A cop hunting a violent thrill seeker. A woman from his past. Will their history and heated attraction put his case on ice? Detective John Sevier never wanted to be anything but a cop. When a string of jewelry store heists threatens the woman he let get away years before, he'll stop at nothing to bring the adrenaline junkie gang leader to justice. Ava McNair never looked at her life as a sacrifice. She loves taking care of her dad and running her family's jewelry store with her special needs sister. So what if that meant dropping out of college and leaving behind a man who just might have been the one? When fate gives her and the detective who got away a second shot at love, will she step up and take it or will life tear them apart again? With Ava in the path of a killer, will John be able to move fast enough to take down a violent man set on wreaking as much damage as he can before he goes down? Dark Falls is the first book in the gripping new Dark Falls, CO romantic thriller series by Lori Ryan, Trish McCallan, Becca Jameson, Savannah Kade, Lisa-Marie Cabrelli, and Sandra Owens.

When Grace Lee storms into the Dark Falls Police Department, heads turn. But she only has eyes for Detective Nate Ryder—the officer who closed her brother Jimmy’s case too quickly, declaring his death a suicide rather than a murder. As a forensic scientist, Grace thinks the signs are obvious, the trick is convincing Nate. Nate has to admit Grace’s argument makes a lot of sense, and he feels obligated to revisit the case. The problem is, while he’s following the old evidence, she’s collecting new samples—and putting herself in danger from the same organization that killed her brother. Jimmy was definitely onto something before he was murdered. Now, Nate has another worry: some of the new evidence Grace has found points back to members of the Dark Falls PD. As strange coincidences turn deadly, Nate has to become Grace’s protector. They don’t know who they can trust and who they can’t. Will Grace and Nate be the next victims in a massive cover-up? Or can they figure out which cops are dirty fast enough to stay alive?

Rhys Evans Sixteen years… For sixteen years he’d lived with the certainty that they’d caught the right guy…convicted the right guy…punished the right guy. While life behind bars didn’t make up for what the bastard had done, the families he’d destroyed, or the lives he’d stolen, the fact he’d died a broken, lonely man locked in a cell had been a small comfort. But now Ariel Hamilton was back—the onetime love of his life and the daughter of Dark Fall’s infamous serial killer. She rolled into town with her icy smile, furious eyes and baseless accusations of police corruption. Damn it to hell, Hamilton had been the X-factor killer, he was absolutely certain of that—no matter how desperate Ariel was trying to prove him wrong. Ariel Hamilton Sixteen years… For sixteen years she’d lived with the knowledge her father had been framed, and watched him waste away in prison for crimes he hadn’t committed. Nobody had believed her back then. Even Rhys, the boy she’d loved with all her heart, had walked away. It had been a hard lesson, but she’d learned it well—count on no one. Well she finally had proof of her dad’s innocence. Proof that Dark Falls police department had framed an innocent man and covered it up…were still covering it up. She wasn’t nineteen anymore, she wouldn’t be cowed and ran out of town. She’d stay and fight to clear her father’s name. Even if that meant drawing the real killer out…even if that meant making herself a target and losing a second chance with the only man she’d ever loved.

Nicole Salway left Dark Falls eighteen years ago with no intention of ever returning. Destroyed beyond repair, she closed that chapter of her life for good. But nightmares have plagued her for two decades. Nonsensical nightmares that have kept her from leading a normal life. The Dark Falls police department failed her as a young girl, but now she’s a detective herself, and her hometown needs her help. Returning to the place where it all began could crack open her past and leave her raw and exposed if she’s not careful. Mason England isn’t fond of going undercover without his usual partner, but the state has assigned one of their own detectives to help solve a horrific murder. After all, the victim is the governor’s daughter, and all evidence points to a local club. Mason’s temporary partner takes his breath away the moment she enters the precinct. But Nicole is a conundrum. She guards her secrets close, so close that Mason realizes no one has ever penetrated her walls. Sharing her past with Mason, or anyone, isn’t an option. Nicole does not date. Ever. But Mason is persistent and patient. As Nicole’s past unravels, threatening to destroy her, Mason just might prove capable of grabbing the pieces as they fall and putting her back together again.

