Bøger af Suzanne Ferrell

Dylan Roberts was orphaned as a child...Her parents died on a rural highway in a drunk-driving accident. If only she'd been able to do something that night. Dylan grew up with one all-consuming goal--to save others. Training hard to become a trauma surgeon, only to have her dearest friend die in a jungle, far from medical aid, once again Dylan is left feeling as useless as she did after her parents' death. Grieving and at loose ends, she visits her two pregnant sisters in their new home of Westen, intent on making sure both safely deliver their babies. The town is about to open its first hospital, complete with a trauma unit, which her sisters and the town council believe Dylan should head. At a crossroads... Being in Westen has its risks. She finds herself struggling against the attraction she's long had for her friend, newspaper owner, Sean Callahan. Trouble is, Sean wants more than just a casual fling, but he doesn't want to pressure Dylan into staying in Westen. Will tragedy force her hand?When danger from a beloved town member's past comes to light, lives hang in the balance, will Dylan's skills make a difference this time? And will she finally understand the true meaning of family?

As Westen's resident Santa, Deputy Cleetus Junkins brings the magic of Christmas to his beloved home town each year. He oversees lighting the tree in the square and raising the huge mistletoe kissing bough in the gazebo. At the parties he visits with children and the elderly. Amid all this joy even Santa can be lonely. Or he used to be. This year, Cleetus has a helper. Sylvie Gillis came to Westen for a fresh start only to have her heart immediately melted by a shy gentle giant of a deputy. Her childhood was short on happiness but playing elf to Cleetus' Santa makes her want to believe in Christmas miracles. As Cleetus and Sylvie help bring Christmas joy to the citizens of Westen, the holiday magic weaves its way into their hearts. Will the reason Sylvie left home come between them or can she stay Close To Santa's Heart?

Who reports a homeless person missing? They're already missing.Three years ago, Brianna Matthews became a victim at the hand of powerful men and barely escaped with her life because her friend cared enough to search for her. From that moment on, she lived her life trying to pay the favor forward by working in a women's shelter for abuse victims. When her coworker and a former resident in the shelter doesn't show up for work, Brianna must find her. Enlisting the help of Homicide Detective Aaron Jeffers to go with her to check in on her friend, little does she know they would end up walking in the underworld of Cleveland's homeless community.They make the perfect target.In finding Brianna's coworker seriously ill, they promise to find her friend, a homeless man, only to discover his body in an abandoned building. Aaron, accustomed to seeing the dead, suspects this may be more than the natural passing of one Vietnam Vet living on the street. The corpse is drained of blood.Another body is found in a more public setting, this time with an attachment to the women's shelter. Fearing Brianna might be in danger, Aaron keeps her with him as the investigation, along with their relationship, deepen. As the new Edgars Security and Investigations Group lends a hand, one of their own goes missing.Can Aaron and Brianna find their friend before the killer claims another victim?

This festive holiday season, Noel Fisher, an Army Reserve linguist, is looking for a chance to reconnect with his daughter, Callie. When Callie gets excited about career day at school, where a horse from a local farm will be present, Noel sees a chance to make his daughter's dreams come true.Montgomery Taylor, a shy equestrian therapist and horse trainer, runs a business from her farm on the outskirts of Westen. When Noel offers to work on her farm's outdated electrical system in exchange for free riding lessons for Callie, the two of them form an unlikely bond.But when two innocent people are put in jeopardy, it's up to Noel, Monty, and the people of Westen to save them. With danger, romance, and the holiday spirit, Close to Sleigh Bells is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.

