Badge of Honor Series by Karen Kelley

Most people run from things that go bump in the night. Not headstrong U.S. Marshal Makala Madigan, she runs toward them. It’s the adrenaline rush when she can capture an escaped serial killer and bring him to justice that keeps her living on the edge. Even the threats on her life don’t bother her. Very few get under her skin. Until her team brings in James Ingram. He has an uncanny way of finding a woman’s vulnerability, and then torturing her... moreMost people run from things that go bump in the night. Not headstrong U.S. Marshal Makala Madigan, she runs toward them. It’s the adrenaline rush when she can capture an escaped serial killer and bring him to justice that keeps her living on the edge. Even the threats on her life don’t bother her. Very few get under her skin. Until her team brings in James Ingram. He has an uncanny way of finding a woman’s vulnerability, and then torturing her. That case left her with a sour taste in her mouth. Makala knows when she needs a break. Maybe she’s ready for a straight up fugitive and not someone who tortures and kills just because they’re a sick bastard. So she heads to South Dakota to bring in a fugitive on the run, but quickly discovers just how much Sheriff Gage Dawson doesn’t want her on this case. When she learns the sheriff and the fugitive are cousins, she wonders if Gage will help, or hinder her efforts. Right now, she has no choice but to use him as her tracker. He knows the Black Hills better than most. But after they go remote into the wilderness, will Gage honor the badge he wears, or will he help his cousin make good his escape? *** When small town sheriff, Gage Dawson’s cousin is sent to prison for a crime Gage is sure he didn’t commit, Gage knows he’s the only one who can right the wrong that’s been done. But before he can help him, Johnny escapes, and a U.S. Marshall is left fighting for his life. Even Gage starts to question his cousin’s motives. Johnny will be headed home, and it’s up to Gage to bring him in without blood being shed. Except it’s out of his hands when they send a U.S. Marshal to bring Johnny to justice. When he gets his first look at Makala, sparks fly. Gage knows he might be in even bigger trouble as they cross into forbidden territory. Gage and Makala discover sometimes you can’t change the past, but will it cost one of them their life? less

Addison has it all: beauty, money, youth. She’s set to inherit the bulk of her father’s wealth, and takeover running his companies.But someone wants her dead... moreAddison has it all: beauty, money, youth. She’s set to inherit the bulk of her father’s wealth, and takeover running his companies.But someone wants her dead.How far would you go to survive? Beaten, shot, and running from the men who want her dead, she escapes, but when a man living in the remote wilderness finds her unconscious, broken and bleeding, will he be friend or foe? ***Johnny was sent to prison because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but now he’s out and he doesn’t want to play nursemaid to a stubborn, obstinate, sexy as hell female. He went off the grid to get away from a society that condemned him because of who he is.He can’t leave her on the brink of death. ***Her kidnappers are still out there. They still want her dead. Can Johnny face a society that has always scorned him, all to save one woman? less

He stole her life and kept her locked in a basement for four years. He tried to break her with his diabolical games, but he couldn’t. Then she was rescued. That was the day Ellie learned just how much of her life had been stolen. *** Officer Quinn West went down the stairs that led to the basement of the vacant house all because the neighbor complained the man living there stole her plant. He was a rookie cop who got all the crap calls... moreHe stole her life and kept her locked in a basement for four years. He tried to break her with his diabolical games, but he couldn’t. Then she was rescued. That was the day Ellie learned just how much of her life had been stolen. *** Officer Quinn West went down the stairs that led to the basement of the vacant house all because the neighbor complained the man living there stole her plant. He was a rookie cop who got all the crap calls. Instead of a plant, he found a young girl clinging to life. Ten years have passed since the charm bracelets murders. They never caught the guy. The case went cold. All that was left were the charm bracelets, memories of the ones he killed, and one lone survivor too traumatized to tell them much. Case forgotten. Until ten years passes and a recently murdered girl is found and she’s wearing the same kind of charm bracelet. *** Now an FBI agent, will Quinn send Ellie over the edge when he tells her that her biggest fear is still out there, and might be hunting her? Can she face her demons and relive a terrifying past to catch a serial killer? And can he break past the barriers she erected and show her how to live again? less

New Orleans, a town filled with history, a melting pot of cultures… and a satanic serial killer. FBI agent Natalie Collier, an expert on the occult, has returned to Louisiana to help catch a serial killer, not have an affair, but Detective Tate Ellis is tempting. Until he starts asking too many questions about a past she would just as soon stay buried... moreNew Orleans, a town filled with history, a melting pot of cultures… and a satanic serial killer. FBI agent Natalie Collier, an expert on the occult, has returned to Louisiana to help catch a serial killer, not have an affair, but Detective Tate Ellis is tempting. Until he starts asking too many questions about a past she would just as soon stay buried. Natalie wants to catch this guy, then get the hell back to Texas, but she soon learns the past has a way of overlapping the future, and sometimes there’s no escaping it. ***Detective Tate Ellis is intrigued. What kind of woman can pick a lock, hotwire a car quicker than he can put in a key and start it, and steal your wallet all the time she’s smiling at you? And she’s hot. Natalie is the type of woman who can make a dead man sit up and take notice when she walks by. Yeah, Natalie puzzles him. She’s good. Damn good. There’s no doubt about that as he watches her ferret out the smallest clues about the killer. But there's something she's not telling him. She has secrets, and a deep pain reflected in her eyes that she can’t quite hide. Who hurt her? And will she let him get close enough to heal her wounds? less