Gabriel Hawke books 7-9This box set contains books 7 through 9 of the Gabriel Hawke novels. Oregon State Trooper Gabriel Hawke with the Fish and Wildlife Division finds himself searching for a woman missing from the Umatilla reservation, discovering the truth about a man who has disappeared, and trying to survive in the snowy mountains with a killer. Stolen ButterflyBook 7Missing or MurderedWhen the local authorities tell State Trooper Gabriel Hawke's mother to wait 72 hours before reporting a missing Umatilla woman, she calls her son and rallies members of the community to search. Angered over how the local officials respond to his investigating, Hawke teams up with a security guard at the Indian casino and an FBI agent. Churlish BadgerBook 8An abandoned vehicle.A missing man.Oregon State Trooper Gabriel Hawke discovers an abandoned vehicle at a trailhead while checking hunters. The owner of the vehicle never arrived at his destination. As Hawke follows leads, he learns the man was in the process of selling his farm over the objections of his wife who said he would only sell over her dead body. Owl's Silent StrikeBook 9Unexpected snowstorm.Unfortunate accident.And a body.What started out as a favor and a leisurely trip into the mountains, soon turns State Trooper Gabriel Hawke's life upside down. The snowstorm they were trying to beat comes early, a horse accident breaks Dani Singer's leg, and Hawke finds a body in the barn at Charlie's Lodge.

Gabriel Hawke Books 7-9 - Gabriel Hawke Novel

An anthology of holiday short stories and a novella (292 pages)A former Marine, desperate for employment, takes a temp job that leads to a life-changing decision on Christmas Eve. A family locket with magical powers saves the life of its wearer during the holidays.  A doctor's nonfiction reflection of her father's cancer diagnosis reveals the spirit of Christmas. Add in a little dog's snowy adventure, magic realism, and a touch of mistletoe, and readers will delight in these 12 diverse and heartfelt stories exploring the love, messiness and miracles of Christmas."Metro's Mountain Cabin" by Susie Slanina (Children's Story)"The Cancer Christmas" by Melissa Yuan (Non-fiction)"Christmas Miracles" by Pamela Cowan"The Nest" by Courtney Pierce"Isabella's Christmas Box" by Paty Jager"The Mermaids Treasure" by Anna Brentwood"Don't Forget the Mistletoe" by Christy Carlyle"First Love" by Judith Ashley"Christmas with You" by Jane Killick"Career Conundrum Christmas" by Jamie Brazil"The Hogmanay Stranger" by Maggie Jaimeson"A Marine's Christmas Proposal" by Susan Lute

The Gift of Christmas

Lies, deceit, and blackmail trigger the murder of a Spotted Pony Casino employee in book 4 of the riveting Spotted Pony Casino Mysteries. Dela Alvaro head of security for the casino works with the tribal police to find the killer all while dealing with threats to her friends, family, and herself.   When an employee at the Spotted Pony Casino is caught leaving early, Dela Alvaro, head of security confronts the woman. The lies the woman tells only piques Dela's curiosity. After witnessing the employee threatening a man, she is found murdered in her car parked in the driveway of her home. Upon learning the woman used her job at the casino to blackmail men, Dela feels compelled to solve the woman's murder and teams up with Tribal Officer Heath Seaver. Not only does the duo have a death to solve, but there is also a mystery behind Dela's dead father. Not to mention, her mom just announced she's marrying a man Dela has never met.

The Squeeze - Spotted Pony Casino Mystery, #4

Greed, misdirection, and murder has Hawke rushing to track his sister in the Montana wilderness before she becomes the next victim. Bear Stalker is book 10 in the highly acclaimed Gabriel Hawke Game Warden mystery series. Oregon State Trooper Gabriel Hawke's sister, Marion, is on a corporate retreat in Montana when she becomes a murder suspect. Running for her life from the real killer, she contacts Hawke for help.  Hawke heads to Montana to find his sister and prove she isn't a murderer. He hasn't seen Marion in over twenty years but he knows she wouldn't kill the man she was about to marry. As they dig into possible embezzlement, two more murders, and find themselves trying to outsmart a wilderness-wise kidnapper, Hawke realizes his sister needs to return home and immerse herself in their heritage. Grief is a journey that must be traveled and knowing her fiancé had wanted Marion to dance again, Hawke believes their culture would help her heal.

Bear Stalker - Gabriel Hawke Novel, #10

Escaping a past full of deceit and larceny, Savannah Gentry goes in search of her only kin, a half-brother she discovered after her father's death. She hopes Shady Gulch in the Dakota Territory can give her a future. There she stumbles into the arms of Reverend Larkin Webster, finds herself working in the Silver Dollar Saloon, and soon fears she's gone from the frying pan into the fire. After dodging death and incarceration, the Topeka Kid decides to turn his life around and takes on a new identity. Reverend Larkin Webster. It works, until he finds a temptation he can't resist and steals the heart of Savannah Gentry. When her past collides with his, he wonders if this theft could end up with him losing everything, including his life.

Savannah - Silver Dollar Saloon, #1

Two sisters, two adventures, will they find one another or will the men helping them be their destinies?Lorelei and Maggie Holmes make a desperate vow to reunite after an Indian raid on their wagon train leaves them orphans. Eight-year-old Lorelei is taken in by an impoverished family headed to a Colorado mining town and ten-year-old Maggie finds herself on the way to Portland, Oregon to live with a woman widowed during the Indian attack. Ten years later, Lorelei's adoptive father gambles away her birth mother's locket and her only connection to her lost sister. Believing she needs the locket and to find Maggie, she sets out after the gambler and ends up in the company of a citified lawyer searching for the same man. While cleaning a hotel room, Maggie discovers her mother's locket in the possession of a gambler. Fear for her sister increases Maggie's determination.  Never one to give up, she dogs the gambler until he agrees to help her find her sister. Lorelei's story is sweet while Maggie's has some steamyromance.