This 3-novella romance bundle features one Christmas season in the small town of Westen, Ohio. The characters of Westen will show you how one small town comes together to celebrate the holidays with laughter, love and a dose or two or suspense.CLOSE TO SANTA'S HEARTAs Westen's resident Santa, Deputy Cleetus Junkins brings the magic of Christmas to his beloved home town each year. He oversees lighting the tree in the square and raising the huge mistletoe kissing bough in the gazebo. At the parties he visits with children and the elderly. Amid all this joy even Santa can be lonely. Or he used to be. This year, Cleetus has a helper. Sylvie Gillis came to Westen for a fresh start only to have her heart immediately melted by a shy gentle giant of a deputy. Her childhood was short on happiness but playing elf to Cleetus' Santa makes her want to believe in Christmas miracles.As Cleetus and Sylvie help bring Christmas joy to the citizens of Westen, the holiday magic weaves its way into their hearts. Will the reason Sylvie left home come between them or can she stay Close To Santa's Heart?CLOSE TO THE MISTLETOEWhen teacher Holly Murphy walks into Westen's only bar to help her friend celebrate a divorce, she doesn't expect hot carpenter Nick Fisher to save her from an embarrassing situation. His heated kisses awaken something deep inside her, but when someone sets his sights on Holly, will Nick be the one to protect her close to the mistletoe?CLOSE TO CHRISTMASIt's been a long dangerous year for the town folks of Westen. A celebration is just what they need. It's four days before Christmas and the town is not only decked out in their holiday best, but looking forward to the wedding of Sheriff Gage Justice and his love, Deputy Bobby Roberts.First Bobby's lawyer sister, Chloe comes to town looking over her shoulder, which has the quiet deputy, Wes Strong wondering what has her running scared. Then problems start to happen with the wedding plans. Has Chloe brought trouble to Westen? Or does someone in town want to ruin the wedding this close to Christmas?

Spinster librarian Laura Melborne is in danger. She's the only witness to the murder of a senator-an act that someone has helped the assassin cover up-and the murderer knows her name and is hunting her. Desperate to flee the area, she agrees to become a mail-order bride. The last thing Nathan Cantrell wants is a new wife, especially one with secrets. What he needs is someone bound to stay on his Colorado farm to help care for his daughter, a child who has limited contact with the world around her. For his daughter's sake, he advertises for a mail-order bride. Nathan is surprised to be tempted by the woman who arrives as his wife and wants to send her back East. Laura's ability to care for his daughter prevents him from sending her packing. Soon their marriage is more than a one in name only, but the secret from her past threatens not only their tentative union, but their very lives.

Danger stalks her: For weeks, attorney Chloe Roberts senses someone following her. Always in her periphery, she's been unable to catch them. Then the phone calls and hang-ups start. The only reprieve was when she was in Westen for her sister's wedding. Now, whoever it was, they've progressed to text messages...more and more threatening ones.Danger trails him: Six years ago, Wes Strong wandered into the small town of Westen. A lone wolf, he's looking to find a place to put an end to the guilt he carried in his soul over the loss of most of his dark ops team during an extraction of a hostage in the jungle. While Wes hunts the predator stalking Chloe, his own past has him in its cross-hairs.Danger blows in: A winter storm turns into a blizzard, covering the entire state of Ohio. Power outages and arctic temperatures endanger the small town of Westen, traps Chloe and Wes in a cabin on the outskirts of town and forces Chloe's stalker to escalate his threa

Dylan Roberts was orphaned as a child... Her parents died on a rural highway in a drunk-driving accident. If only she'd been able to do something that night. Dylan grew up with one all-consuming goal--to save others. Training hard to become a trauma surgeon, only to have her dearest friend die in a jungle, far from medical aid, once again Dylan is left feeling as useless as she did after her parents' death. Grieving and at loose ends, she visits her two pregnant sisters in their new home of Westen, intent on making sure both safely deliver their babies. The town is about to open its first hospital, complete with a trauma unit, which her sisters and the town council believe Dylan should head. At a crossroads... Being in Westen has its risks. She finds herself struggling against the attraction she's long had for her friend, newspaper owner, Sean Callahan. Trouble is, Sean wants more than just a casual fling, but he doesn't want to pressure Dylan into staying in Westen. Will tragedy force her hand? When danger from a beloved town member's past comes to light, lives hang in the balance, will Dylan's skills make a difference this time? And will she finally understand the true meaning of family?

