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THE LAST STAND SERIES
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Four years ago Skye Kellerman was attacked
in her own bed. She managed to fend off her knife-wielding
assailant, but the trauma changed everything about her life.
As a result of that night, she joined two friends--also
survivors--in starting The Last Stand, an organization to
help victims of crime.
Now her would-be rapist is getting out of
prison. Early. And Skye knows that Dr. Oliver
Burke hasn’t forgotten what her testimony cost him.
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2009 RITA® Nominee for Best Novella
Widower Romain Fornier lost his reason for
living when his daughter was kidnapped and murdered.
When the killer got off on a technicality, Romain used a
gun to mete out his own justice. Now that he’s
finally out of prison, free to return to his Cajun roots,
the last thing he wants to learn is that he might’ve
killed the wrong man. But that’s exactly what
Jasmine Stratford of The Last Sand, whose job it is to help
victims of violent crime, has come all the way from California
to tell him.
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Sheridan Kohl was just a teenager parked at
the lake in Whiterock, Tennessee with a boy named Jason
when a stranger wearing a ski mask shot them both.
Sheridan lived but Jason died--and the stranger was never
caught. Twelve years later, by working at The Last
Stand, Sheridan has learned a thing or two about investigating
crime. She returns to Whiterock, intent on achieving
answers at last.
But someone doesn’t want the truth to
come out. Someone unexpected. Someone who is
willing to resort to murder. Again.
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A mother faces her
greatest fear.
Zoe Duncan’s thirteen-year-old daughter
goes missing from her own backyard while she's home sick
from school. The police suspect Samantha’s a runaway—she’s
not happy about her mother’s upcoming marriage—but Zoe
knows Sam would never do that.
Terrified of losing the person she loves most,
Zoe is willing to do anything to bring Sam home, even if
it means giving up her job, her nice home and her relationship
with the man she thought she wanted….
A detective faces his hardest case.
Jonathan Stivers is a private investigator
who donates his time to The Last Stand, a victims’ charity
in Sacramento. He’s good at what he does, the best. Which
is why he’s called on to help Zoe Duncan find her missing
daughter. But never has he had fewer leads to work with—or
been more attracted to a client. He’s sure of only one
thing: Sam was taken by someone close to the family. He
doesn’t realize how close until he realizes that
the "perfect" couple next door is anything but…
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Obsession leads to lies…
When Air Force Captain Luke Trussell opens
his door one Sunday morning, he’s shocked to find the
police—and even more shocked when they charge him with
rape. He knows he made a mistake in judgment the night before,
but he certainly didn’t force his attentions
on the woman who’s been stalking him for months.
Problem is…Kalyna Harter has the bruises—and
the DNA evidence—to make her claim convincing.
And lies can lead to murder!
Determined to isolate Luke, Kalyna goes to
victims’ rights advocate Ava Bixby of The Last Stand,
hoping Ava will help put Luke behind bars. But Ava soon
realizes she’s defending the wrong victim.
Problem is…switching her support to Luke
could be dangerous—especially when she falls for him.
Because Kalyna won’t tolerate losing the man she wants
to anyone. Least of all Ava…
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Someone thinks he's committed
The Perfect Murder...
In trying to unravel the truth behind the
murder of his ex-wife and son, Sebastian Costas has followed
a ghost of a lead all the way to Sacramento. The evidence
suggests a murder-suicide, but something he heard the week
before the killings won't allow him to accept that. He believes her
second husband--a cop--killed her and the boy, then faked
his own death. But proving it isn't easy. He finally gets
the break he needs when Jane Burke, an investigator with
The Last Stand, calls him in connection with a separate
crime--a crime that could lead him straight to the man he's
been looking for.
But that murder might only lead to
more...
Once the wife of a serial killer, Jane has
spent the past five years rebuilding her life and fighting
against violence. The last thing she wants to do is fall
in love again. But once she meets Sebastian, she’s determined
to take that risk. She finally has a chance at happiness--if
she can best the man they’re trying to stop before
that man stops them.
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