For a Sisters Love

Desertion.Wrath.Murder A runaway bride, murder, and arson has Shandra Higheagle sleuthing again. Sorting through the debris of her best friend's childhood, Shandra believes she must solve the murder before her friend becomes the next victim. Stumbling upon a dead body, Detective Ryan Greer is determined to bring the killer to justice before Shandra becomes too entangled in her friend's dysfunctional past. He hopes he's not too late. Shandra's deceased grandmother has already visited her dreams, putting Shandra in the middle of his investigation and danger.

Haunting Corpse - Shandra Higheagle Mystery, #9

Claiming a Heart - Book 3Halsey Homecoming Trilogy is the ongoing saga of the Halsey Brothers Series. Callie MacPherson - or Mac - is hiding from the law. When she witnesses a group of lawless thugs beating a newcomer, she drags the innocent man into the underground tunnels of Pendleton. Caring for the man, Callie discovers she hasn't become as hard-hearted as she'd feared. Donny Kimball's loss of sight didn't blind his heart. It can see far more than his eyes ever could. His heart tells him Callie MacPherson needs him as much as he needs her. If only he can convince her of that before they both get killed.

Claiming a Heart - Halsey Homecoming, #3

Oregon high desert, More dangerous than the New York docks. His grandfather's ward, More tempting than a siren of the sea. A letter from a grandfather he's never met has Brody Yates escorted across the country to work on a ranch rather than entering prison. But his arrival in Oregon proves prison may have been the lesser of two evils. A revenge driven criminal, the high desert, and his grandfather's beautiful ward may prove more dangerous than anything he's faced on the New York docks. Lilah Wells is committed to helping others: the judge who'd taken her in years ago, the neighboring children, and the ranch residents, which now includes the judge's handsome wayward grandson. And it all gets more complicated when her heart starts ruling her actions. Historical western filled with steamy romance and the rawness of a growing country.

Brody: Letters of Fate - Letters of Fate, #3

Book one in the Halsey Brothers' steamy historical western romance seriesAfter accidentally shooting a bank robber, Darcy Duncan becomes marshal of a town as accident-prone as herself.  Darcy's taken care of her younger brother the last five years, and she's not about to take orders from a corrupt mayor or a handsome drifter, whose curiosity could end her career as a marshal and take away their security. Gil Halsey is looking for his boss's son who is riding with outlaws. Taking the young man back to the ranch will seal the foreman's job. When he discovers the town's new marshal is a passionate woman with high regard for family and being framed for a bank heist, he has to decide which is the better future-the feisty woman or the ranch.

Marshal in Petticoats - Halsey Brothers Series, #1

ER nurse, Gina Montgomery, uses a self-imposed vow of celibacy to keep from getting too close to anyone. Music saved her from an abusive past. But that same solace compromises her solitary life when her piano playing draws the attention of a handsome bareback rider. Holt Reynolds let his sister down when she needed him most. Seeing similarities between his sister and Gina, he can't get visions of the woman or her poignant music out of his mind. He vows to find a way to free her of her past and prays it doesn't resurface and destroy their chance at happiness.

Bridled Heart

Brock Hughes is a man juggling a mortgaged ranch, a preteen daughter, and a toddler.  He's lost two wives, one to a tragic accident and the other to the bright lights of the city.  That's the trouble with women.  Sooner or later, by design or by fate, they leave a man high and dry.  He doesn't want another one for his family--especially in the form of a beautiful nanny he didn't hire. Carina Valencia arrives on Brock's doorstep determined to pull her life back together.  As far as she's concerned, it doesn't matter who hired her.  These children are clearly in need of a woman's touch and she'll not let another child down.

Perfectly Good Nanny

This short story introduces you to Dr. Isabella Mumphrey, a female MacGyver/Indiana Jones character. This short story has anthropologist Isabella Mumphrey excited about spending her first Christmas with her Venezuelan DEA agent boyfriend. The two met in the Guatemala Jungle in Secrets of a Mayan Moon. They found their missions intersecting in Secrets of an Aztec Temple. This Christmas story takes place before Isabella meets with her aunt at the Hopi Reservation and becomes entangled in Hopi myths and human slavery in Secrets of a Hopi Blue Star. Isabella's plans of a wonderful Christmas are thwarted when her father hands her a World Intelligence Agency mission. He allows Tino to help her with the mission, so they can be together. As the days hasten to Christmas can she decipher the wooden cube she's been handed or will her first Christmas with Tino be a bust?

Secrets of a Christmas Box - Isabella Mumphrey Adventure Series

A cornucopia of ten cozy mystery stories that are perpetrated during holidays from New Years to Christmas. This collection explores unexplained disturbances, college pranks gone wrong, and almost always one or more murders around a holiday. Solve these spooky crimes that lurk beneath celebratory parties and help search for the murderers. Kick off your shoes, grab a warm drink and snuggle into a blanket before you get lured onto the sparkling snow for the next crime spree. A Body on the 13th Floor by Paty JagerDead Ladies Don't Dance by Robin WeaverTook Nothing Left Nothing by Pamela CowanBusted for Bones by Dari LaRocheLove and the Yuletide Firebug by Kathy CoatneyStarry Night Murder by Mary VineThe Twelfth Night Murder by Ann ChaneyBlue Christmas by Melissa YiTwo Turtle Doves by Maggie LynchFive Golden Rings by Kimila Kay

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