AN UPLIFTING NOVEL WITH ROMANCE, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE. Walking the Line - Third in the Walking Together Series by T. E. Killian Larry Jackson and Joanne Lewis have both taught at Strawberry High School for eight years. Larry is happy with his carefree life of partying and running around. Joanne's goal in life is to make her daughters safe and happy. He has always been rude to her and she has always tried to avoid him. Suddenly, things are changing for both of them. At his twin brother's wedding, Larry notices how wonderful a person that Joanne really is and wants to get to know her better. ...

Have you ever reached a breaking point? Brenda has. She is tired; she’s tired of the drama and the pain. All the decisions and sacrifices she has made have worn her out. She doesn’t think she can keep up with it anymore. After a near-death situation put everything into perspective, Brenda decided that all she wanted in life was peace. The problem, though, was that her loved ones resisted. Instead of peace, she was met with even more conflict. Her husband, Peter, was at a breaking point of his own. He was juggling taking care of his wife, fatherhood, and two jobs. One of those jobs was ...

Some things are unforgivable. For Brenda, it’s abandonment. Being abandoned by the person who is supposed to care about her most, and protect her, is inexcusable. Brenda’s father abandoned Brenda, her sister Martha, and their mother, leaving them to struggle on their own. He never gave so much as a reason; he just up and vanished. Brenda’s father leaving was the worst thing she had experienced. The heartbreak and pain was so strong, she vowed to never forgive him. Still, her life was great now; she was pregnant, married to the love of her life, and she was finally happy, despite her ...

What do you want most in life? Like his wife, Peter just wants peace. He just wants to be able to relax with his wife and kid and other family members and be happy. He wants a calm and peaceful life free of all needless drama And Peter is determined to find that peace He is determined to shield and protect the ones he loves from troubles and pain. So from problem to problem, worry to worry, he is everywhere trying to make everything right But Peter is about to learn another vital lesson of life and companionship. What is this lesson? And will his dreams come true? Will he finally be able to...

Disappearing wasn’t going to be enough…they needed a plan. It’s the middle of the twenty-third century and while there have been staggering technological and environmental advances, human nature is still very much the same as it has always been. One woman unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the middle of a long simmering struggle between power, greed, and an overwhelming effort to keep long hidden secrets buried.Luckily she isn’t on her own. A childhood friend that she hasn’t seen in years is proving once again that he can be trusted even as they just barely avoid one near miss...

It’s Daisy Williams’ birthday month, and it’s a month she will never forget. In the midst of expansion plans for her private detective agency, she finds the body of a good friend – murdered. Her desire is for revenge, but first she must find the culprit. Along with seeking justice for her friend and trying to decipher her father’s mysterious visits to various politicians, she meets with Reed O’Connor for the first time in over a year. Does her friend’s death have anything to do with an old case? And if Daisy finds the murderer, does she risk disrupting her entire agency? ...

Kelsey Reed, forensic accountant extraordinaire, spent months in Portland recovering from the drugs her kidnappers shot into her system. Finally ready to resume her life in Houston, a forgotten memory consumes her and she flees to the Kemah Boardwalk where she meets Aengus Kavanagh – Irishman, FBI Agent, and consultant to Ireland’s Directorate of Military Intelligence. In an attempt to resolve a quarrel over who gets ownership of Abba-daba, a kitten the GAAWP agency has put up for adoption, Aengus and Kelsey discover the body of GAAWP’s director. As Kelsey tries to find out who ...

Lady Marianne wants nothing to do with Lord Castleton—that is until a great mystery forces them to work together. When Lord Castleton does not recognize her, Lady Marianne is deeply hurt. That hurt is soon overcome by the dreadful realization that her parents have disappeared. Deeply afraid, she reluctantly turns to the only person who she believes can help: Lord Castleton. *** Lady Marianne has grown into a fine young lady since James last saw her. Eager to enter into her good graces after an embarrassing encounter, James finds himself thrust into the middle of a mystery. Together, they ...

Army veteran, MASON HOOD, has a promise to keep and a demon to defeat. Fresh off the front lines of World War Two, he moves to Bluebird Valley in rural Southeast Missouri and brings the war with him. Local schoolmarm, STELLA REYNOLDS, is still reeling from the death of her husband at Pearl Harbor. To honor his memory, she vows to assist and protect any veteran who comes her way. But Mason isn’t just any veteran. When a brutal murder sets the entire valley on edge, Stella is told that Mason needs her. She rushes to his side and ends up in a place she never wanted to revisit. Torn between ...

Hallie Gable was recently dumped at the altar, so when her aunt invites Hallie to come visit her to help run her B&B after falling and breaking her leg, Hallie jumps at the opportunity to leave the city. Hallie believed the small town was exactly what the doctor ordered to heal her broken heart. However, peace and quiet isn’t what’s in store for Hallie when she ends up in the middle of an investigation and the criminals go after her. Cameron Whitlock had never involved a civilian in any of his undercover cases and he wouldn’t have this time given the choice. Now he was stuck working ...