He didn't believe in forever... When a serial killer brought FBI Special Agent Ben Davidson deep into the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, he never expected to have his life turned upside down by a chestnut-haired dynamo. He has no desire to enter into a relationship, let alone a permanent one, but just a few days with fiery equestrian therapist Gemma Mabley puts that conviction to the test. As the serial killer he came to catch puts Gemma in his crosshairs, Ben has to decide which is more important—protecting his heart or protecting Gemma. She was a forever kind of woman... Gemma Mabley had tried nearly her entire adult life to find a man who both loved her and wasn't intimidated by her overprotective older brother. She never dreamed that that man would be her brother's former commanding officer. Within days of Ben's arrival in her sleepy little town on the hunt for a serial killer, Gemma knows that he's "the one." She has her work cut out for her, though, if she wants a happily ever after with the handsome agent. While he obviously finds her attractive, he is dead set that they aren't compatible. Will it take nearly losing her for Ben to realize that he can't live without her?

Book 1 of the Smoky Mountain Lawmen Series. When a serial killer brought former Army Ranger turned FBI Special Agent Ben Davidson to North Carolina, he never expected to have his life turned upside down by a chestnut-haired dynamo. At forty-two, Ben thought forever with a woman wasn't in the cards for him and he was okay with that. Watching his entire family try and fail and try again at relationships only entrenched the idea that forever was a fleeting fantasy anyway. But fiery equestrian therapist Gemma Mabley put that conviction to the test. When the serial killer began to target Gemma, Ben had to decide which was more important—protecting his heart or protecting Gemma. Gemma Mabley never dreamed that the one man who would stand up to her brother Tristan's big brother attitude when it came to her love life would be his former CO, Ben Davidson. When a serial killer investigation brought Ben into her life, it didn't take Gemma long to realize just how special he was. It was convincing Ben that they belonged together that was the problem while trying to evade a madman along the way!

Laurel Hunt likes her life the way it is. Simple. Stress-free. Safe. Then Tristan Mabley barrels into it with his broad shoulders and brilliant blue eyes. Now, she’s torn between what he makes her feel and her need for a steady, roller coaster-free life. Faced with his mortality six months prior, Tristan knows he wants more than just his career as a police detective. A family of his own is at the top of that list. And he knows just who he wants to start that family with. The beautiful paramedic who saved his life. But when Laurel witnesses a murder and barely escapes with her life, it threatens to take away any chance they have at finding love. Can Tristan discover the truth before the killer finds Laurel and silences her forever? The Broken Bow A Beautiful End (Seb and London's story) Wildfire (Jace and Tara's story) In Plain Sight (Thomas and Rayna's story) Other books by Ashley A The Foggy Mountain Intrigue Smoky Mountain Murder (Ben and Gemma's story) Smoky Mountain Baby (Tristan and Laurel's story)