Book 15

The Danger Within

by Valerie Hansen

Published 31 January 2006

TO: AL CRANE@CSSENTINEL.ORG FROM: COLLEEN MONTGOMERY@CSSENTINEL.ORG Boss, My reporter's nose smells a story brewing at the Double V Ranch.

Word is that rancher Michael Vance has already lost several cows to a mystery ailment. This isn't the first odd thing to happen there, either –Michael's old foreman disappeared out of the blue, and his new one, Hector Delgato, is cagey. He bears watching.

Meanwhile, Michael hired newcomer Layla Dixon as the housekeeper/vet while his injured housekeeper recovers, and the bohemian beauty is nothing like meat-and-potatoes Michael. I think romance might be in the air, but there is also something sinister starting up in Colorado Springs….


Deadly Payoff

by Valerie Hansen

Published 1 May 2007

A NOTE FROM DELIA BLANCHARD

So many things have been happening here at our family's mansion, I can't go home to Hawaii: I've met my long-lost grandparents; learned the woman shot to death in the library was my aunt, not my mother; and been threatened by a blackmailing loan shark!

And Shaun Murphy is back in my life-he was hired to repair the damage after the shooting. He's been rather distant with me, but I think, with God's help, I can convince him to help me track down my missing mother-and perhaps give our love another chance, too.


Threat Of Darkness

by Valerie Hansen

Published 1 June 2012

Riveting romantic suspense to set your heart racing! Heroic and courageous characters battle against danger and face challenges to their faith... and to their lives.

TO PROTECT THE CHILD

As a nurse and special advocate for children, Samantha Rochard is used to danger in small town Serenity, Arkansas. But when she suspects a little boy is in jeopardy from his powerful father, the danger turns on her. Her only source of protection?

The handsome police officer who broke her heart five years ago. Yet after John Waltham comes to her rescue in more ways than one, Samantha must trust in him-and the Lord-to watch over her...and save one sweet little boy.

The Defenders: Protecting children in need


No Alibi

by Valerie Hansen

Published 1 June 2009

Juror Julie Ann Jones simply didn't expect the life on the line to be her own.

Courtroom tension is running high during a scandal-packed murder case. As the trial heats up, a series of "accidents" begins targeting the jurors-especially Julie Ann. There are gunshots at her beauty salon. A prowler is spotted at her home.

Through it all, fellow juror Smith Burnett gives her the courage to continue. But will she find the courage to give Smith her heart?


Hidden In The Wall

by Valerie Hansen

Published 1 January 2008

A young woman's skeleton was found buried on the campus grounds.

Contractor Trevor Whittaker couldn't get the cold-case murder out of his mind. Who was the woman? Why was she killed? And did his lovely boss's father, a wealthy, secretive benefactor of the college, have anything to do with it?

Family and friends warned Alumni Director Stephanie Kessler to stay away from her new employee. They said Trevor was still the same bad boy he'd been ten years ago, but Stephanie wasn't the same mousy girl. So, this time, they both had something to prove.


Face Of Danger

by Valerie Hansen

Published 1 March 2011
"Giving murder victims a face is forensic artist Paige Bryant's specialty. She can always put the pieces together. But her work turns dangerous when Texas Ranger Cade Jarvis brings her a special project related to the notorious Lions of Texas. Identifying the victim could help with the ongoing search for the murderer of Cade's boss...yet it also draws deadly attention to Paige. As she contends with attack after attack with only Cade's protection, the two of them draw closer together, learn to open their hearts...and struggle to identify the face of danger before it's too late."--P. [4] of cover.

Shadow Of Turning

by Valerie Hansen

Published 1 June 2007

The little town in the Ozarks had always been a safe haven for Chancy Boyd.

But now a disturbing series of crimes was moving ever closer to her, threatening everything she held dear. And a man unlike any she'd ever known was unsettling her in other ways.... Now a deadly tornado-her worst nightmare, ever since a twister had killed her parents-was racing toward the town.

With the help of storm chaser Nate Collins, she'd have to face her deepest fears, both the storm gathering outside, and the storm this man unleashed in her heart.


Nowhere to Run

by Valerie Hansen

Published 20 September 2008

"RUN AND DON'T STOP!"

Those were her former boyfriend's last words. Before the thugs he associated with murdered him in cold blood. Now they're after Marie Parnell. She flees with her five-year-old daughter-until car trouble strands her in Serenity, Arkansas. The handsome mechanic who promises to get her back on the road is suspicious-and purposely slow.

With nowhere to turn and nowhere left to run, Marie tells Seth Whitfield everything. About her past, about finding faith, about how safe she feels with him. He vows to protect her and her child. But Seth isn't exactly who he says he is....


Her Brother's Keeper

by Valerie Hansen

Published 25 October 2005

Church secretary Becky Tate couldn't deny that Serenity's new preacher was charming...and gorgeous. But what would make Logan Malloy grow pale at the thought of giving a sermon?

How about if he'd never preached before? Logan was ordained, but had lost his faith long ago. He was in town on an undercover assignment, investigating whether Becky had been kidnapped as an infant. Raised by her beloved aunt, she knew nothing about her real parents. Logan's mission was to uncover the truth.

Now if he could just figure out how to do that without ruining the family Becky had - and hurting the only woman he'd ever loved....


Out of the Depths

by Valerie Hansen

Published 21 November 2006

Love wasn't on Trudy Lynn Brown's to-do list, though she certainly needed someone to help her get rid of the vandals threatening her campground.

And her best friend's brother fit the bill. Injured in a white-water rafting accident, Cody Keringhoven had come to Serenity, Arkansas, to recuperate and rebuild his broken faith and shattered dreams.

Watching over the campground kept him in constant contact with the ever-surprising-and delightful-Trudy Lynn, whose sunny nature soothed his battered spirit. Yet the criminals would stop at nothing to drive her off her property....