Flash Point

Flash Point

Diane Benefiel

Romance / Suspense

Reconsidering Her OptionsStalwart, honest, a stand-up guy – high praise, right? Wears his jeans just right, single, a catch – pretty much everyone in Hangman's Loss, a quirky little town in the Eastern Sierras, adores the hell out of Police Chief Bradley Gallagher. Yet, new resident Emma Kincaid is determined to keep him at arm's length, and with good reason. But vandalism, arson, and a violent attack have her rethinking her stance. Has someone from her past caught up with her, or is the escalating threat coming from within her newfound community? Sparks fly as Brad races against time to keep her safe, and passions combust when they join forces to combat the danger.
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Hidden Betrayal

Hidden Betrayal

Diane Benefiel

Romance / Suspense

BANG-BANG THERE GOES YOUR HEARTAfter being shot and left for dead by his partner, US Marshal Lincoln Jameson questions whether he'll ever put on a badge again. To help get his head straight, he takes off for the mountains where he meets the beautiful and compelling Mikayla O'Kane who's recently witnessed her ex-fiancé's murder. Following a vicious attack, Linc vows to protect her, and will do whatever is necessary to keep her alive. Mikayla resists witness protection, and will fight anyone, especially the hunky marshal who wants to put her in a cage, even if it's for her own safety. With complications arising at every turn, Linc's past and future collide in a deadly confrontation he must survive so he can start his life with the woman who has stolen his heart.
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Deadly Purpose

Deadly Purpose

Diane Benefiel

Romance / Suspense

THE SILVER LININGMeghan Bennett is a desperate woman running for her life, and the one place she's sure she'll be safe is the old cabin in the Eastern Sierras she inherited from her father. Exhausted, and fighting a nasty flu, Meg can't believe someone is squatting in her cabin. The tall, handsome, bearded stranger who answers the door is her worst nightmare. Grumpy, growly and intractable, she can't convince him to leave. When she nearly collapses, she finds herself on the couch in front of a welcome fire. Over the next few days she thinks she can trust this man with more than her safety. Too late, she learns he has betrayed her, and he shatters her trust right along with her heart.Declan Murphy has been trying to rebuild his life, and he revels in the solitude his old friend and mentor's cabin provides. When a gorgeous, pissed-off woman shows up in the middle of a cold, snowy night insisting the cabin is hers and he needs to get out, Dex...
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Hidden Judgment

Hidden Judgment

Diane Benefiel

Romance / Suspense

A BEAUTIFUL DECEPTIONUS Marshal Ellie Jameson has moved on since a one-night stand with hot law student Sam Creed, a night he'd made her believe was so much more. She hardly ever thinks of him. Really. When assigned to a new case, she's blindsided and comes face to face with the man who broke her heart. Federal judge Sam Creed is being threatened by domestic terrorists, and guess who's assigned to pose as his fiancée? Good thing thirteen years was long enough for him to forget she ever existed.Nothing's more important to Judge Creed than the rule of law. His focus is bringing an extremist militia group to justice. Having a marshal pose as his girlfriend was his idea, but when Eleanor Jameson moves in with him, he finds her damned distracting, and he's having a hard time remembering their engagement isn't real. As the stakes get higher, Sam finds that love has a way of changing life's priorities.
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Dead Giveaway

Dead Giveaway

Diane Benefiel

Romance / Suspense

THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPENIf asked, Gwendolyn Ballard would admit she co-parented her best friend Chloe's son, Cameron. Now Gwen is all he's got as they flee from the man who murdered his mother. There's only one place Cameron will be safe, and that's with his uncle, Elijah MacElvoy. Arriving on his doorstep at the Broken Arrow Ranch is a desperate decision, and Gwen knows he'd slam the door in her face if she didn't have his nephew with her. But she'll do anything for Cam, even if it means putting up with Elijah's distrust and judgment.Chloe's dead. Cam's orphaned, and Elijah is confronted with the prospect of living with the one woman who's driven him crazy for the past ten years. He'll fight to keep her safe. That's encoded in his DNA. But can he trust her with a little boy who just lost his mother? As Eli watches how Gwen loves and cares for his nephew, he reevaluates his thinking and gives...
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Break Away

Break Away

Diane Benefiel

Romance / Suspense

TRUE BLUEWhen Zoey Hardesty's high school crush moves next door, it seems the intervening years are unimportant to her heart. One look at all grown up Levi Gallagher, and she knows she's in trouble. Fighting the attraction is self-protection, learning he was a big city cop who returned home to join the Hangman's Loss PD, puts the brakes on for good. When Levi is assigned to investigate a hit and run that could've killed her, they wind up spending time together in ways that are far more than neighborly. He becomes embroiled in the case as weirder and scarier things start happening to Zoey. Levi's hard to resist, and even though being with him breaks all of her rules, she's almost ready to admit he's worth it when she learns his secret. But he's a better man than she's given him credit for, and with one last chance to make things right, Zoey reaches out for a love than will last a lifetime.
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Already Gone

Already Gone

Diane Benefiel

Romance / Suspense

THE MEASURE OF A MANMadison Gallagher's life is in Hangman's Loss. Her family is here. Her friends are here. She owns and runs a successful bakery café. What she doesn't have is a love life. And she doesn't want one. The man who stole her heart when they were both young and wildly in love was careless and callous—he left her and never looked back. Now he's returned, and with his typical reckless abandon, he inserts himself back into her world. But, no. He's not welcome anymore. She's suffered enough and has finally gotten to a place where her life makes sense. She refuses his advances. Until she can't.When Logan Ross left Hangman's Loss he had needed to find himself and become a man he could be proud of—a man nothing like his father. And while Logan had succeeded, he had never been whole, not when he'd lived ten long years without his Maddy. Back and undercover on a dangerous operation, one look at his girl and he knows this is where he's meant to...
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Shot Through the Heart

Shot Through the Heart

Diane Benefiel

Romance / Suspense

Rane Smith's nerves are nearly shot. With her ex-boyfriend, a member of a drug cartel, about to get out of prison, every instinct urges her to run as far away as she can get. But her elderly father's failing health makes that impossible. And if the ex-boyfriend discovers her part in his conviction, he'll have even more reason to come after her.Undercover Seattle police detective John Garretson's job is to find a way to get close to Rane. As her new tenant, he can sit back and wait until her ex shows up. He and his narcotics task force are on the edge of breaking their biggest case wide open and his new landlady is the key. But she's also sexy as hell and the simmering attraction between them is distracting. Odd, she doesn't seem the type who'd be involved in the illicit world of drug dealing....Rane's secrets are eating away at her and she has no interest in another relationship sure to end in heartbreak. Why won't John mind his own business? And why, even when he sparks...
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Clear Intent

Clear Intent

Diane Benefiel

Romance / Suspense

RUNNING OUT OF TIMEDory Morales knows the kind of heartache no woman should endure. Her ex-husband is in prison for abusing her and her precious son. It will take a long time to get over the shame of having allowed that to happen to them, and she's worked hard to get their lives back on track. Of one thing she is certain, her life and destiny belong to her, and no man will ever have control over her again.Hangman's Loss PD Captain Jack Morgan is done with the sniping and snide comments that fly every time he and Dory run into each other. It's time she lowered her defenses and let him in. He better than anyone knows what's she's been through, and he intends to prove to her that he would never hurt her. Far from it. He plans on loving her for the rest of her life, if only she would let him.
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