How could a killer strike in a crowded theater? That is the question plaguing TV news reporter Dani Richards. She'd been in the box next to the victim—and hadn't heard or seen a thing. Now the very man who broke Dani's heart years ago was investigating the murder. And when her coverage of the story leads the killer to stalk her, police officer and former flame Caleb Jamison insists on protecting her. Dani is afraid to let Caleb close again. Yet she has no choice. The killer's sinister phone calls leave no doubt that he's coming for Dani next.With a stalker closing in, will television journalist Dani Richards trust her former love and police investigator Caleb Jamison to help her?

Lainie closed her eyes and tipped her head. For a moment thatseemed to last for eternity, she waited. Then she felt Tom's breath get closer and then he kissed her. She eased into the kiss, but he edged back. A heartwarming WWII love story, Sandhill Dreams was a finalist in the 2009 American Christian Fiction Writers' Carol Awards for short historical fiction. Lainie Gardner once dreamed of becoming a nurse. Of serving her country. Of doing something important in the war. But rheumatic fever changed all that, and instead of running home to her parents' coddling, Lainie is determined to find a war job at Fort Robinson in Nebraska's sandhills, where she meets a soldier with his own broken dreams. Tom Hamilton has feared dogs since he was bitten as a child, but his assignment at Fort Robinson is training war dogs and their handlers. Surely the Army has another use for him, but he's trapped in a job he can't stand in an out-of-the-way outpost....

He stopped, hovering above her lips, giving her the opportunity to back away...create space between them. Instead, she leaned into him, met his kiss. The moments evaporated as he held her, a touch as light as if she were a cherry blossom he could crush. Get caught up in romance and suspense with this novella from award-winning author Cara Putman. This novella is the prequel to the Hidden Justice series.Things were business as usual for family law attorney Ciara Turner, until she walked into her mentor's office to find the judge had been murdered. To make things worse, the emotional moments were witnessed by Ciara's nemesis, opposing counsel David Evans—the man she once thought she'd spend the rest of her life with.David can't walk away from the murder investigation. Judge Palmer was the only one who believed in him enough to give the boy from the wrong side of the tracks a fighting chance. But his amateur sleuthing keeps him crossing paths...

The police say the woman was a murderer. Emilie Wesley knows they can't be talking about her client . . . but she can't prove it.To the world it seems obvious: Kaylene Turner snapped and killed her daughter and then was shot by police. However, attorney Emilie Wesley knows a different story. Kaylene was a nurturer at heart looking for a way out of a controlling, abusive marriage. Kaylene's death shakes Emilie's world and her belief that she can make a difference for these women. Self-doubt plagues her, and she finds herself struggling to continue her work in the wake of tragedy.Austen Billings thought he knew his sister—right up until he learned of the manner of her death. He receives a letter from Kaylene begging him to fight for custody of her daughters if anything should happen to her. No attorney in her right mind would take on his case, but Kaylene's letter claims Emilie Wesley will help him.Thrown together in the race to save Kinley Turner...

One phone call can change your life. What you do after that is up to you.Joci Littleton is recovering from law school finals and preparing for Christmas when she receives a call that changes everything. Her twin Nathan is the victim of a mugging in Washington, DC. Her family needs her to go to DC to identify him, while her mom stays home with her sick father. Joci agrees and that decision launches her on a path that has her hunting for the truth and running for her life. Then she finds herself in a tightening spiral of questions in a race to find the truth."My heartbeat seemed to stall for a moment and then it started back up, beating double-time in my chest. I scrambled to find something to use as a weapon if needed. I grabbed a fifteen-pound weight. It would do some damage—if I could swing it with enough force to get it airborne. While Nate would have pumped it like it was a three-pounder, I felt slightly off-balance as I gripped it." Danger and...

Hollywood 1942. When attorney Audra Schaeffer's sister disappears, Audra flies to Hollywood to find her but instead must identify her body. Determined to bring the killer to justice, Audra takes a job with the second Hollywood Victory Caravan. Together with Robert Garfield and other stars, she crisscrosses the southern United States in a campaign to sell war bonds. When two other women are found dead on the train, Audra knows the deaths are tied to that of her sister. Could the killer be the man with whom she's falling in love?