November 1941. America remains politically neutral in the war rocking the rest of the world. In the background, government and military leaders are preparing for the inevitable by shoring up the Army and Navy.A cryptic message Army codebreaker Ruth Haynes, daughter of a retired colonel, recognizes the code she and her brothers created as children. One brother, a spy for the British, is warning her of a Nazi plot to sabotage the 2nd Armored Division during secret war maneuvers, the same division where his twin is a gunner on a tank. When her attempts to alert both the Army and the State Department of the imminent danger meet deaf ears, she goes to her friend Sophie and the Neptune's Five team for help.His missionKnown by the locals as ghost, Sean "Scout" Hanahan grew up poor in the mountains of Kentucky silently hunting for prey to feed his family. The youngest member of the spy-chaser team, he functions as both their tracker and sniper. When Neptune assigns him to shadow the little lady codebreaker, he saves her from dangerous men on her trail. As the pair team up to search for the saboteurs, her safety is now his first priority.Danger getting closerAs storm clouds of war near the shores of America, can Ruth, Sean and the team uncover the traitor in their own government and stop the spies before lives are lost?

Who reports a homeless person missing? They''re already missing.Three years ago, Brianna Matthews became a victim at the hand of powerful men and barely escaped with her life because her friend cared enough to search for her. From that moment on, she lived her life trying to pay the favor forward by working in a women''s shelter for abuse victims. When her coworker and a former resident in the shelter doesn''t show up for work, Brianna must find her. Enlisting the help of Homicide Detective Aaron Jeffers to go with her to check in on her friend, little does she know they would end up walking in the underworld of Cleveland''s homeless community.They make the perfect target.In finding Brianna''s coworker seriously ill, they promise to find her friend, a homeless man, only to discover his body in an abandoned building. Aaron, accustomed to seeing the dead, suspects this may be more than the natural passing of one Vietnam Vet living on the street.The corpse is drained of blood.Another body is found in a more public setting, this time with an attachment to the women''s shelter. Fearing Brianna might be in danger, Aaron keeps her with him as the investigation, along with their relationship, deepen. As the new Edgars Security and Investigations Group lends a hand, one of their own goes missing.Can Aaron and Brianna find their friend before the killer claims another victim?

Danger stalks her:For weeks, attorney Chloe Roberts senses someone following her. Always in her periphery, she’s been unable to catch them. Then the phone calls and hang-ups start. The only reprieve was when she was in Westen for her sister’s wedding. Now, whoever it was, they’ve progressed to text messages…more and more threatening ones.Danger trails him:Six years ago, Wes Strong wandered into the small town of Westen. A lone wolf, he’s looking to find a place to put an end to the guilt he carried in his soul over the loss of most of his dark ops team during an extraction of a hostage in the jungle. While Wes hunts the predator stalking Chloe, his own past has him in its cross-hairs.Danger blows in:A winter storm turns into a blizzard, covering the entire state of Ohio. Power outages and arctic temperatures endanger the small town of Westen, traps Chloe and Wes in a cabin on the outskirts of town and forces Chloe’s stalker to escalate his threat.

SHANGHAIED, an Edgars Family, Neptune's Five bookIt's 1941. While Europe is emblazoned in a devastating war, America sits blissfully neutral. An ocean separates them from the conflict, but not everyone believes the states are safe from the Nazi threat.Zach Edgars, code name Neptune, and his team of undercover ONI operatives are in North Carolina hunting German spies working on American soil. Their only clue is a slip of paper in a dead informant's pocket that reads, Shanghaied in Wilmington.Sophie Moore, grew up working in her father's pub, the Shanghaied, situated near the newly built emergency shipyard. She's used to dodging wayward hands and the occasional drunken brawl, but a newcomer in the dark trench coat and with the swagger of a pirate has her feeling nervous. Despite his involvement with the locals' less-than legal activity, something about Neptune makes her think there might be more to the man.When her friend goes missing, Sophie finds herself and her father's bar thrust in the middle of a dangerous game of cloak and dagger. Can she trust this pirate, or will she and her father lose everything-life, love and liberty?