One conflicted cop must protect a woman living a lie in a suspenseful novel from the national bestselling author of Strength Under Fire. Michigan State Police trooper Jamie Donovan suspects there’s more to waitress Sarah Cline than she lets on. And Sarah, on the run with her son from an abusive ex-husband, won’t trust Jamie with the truth. But when danger—greater than she realized—catches up to Sarah, Jamie confronts the biggest dilemma of his life: uphold his oath or aid and abet the woman he loves?

A PROMISE TO PROTECT As a skilled SWAT team negotiator, Isaac Morrison has defused many a crisis situation. But safeguarding Leah Nichols and her young son may be his most challenging mission yet. Leah's brother—his best friend Shane—has gone missing while working undercover. Now it's up to Isaac to protect mother and child from Shane's enemies. He doesn't know whom they can trust, but he's determined to catch the gunmen threatening their lives. Isaac knows he needs his best protection skills against their formidable adversary. Because he can't risk the consequences to the little family who has stealthily claimed his heart. SWAT: Top Cops: Love in the line of duty

A PROMISE TO PROTECT

For more than a century the Western film has proven to be an enduring genre. At the dawn of the 20th century, in the same years that The Great Train Robbery begat a film genre, Owen Wister wrote The Virginian, which began a new literary genre. From the beginning, both literature and film would usually perpetuate the myth of the Old West as a place where justice always triumphed and all concerned (except the villains) pursued the Law. The facts, however, reflect abuses of due process: lynch mobs and hired gunslingers rather than lawmen regularly pursued lawbreakers; vengeance rather than justice was often employed; and even in courts of law justice didn't always prevail. Some films and novels bucked this trend, however. This book discusses the many Western films as well as the novels they are based on, that illustrate distortions of the law in the Old West and the many ways, most of them marked by vengeance, in which its characters pursued justice.

This book contains bibliographic references with abstracts and subject headings to public and social policy literature and to world politics published in print and electronic formats; international focus.

Nine years ago Kate Grayhawk Pendelton walked into Wyatt Shaw's life—and out of it the next morning. Now Wyatt's back—and has the power to shatter Kate's future with the man she loves. By reputation, Wyatt Shaw is a brutal killer who always gets what he wants. And he wants Kate and her twin eight-year-old sons. Texas Ranger Jack McKinley is hot on Wyatt Shaw's trail. The presumed heir to the D'Amato crime syndicate is threatening to steal the woman he loves. Holly McKinley is fighting to keep Jack from leaving her for another woman. Now the secret she's kept for over twenty years may save their son's life, and cost her the only man she's ever loved.

A firearms reference that includes ballistics charts, hundreds of photographs, prices, and specifications for thousands of guns and pieces of equipment.

“A sweet, heartwarming romance between a sheriff and an outlaw’s wife.” —RT Book Reviews The sheriff of Oak Grove, Kansas, Tom Baniff might be hunting Clara Wilson’s criminal husband, but that doesn’t mean he won’t help protect Clara and her young son from the outlaw’s deadly threats. When he invites Clara to his hometown, Tom is determined to keep her safe. But with her so close, can he resist the allure of the only woman he’s ever wanted? “Delightful, charming.” —RT Book Reviews on Winning the Mail-Order Bride “Enjoyable and endearing . . . [A] classic western adventure with strong characters, authentic setting and quick pace.” —RT Book Reviews on Unwrapping the Rancher’s Secret

Documents prove the owners of a financial company co-conspired to illegally mishandle the fortunes of their clients. A government investigator stumbles upon the records. He just has to sort out the data first and plans to do it during a hunting trip in Tennessee. The two brothers who own the financial company panic. They hire a 'fixer' who employs a skilled assassin to hide their transgressions. It must look like a hunting accident. Something goes wrong. A young couple witness the murder and put the killer on their trail. Detective John Bethany and forensic pathologist, Dr. Anita Spears, from Michigan, are hiking the Appalachian Trail. They soon become involved and seek answers as well because they know one of the victims. Now the hunter becomes the hunted. Follow Bethany and Spears as they pursue a purposeful killer and unravel the mystery surrounding the financial company and its international partner.