Inspirational Suspense

Closing Books - Ghost Of The Past Book 2 The traditional roles of man and woman become twisted with Dan and Evelyn. Dan isn’t a playboy. He doesn’t have any commitment issues. In fact, he wants it all—relationship and family. Only problem? He wants it with someone who doesn’t want anything to do with him. Evelyn doesn’t fool around with relationships because she’s never been in one. She’s certain that things like love and happily-ever-afters aren’t meant for people like her. There’s simply too much darkness in her past. A past she thinks she’s buried. But she’s wrong. ...

The bestselling series continues . . . As Kit Shannon defends a down and outer named Mousy Malloy on the charge of attempted murder, she also takes on the case of a woman whose young son is tragically killed by a Los Angeles trolley. Was the death of little Sammy Franklin an accident? Or could it have been avoided? The trolley case pits Kit against a powerful coalition of railroad men and politicians—all of whom seem to have something to hide ... a secret Kit must uncover in order to win. As these two cases move forward, it becomes clear there is some sort of connection—one that could ...

A beautiful yet tough woman working in a beautiful yet tough setting, Brannon Callahan is a search and rescue helicopter pilot for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Strong faith and a decorated history of service have kept her one step ahead of on-the-job dangers, but there’s no precedent for what’s about to happen. After a blizzard takes down a small plane carrying U.S. Marshal Roark Holland (already haunted by a recent tragedy), Brannon must save him in more ways than one and safeguard the donor heart he’s transporting to a government witness on the edge of death. Otherwise ...

A sympathy card, a threatening phone call, a rag doll… Someone is terrorizing Amanda Beckett and her young daughter. When the police refuse to investigate, there’s only one person she can turn to—her ex-husband, Josh, the man she has never stopped loving. Brings about a shaky truce… Josh hasn’t seen Amanda since their divorce, and even though being with her again will only dredge up emotions he’s been trying to bury since their divorce, he’ll do whatever has to in order to keep Amanda and their daughter safe. Where love and trust mean everything… The threats increase and ...

Noah West has some big shoes to fill... His brothers are the best first responders in all of Texas.It's not easy being the rookie cop in a family of overachievers. When Noah decided to follow in his older brothers' footsteps, he had no idea it was going to make his life a living nightmare. Add to that, a small town filled with nosy neighbors and a history of bad girlfriends, and it's no surprise that he's not ready when the girl of his dreams comes crashing into his life. Audree Hall moved to Faith Valley to forget about her difficult past with men, so she can't believe when she's matched ...

Haunted by their pasts, two damaged souls seek redemption, but they’re running out of time. A killer waits in the shadows, ready to stop them dead. Firefighter Dante MacKenzie carries a burden not even his close-knit family could guess. But after years of running, payment is due. Close to losing his job and ready to leave the only home he’s ever known, Dante faces a choice: come clean about the past and take the consequences, or run. Forever. Town bad girl, Rachel Scott, has sins of her own to atone for. Returning to MacKenzie Cove, the scene of the worst night of her life, has been ...

In the third installment of his acclaimed anthology series, master of crime fiction Lawrence Block has gathered together the best talent from popular fiction to produce an anthology of short stories based on masterpieces of American art. Among the star-studded lineup of writers you'll find Jerome Charyn, Jane Hamilton, Christa Faust, John Sandford, Sara Paretsky, Walter Mosley, Charles Ardai, Barry Malzberg, and Janice Eidus.

An ex-Army ranger needing a change, a local reporter writing a story on the academy, and a natural disaster that they both get trapped in. Marco Fernandez just finished up his last deployment with the Army. When his best friend offers him a job, he jumps at the opportunity to leave the stress of military life behind him and focus on training the next generation. That’s why he’s irritated when a smart and spunky reporter comes charging into his life, wanting to know way more about his past then he’s prepared to share. Susan Chandler knows that her feature on the elite search and rescue...

A highly-decorated narcotics K9 handler, a royal runaway who can’t remember who she is, and a drug syndicate determined to eliminate the only witness. Sick of never living anywhere longer than two years, DCSRA instructor Matthew Knight left the DEA to settle down. The only problem, he can’t find the right woman to share his life. When he is called out to a local hospital to interview a victim, he can’t help but be captivated by the beautiful amnesia patient. When Princess Isabel Severin wakes up, she can’t remember the details of her life, other than she was running from something. ...

Elise Carmichael is a court sign language interpreter who reads lips, all the time. As a widow with a young, deaf son, lip reading is simply second nature, until the day she reads the lips of someone on the phone discussing an attempt to be made on the life of Lilliana York...a senator who just happens to be her mother-in-law. Before Elise can decide what to do, she gets a call that her son is being rushed to the E.R. and must leave. Then later she sees the news report that her mother-in-law has been shot and killed. But when she comes forward, her life, as well as her son's life, may now ...

