Author: ritaherron

When seven-year-old Penny Matthews disappears in the Appalachian mountains, detective Ellie Reeves knows only one thing after a hidden grave is discovered soon afterward — that she’ll have to confront her own dark past if she is to have any chance of saving the young girl…

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The fire that killed his father Also devastated her life. Searching for anyone who might have information about the hospital fire that killed his father, special agent Liam Maverick asks nurse Peyton Weiss for help in his hunt for answers. But someone doesn’t want Peyton to share what she knows. As the threats against her escalate to attempted murder, Peyton realizes she has no choice but to … no choice but to work with Liam to catch the arsonist. With both of them risking everything for the truth, it becomes a daily struggle to stay alive–and to ignore the sparks…

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Freezing temperatures can kill… yet.All Special Agent Gia Franklin’s sister Carly wanted was for Gia to come home for Christmas.But Gia avoids the holidays, using her job as an excuse to stay away. For weeks, she’s been tracking The Christmas Killer, a cold-hearted monster who strangles his victims and poses them with one of the Twelve Days of Christmas ornaments. With nine women dead, and only four days until Christmas, she must stop him before he kills again.Then he makes the case personal by kidnapping Carly, and Gia must go home. Aware she may be walking into a trap, she…

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Fear becomes a woman’s greatest weapon in a heart-pounding novel of suspense from the USA Today bestselling author of Pretty Little Killers.Tinsley Jensen survived the torturous clutches of an elusive masked killer dubbed the Skull, only to be held hostage by her nightmares. She’s terrified of leaving her cottage on Seahawk Island, knowing that the madman is still out there. FBI special agent … out there. FBI special agent Wyatt Camden knows it too. He may have rescued Tinsley, but her captor got away. Now he’s driven by guilt, the need for vengeance, and the desire to protect—at any cost—the…

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The predators become prey in a breathless novel of revenge from a USA Today bestselling author.Still haunted by his wife’s murder—and stained by the blood of avenging it—FBI special agent Hatcher McGee can’t believe he’s being teamed up with rookie agent Korine Davenport. She is his most guilty secret—the one-night stand who almost cost him everything.Korine has her own demons. As a child, she … own demons. As a child, she witnessed her father’s murder, and she’s spent her life waiting for the killer’s return. She and Hatcher are both looking for closure, but the disturbing case that draws them…

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What happened to Sadie Nettleton’s twin sister at the psychiatric hospital all those years ago? Sadie Nettleton fled Slaughter Creek ten years ago, leaving behind the only home she’d ever known — and the only man she ever loved. Unable to cope with her sister’s madness, or the terrible secret she and her sister share, Sadie swore never to return. But when her grandfather is murdered, and her … and her sister charged with the crime, Sadie has no choice but to come back and face the ghosts of the past… For Sheriff Jake Blackwood, time has not dimmed the…

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