Librarian Cara Jennings is probably going to die... and it's all because of a dog. Until the night she follows a little dog trailing a leash into the park, thinking to rescue someone's lost pet, and witnesses a murder, she's led a quiet life, doing her best to come to terms with the death of her brother. But when the killer starts hunting her, Cara only feels safe with Gabe Calder, the detective assigned to the case. Gabe Calder lives to catch bad guys. He's organized to the extreme, focused, and dedicated. His attraction to Cara Jenner is inconvenient. She's the only witness to his murder case and strictly off-limits. Gabe knows he should step back from Cara as soon as he realizes he's seeing her as more than a witness. That fact hits home the day he kisses the sexy librarian. In spite of taking precautions to keep Cara safe, she turns up missing. It becomes a race against time to save her from the hands of a killer. Failure is not an option.

Detective Eric Cantu has been dancing around the sexy reporter for months. The memory of a too-damned-hot one night stand before he knew who she was won't stop torturing him at night. By day she's one step ahead of him in his arson investigation. He's not the only one to notice, either. The arsonist has Merritt McKenna in his sights, too, and his plans for her aren't anywhere near what Eric's are.

“An intricate, layered, deliciously twisty plot and you won’t be able to help polishing off this book in one sitting.” USA Today Risa Caldwell decided to take a different trail through the woods that morning…and it would change everything that came after. In case tripping over a dead body wasn’t enough, now Risa has a twisted ankle, too much forced time off from her job as a firefighter, and Dark Falls’ own FBI agent Ethan Eames following her around… Ethan is confident he’s been parked in Dark Falls until the FBI can decide what to do with him. He’s on shaky ground with the Bureau after the incident in Florida, but solving the case may mean leaving Risa exposed to a killer. The first body leads to more. And Ethan realizes they are facing a killer that has been operating—uncaught—for decades. Can Risa and Ethan put an end to his long string of murders? Or will they simply be his next victims?

Detective Delaney Harrison lives for slapping handcuffs on those who prey on women and children. She will do everything in her power to keep another girl from suffering the fate of her sister. There was a time when Delaney also lived for Zach Jamison, but that was before he betrayed her, and taught her that loneliness beat heartache any day. The last thing Delaney expects is to find Zach back in her life. Zach Jamison has never forgotten the one woman he has ever loved. When his daughter is kidnapped, Delaney Harrison is the only cop he trusts with her case. As they spend time together searching for Kaylee, the old feelings surface, but Harry is determined to walk away once Zach’s daughter is found. He broke her once. She will not allow him to do it again. Zach has two goals, one short-term and one a long game. First find his daughter, and then win Delaney back.

Kemal Goodwin The last thing he needed was another cop in his life. Growing up with his dad on the force was hard enough on Kemal. And with the shape his dad is in now, the last thing Kemal wants is someone around to remind his dad of his glory days as a detective in the Dark Falls PD. So when Eve Scanlon shows up with a lead in the one cold case his dad never let go, he's going to make damned sure she doesn't get his dad involved. Eve Scanlon Eve doesn't care what Kemal Goodwin wants or doesn't want. She's got a job to do and the body of a woman who vanished decades before, not to mention evidence of a child out there somewhere in danger. If Kemal thinks he's going to get in the way, she's got a wake up call for him. Her former mentor might be retired, but he knows this case better than anyone. Solving a case with thirty-year-old evidence and not a whole lot of leads. Yeah, that's hard. Dealing with the feelings for Kemal that she definitely doesn't want and absolutely isn't going to act on? That might prove to be damn near impossible.

When secrets and lies collide…lives are lost and hearts are broken… After a midnight encounter with a powerful, manipulative sociopath, Detective Marisol Zaragoza is catapulted into the most treacherous case of her fledgling career. And from there, into the path of the gorgeous, enigmatic billionaire who’d shattered her life and ripped her heart to shreds ten years earlier. She’d fallen for Beck Gatling’s suave charm once. Dios mío… Never again. But as her investigation disintegrates and a killer teeters on the cusp of freedom, Mari is drawn back into her ex-love’s orbit. Soon, the edges between the past and the present blur and her career and heart are on a collision course.