Best-selling author. Twists. Turns. And a family secret you never saw coming . . . Nina Truman heads to the bus for a much-deserved furlough from her nursing duties. On the side of the road, a uniformed soldier stands idly, casually holding his gun—of little concern to her; soldiers are not uncommon south of the Mexican border. But he suddenly switches off the safety and opens fire, sending the occupants into chaos. Out of the forest storms Shaw Wilder and his bomb-sniffing dog, Axel. An improbable hero, who thinks being a missionary is like “shoveling sand uphill, useless,” also ...

Detective Grant Rogers is tracking a criminal... And his case will take him straight into the arms of his ex. It's not easy seeing the woman you might have loved again, especially when you know you promised to never hurt her. As Grant stands in front of Macy, feelings flood back to him. But he has a job to do and he can't let his guard down. He explains to Macy that he's in town on official business, tracking down a suspect. But secretly, he also hopes to reconnect with her. The only problem is, he's not sure he can protect Macy while trying to win her back. Macy West thought she had left ...

With his father in a nursing home and his mother needing support, former Great Smoky Mountains park ranger Lincoln Vailes moves to the bayou town of Eternal Springs, Louisiana, to become a police officer. Recent college graduate and eager social worker Jade Laurent has also moved there to try and right the wrongs of an abusive past. But someone is running her car off the road and pointing guns in her direction. As Lincoln investigates her case, he uncovers ties to big-city gang warfare up north that appears to be making its evil way down south. Acclaim for Fear No Evil: "An exceptionally ...

"Christian Crisis Hotline. How may I help you?" For once, it was phone counselor Felicia Trahan who desperately needed to dial in. She'd come home to her apartment to find Jolie, her roommate and coworker, dead. And few clues to the killer's identity: There was a shady boyfriend. A rival at the crisis center. And disturbing phone calls from a distraught young woman who was becoming increasingly unhinged. So much so that the center's tough-guy pastor feared for Felicia's safety. Spencer Bertrand promised to protect her, even if he lost his heart in the process. Yet drawing out a killer ...

A heart-pounding tale of danger and devotion, the riveting second installment of the Wright Heroes of Maine series by a USA Today bestselling author. CIA agent Michael Wright's world crumbles when his girlfriend, Leila, is snatched off the street and later seen in the grasp of a terrorist he’s been tracking, Michael blames himself. Keeping his identity secret from her clearly didn’t protect her. Now he must defy the Agency and fly to Iraq to rescue her. Leila Amato escaped Iraq a decade earlier, only returning in her worst nightmares. But those nightmares have come true when she finds ...

Small town. Big secrets. Deadly lies. Legal clinic attorney Emmie MacKenzie has finally accepted her father's claim that her mother's death at the hands of a drunk driver was no accident, but agreeing to work with brusque, self-centered bad boy, Skeet Archer, to find the real killers? A seriously bad idea. He might be the youngest son of the mighty Archer clan, but Skeet is the ultimate outsider in MacKenzie Cove. He dreads returning to the tiny beachside town where everyone knows his past, but clearing his half-brother of the six-year-old crime will erase a debt he’s owed for far too ...

Is it really just a question of hope? Maggie Rose has learned the hard way not to trust men. Broken-hearted and betrayed she leaves home to become a nurse. Six years later, she's employed in San Francisco, living the life she thought she wanted. Until life throws a massive hitch in her plans in the form of a very handsome architect named Shep. When Shepherd Millard agrees to help a friend, he never expects to meet the woman of his dreams. Miss Maggie Rose captivates him with her independence and beauty. It should be simple for a well-established architect to court a nurse, but she's in ...

Alligator conservationist Coco LeBlanc knew real fear when she found a body in the clutches of her beloved beasts. Fear turned to horror when she saw that it was one of the Trahan clan—and he'd been shot in the back. Her ex-boyfriend, Luc Trahan, had dumped Coco two years ago when she refused to give up her family's centuries-old voodoo traditions, and he didn't know about her newfound faith. Now, as they and their families become prime suspects in the grisly crime, they'll have to work together to clear their names before the Cajun killer strikes again.

A sheriff struggling to fill the hole left in his daughter’s life after her mother skipped town, a labor and delivery doctor visiting for a retreat, and the winter storm that strands them together. Matthew Hart has two full-time demanding jobs, and he’s doing a terrible job at both. When his ex-wife left him to raise their toddler on his own, he didn’t realize how hard it was going to be to manage it along with being the local sheriff. With Christmas drawing near, he wishes to find a way to make his daughter happy again. Dr. Linda Morison didn’t want to go on the retreat her ...

What’s done in the dark always comes to the light, doesn’t it? In part two of this jaw-dropping series, Ace's revelation has the family reeling with shock, but Paris is on cloud nine as she finally has the man of her dreams with no interruption—but will her bliss be short-lived as she and Ace struggle with choosing a hard right over an easy wrong? A lucrative record deal promises to bring Majesty the fame and fortune they’ve always dreamed of, but once the money is laid on the table, things take a treacherous detour when Danger’s true motives come spilling forth with a shock-wave ...