A heartwarming WWII homefront romance from award-winning author Cara Putman Anna Goodman's mother is dead, her father has given up on life, and her brother is missing in action in World War II. Anna's dreams for the future are held captive by the responsibilities the war and life have thrust upon her. She's desperate to hold the farm together while working at a war factory in nearby Kearney. She can't do it alone. She must interact daily with Specialist Sid Chance, the cocky know-it-all who oversees the German prisoners who work on her family farm—prisoners that are a constant reminder of her father's harrowing experience in World War I. As Sid gets to know the determined Anna, he must balance her mistrust against his desire to help farmers. With so many able-bodied men deployed around the world, the prisoners' labor is essential to save local farms from ruin. He must also battle against prejudice from men like Anna's father,...

He leaned close then hesitated. A question appeared in her eyes, but she didn't pull away, so he closed the distance. The kiss tasted sweet, everything he'd imagined and more. She sighed, and he eased back. A dreamy expression coated her face. "If that's what happens every time we find a cache, we should find more." Get caught up in romance and suspense with this novella from award-winning author Cara Putman. What's supposed to be a relaxing geocaching adventure in the spectacular Lake of the Ozarks area of Missouri turns into a race for her life for Reagan Graham. A woman who has always played it safe, doing things by the book aren't working for her any more. Then she meets her brother's frat brother Colton Ryan, a guy who has his life mapped out, too. Before she can decide if he might be the man for her, a shadow from her past is back...and quickly closing in. Can they figure out who the shadow is before he takes her or worse?...

Join attorney Alanna Stone as she returns home despite her determination to never set foot on Mackinac Island again. Once again in close proximity to Jonathan Covington, her first love, she vows to protect her privacy and her heart from the man who still makes her pulse race. But when her worst fears are realized and history repeats itself—landing her in the midst of a murder investigation—Jonathan may be her only hope. Will they be able to lay aside the past and let God heal their hearts, or will reconciliation come too late? Previously released as A Wedding Transpires on Mackinac Island.

"Putman's legal expertise shines in this compelling and intricately plotted romantic suspense. Highly recommended!"—Colleen Coble, USA Today best-selling author Janae Simmons left the small town of Kedgewick, Virginia, ten years ago to pursue her legal career and never looked back—until a professional mistake leads her to her grandmother's historic carriage house and to the town where her past threatens to find her. The quiet streets echo with her grandfather's sterling reputation, one that conflicts with fresh questions that claw at Janae, launching her on a reluctant journey to unearth his secrets. When her new job at a local law firm doesn't live up to expectations, she wonders if coming home was the right decision. Carter Montgomery starts his art preservation career with the only job he can get—director at the Elliott Museum of Art. At least Kedgewick is a nice enough town to provide him and his nephew with a safe place to grieve the loss of Carter's sister. But Carter's...

8 years ago she ran to safety. Now Charlotte Montgomery's past has caught up with her. Charlotte Montgomery was forced to leave everything behind to shield her son from a dangerous life. As an artist, she's built a new world of safety and security for them both, far from the shadows that once haunted her. But the peace she's fought so hard to maintain is shattered when her past comes crashing back.The Italian crime family she escaped from has reappeared, determined to pull her back into their web of deceit and crime. This time, they want her to participate in their money-laundering scheme—and they won't take no for an answer. But Charlotte has other plans. She's willing to play along, but only to bring down the ex who tore her life apart. Enter Thayer Jackson, an accountant who's been approached by the FBI to help trace money connected to the same crime family. Drawn into the dangerous game Charlotte is...

Shadowed by Grace is a dramatic story inspired by the Monuments Men of World War II by acclaimed author Cara C. Putman. Desperate to save her dying mother, Rachel accepts her newspaper’s assignment to travel to Italy to capture images dangerously close to the front lines of WWII. Her real motive – to find the father she never knew -- an artist she hopes can offer the comfort and support both she and her mother need to survive. It’s an unlikely situation for love and faith to flourish, but soon Rachel not only finds herself, but also her long-lost earthly father, and ultimately, the man her Heavenly father created to cherish and provide for her.**