Download or read book Intrigue Box Set Oct 2024/Conard County - Covert Avenger/Colorado Kidnapping/The Killer Next Door/What Lies Below/K-9 Defender/Hometown H written by Julie Miller and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2024-09-18 with total page 1189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mills & Boon Intrigue — Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served. Conard County: Covert Avenger - Rachel Lee CIA operative Devlin Paltier never thought returning to his small Wyoming hometown would be riskier than an undercover mission. But Devlin knows that revealing he’s no ordinary cowboy could bring danger to everyone in his world. Including Deputy Elaine Paltier, his widowed sister-in-law and the off-limits woman he’s never been able to forget. Before long, though, Devlin’s dark secrets come back to haunt him...along with two killers hell-bent on revenge. Now protecting Elaine becomes the most crucial assignment of his career — and the only way to secure a possible shared future. Colorado Kidnapping - Cindi Myers The disappearance of his young daughter sets sheriff’s deputy Ryker Vernon on the trail of desperate kidnappers. Complicating the single father’s mission is the search and rescue volunteer who joins the lawman’s team. Harper Stanick was Ryker’s high school sweetheart...until she vanished from his life. As past secrets surface, the hunt leads to someone close to Ryker. Now he and Harper must stop a ruthless criminal with a deadly agenda if they are to bring his lost little girl home. The Killer Next Door - Amanda Stevens Getting laid up with a broken ankle and placed on leave could not have happened at a worse time for Detective Sydney Shepherd. Enter former cop turned private investigator Trent Gannon, who believes her current investigation dovetails with his cold case. There is a complex past and deep emotions between Sydney and Trent. But when there’s another victim, they agree to shelve their undeniable attraction and team up to collect evidence to connect the dots between the cases. Increasingly all indications point to Sydney’s next-door neighbour as the prime suspect. Will Sydney and Trent be the next casualties? What Lies Below - Carol Ericson Heath Bradford never expressed his attraction to loner Willow Sands back in high school. Now that he’s returned to Dead Falls, supposedly to broker a land deal, Willow views him as the enemy. Fiercely protective of the island’s ecosystem, she’s an obstacle to his development project. But Heath’s true purpose for returning is to solve a mystery that’s haunted him for years. Then Willow’s neighbour is killed, and she becomes the target of a series of attacks. And protecting the woman he still yearns for becomes his only purpose. K-9 Defender - Julie Miller After a betrayal that almost took his life, Detective Joel Standage is deskbound. A new assignment is his chance to find out if he still has what it takes to be a cop. His mission? Get close to Mollie Crane, a woman who’s as guarded — and wounded — as he is. Her service dog, Magnus, trusts Joel before she does. When it becomes clear that his interest in her crime boss ex-husband is putting her in danger, what started as a case becomes personal, and Joel will do whatever it takes to protect her... Hometown Homicide - Denise N. Wheatley The hunt for the murderer of two women could be the make-or-break case of Drew Taylor’s career. The veteran police officer has no time to babysit a newbie cop with something to prove. Thrilled to be partnered with the man she has long admired, Nia Brooks pursues every lead...until her life is threatened. And Drew struggles with being protector and partner to Nia. With the sole clue a bloody fingerprint, Nia and Drew race to apprehend an elusive killer who doesn’t fit any criminal profile. But when a hidden agenda starts to become terrifyingly clear...it’s Nia and Drew who could become the next victims.