Some loves are meant to be from the very beginning. Jess O’Conner and Ethan Bollinger have known each other almost their entire lives and have loved each other from the start. The people of Oak Creek have watched them grow up, and everyone has always known what they are... Soulmates. But sometimes, fate demands a different path, derailing even the most carefully mapped plans. Visit the Linear Tactical world one last time with the story of Jess and Ethan all grown up as they finally get their forever. ...if they can live long enough to enjoy it.

Eva Dempsey is out of options. She’s made it to Oak Creek, Wyoming with two traumatized dogs, twenty dollars, and a fear of damned near everything. Things that didn’t make it with her? Her self-esteem, confidence, or any way of supporting herself. Theo Lindstrom knows how to survive. He proved it as a child when he had to keep himself and sister alive in the wilderness. Now he runs Linear Tactical, the company his adoptive father helped create, and teaches survival skills to others. So he recognizes the desperation in the eyes of the petite beauty who’s pulled into town, and knows there’s more to her story than she’s letting on. He normally keeps to himself—for very good reasons—but he can’t this time. Something about Eva draws him in a way he can’t resist, even knowing she’s got secrets. The deadly kind. When the danger she's running from shows up, Theo’s not going to let her fight it alone. This is his town. This is his woman. And he’ll protect both to his last breath.

Air Force Combat Controller Derek Bollinger knows what it is to feel that every breath might be his last. Enduring hell in an enemy prison for five weeks taught him that. The only thing that got him through it was the thought of his family, his hometown of Oak Creek, Wyoming, and especially of Becky Mackay. He survived, but with blood on his hands. His own. His friends’ who died beside him. His enemies’. And then... Becky’s . A night that should’ve been perfect for them both turned into a nightmare Derek can never wake up from, leaving him with only one staying the hell away. But Becky has almost lost the man she loves too many times—first to that prison camp, then to his own demons. She’s not going to lose him again. Yes, that night between them changed everything. Changed her . But change isn’t always a bad thing. And it’s time for them to stand together to face his PTSD and their future. Especially when an unexpected danger comes after them both. Together will be the only way to survive. ★★★★★ USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author Janie Crouch brings you the protector romance you crave! Full length novels with no cliffhangers, no cheating, and a happily-ever-after guaranteed. Believe in heroes!

When a deadly accident leaves extreme sport superstar Colton Harrison questioning what his future holds, he decides to take a timeout in his hometown of Oak Creek. He knows the mountains and wildness of Wyoming will help him heal. But he has no idea how he’s known sweet Ella O’Conner all his life but is somehow only really seeing her for the first time now. People in his world may call her plain, but she’s downright beautiful to Colton. Ella is who he wants. Who he needs. Who he wants to spend the rest of his life with. But someone is determined that will never happen.

“Survival is always the most important thing.” You don’t get far in Oak Creek, Wyoming, home Linear Tactical and its gruff and rugged heroes, without hearing that motto. Free-spirited Joy Davis—opposite of gruff and rugged—heard the slogan her whole life and generally met it with a roll of her eyes. Until the night she was attacked and left for dead. He’s always been her anchor. But now, she’s his reason to fight. Bear Bollinger, the Oak Creek’s rough-hewn mechanic, has been Joy’s protector and confidant for years, waiting for the right time to make his move. Watching her struggle in the aftermath of the attack breaks something inside him. Determined to see her smile again, he steps in to help her rebuild her shattered confidence. But Oak Creek has danger closing in. When a new threat begins to stalk the town, Bear must protect the woman who means everything to him, even as Joy fights to reclaim her life and face a danger unlike anything she’s ever known.