Count on a Cop

Coming home should be simple. For Ben Santoni, however, it's anything but straightforward. Kelly Lawson isn't the sweet girl he remembers. She's tougher now, and her icy demeanor makes it clear she hasn't forgiven him. So, fine, he'll keep his distance even though her attitude challenges his role as police chief. But when a murderer strikes and Kelly is threatened, personal feelings can't come into play. It's Ben's duty to protect her, and that's what he'll do. As the case progresses, objectivity becomes impossible. Because suddenly, Ben wants far more than just to keep her safe...

Every cop needs a good partner...; In this line of work, you have to trust the person who's watching your back. When Claudia Parrish's partner-;and lover-;dies, she figures "happily ever after" just isn't going to happen. A year later, she's assigned another partner and before long, begins to wonder if she might have a chance, after all. Gavin Monaghan is the new guy in the Homicide Unit. He's a good detective with plenty of experience. Except he's not really who he says he is. He's an undercover Internal Affairs agent assigned to find the cop responsible for the evidence tampering that's allowing criminals to walk. Gavin knows he has to do whatever it takes to find the one bad cop. But that might just mean gaining Claudia's trust only to betray her.

Beth Sommers isn't looking for love. She's concentrating on her daughters and her business-and on convincing her ex-husband that their marriage really is over. Even if she was looking, it wouldn't be at a man like Sheriff Jack Murray. She knows Jack's a good cop, a good man…one she can count on. She still figures she'll be better off with a quiet, gentle-maybe even slightly boring-guy. She's already had enough excitement to last her a lifetime. But before long, Jack has her thinking that his kind of excitement is exactly what she needs.

COUNT ON A COP Judith Kane leaves Boston for a small, obscure town three thousand miles away, and she does it for one reason-safety. Her ex-husband is out on bail, awaiting trial on a kidnapping charge. He'd stolen their youngest child, Sophie-and Judith's afraid of him. So she moves her family to Mad River, Washington. Right next door to a cop. What could be safer? But Chief Ben McKinsey doesn't want a family next door. He doesn't want to get involved with an attractive woman like Judith Kane-or with her kids. But they seem to need him. And you have to be able to count on a cop. "Janice Kay Johnson's heartwarming stories will make you smile and cry and laugh out loud." -Pamela Toth

Ann Caldwell doesn't know who she is. She doesn't really know what she is, either. Growing up, she wanted just one thing--her father's approval. But she never got it. When she was little she was too much girl and later she wasn't enough woman. She even became a cop to please him. Now he's gone and she realizes how empty her life has become. She'd like to fall in love but doesn't know the first thing about getting a man. Even worse, the one man she wants is her partner, Juan Diaz--who has never looked at her twice. As Ann struggles to find her way, she discovers a bigger task--figuring out who has begun killing cops. She and Diaz must solve the case before anyone else dies. Is on the job the only place they're destined to be together?