Linda McKown Boeken

Penelope King joined the Los Angeles Police Department as a detective. She's young and single with a past. Liam Knight is one of her trainers who is only interested in a recruit following his orders. Her other older trainer is Hugh Farris who doesn't exactly get along with the single lead Detective named Liam. Hugh's marriage is sound, and his playboy days are over. The three work together on a case which takes them around multiple players and twists in the road. When it appears that the murderers will walk away with over fifty-five million dollars in insurance and skip out on jail term, the detectives get creative. Danger lurks around every corner from bullets, to snakes, and fire starters. Liam and Hugh need help and call in a retired detective named Dodge along with a police dog. In between the mess is the District Attorney's interest in Penelope and Hugh's nosy neighbor creating more trouble. The tension between Penelope and Liam creates a bond between them which becomes unbreakable.

The person we might marry isn't necessarily the one. There is someone else who comes upon the scene. They are the person we genuinely love. This book takes the reader into relationship problems involving good and bad obsessive personalities. Friends aren't who they seem. Kyla Turner keeps asking why, and how her life got on this merry-go-round. She realizes the cost is too high. To protect Edward Marsh, she gets off the ride temporarily. Bad things keep happening. There is an unknown killer. She turns to Edward Marsh in the end who helps her not lose again. Whenever he takes her hand, the extent of their love widens.

Penelope and Liam Knight return to Los Angeles from their honeymoon to work on a strange case. The detectives disagree from the beginning on how to approach the murders. Four of the dead people worked for the Beeker Star Ships Company. They interview the owner, Paul Beeker, who called them regarding a container break-in. One of his tanker ships, the Star Caroline II, was the target. After the interview, the police monitor the Beeker's and their warehouses for possible illegal activity. They believe somehow either the Beeker's or others are responsible for the deaths and the shipping of illegal products from Mexico. They've narrowed the products to high-tech, military grade drone parts. The plan to catch the drone thieves takes winding turns when Cathy, Jane Beeker's sister, identifies with an extremist gang involved in the drones. The drone parts are hidden in one of many tanker containers. Finding the right container and criminals appear impossible. Subterfuge and bluff become necessary. The detectives don't always hit their mark. Frustration mounts and causes more problems than solving the murder cases.

Just when you think the worst has happened, something else comes along. Leaving Max was hard. After four years, Darby Lawrence wanted to leave glamorous France to become a super model in the states. She met Jonathan Roberts, a cowboy in Oklahoma City, and fell in love. Six months later, both Jonathan and a ranch foreman are shot on the ranch. Her beautiful life came crashing down. Ignoring the lawyer's letters regarding Jonathan's estate while she grieved, Darby showed up after four months. Her gift from her lover was a chunk of valuable Texas land. She didn't want the property or money. Jace, the older brother, didn't believe her. He figured out a plan for preservation of his beloved Roberts Ranch that eventually would backfire. The murderer appeared caught. Darby realizes possibly two more dangerous people were still at large. Darby and Jace struggle with their conflicted and growing love which appears impossible. She helps unravel the truth behind the killers' motives. A Christmas country might happen or not.