Shirlee McCoy Books In Order

The Rookie’s Assignment (By:Valerie Hansen)

Law enforcement in Fitzgerald Bay is full of Fitzgeralds, from the chief of police to brand new detective Keira Fitzgerald. Are they tampering with a murder investigation to protect one of their own? Internal affairs detective Nick Delfino is sent undercover to investigate the powerful clan. Yet the deeper he digs, the more Nick comes to admire the Fitzgeralds especially his rookie partner, Keira. When a killer targets Nick, can he maintain his cover, catch his attacker and protect Keira while the looming danger closes in?

The Lawman’s Legacy

After a nanny is killed in Fitzgerald Bay, police captain Douglas Fitzgerald’s brother becomes the prime suspect. ‘Faith and family’ is the Fitzgerald motto Douglas won’t let his own go down for a crime he didn’t commit. Yet when Douglas questions the single mother who found the victim, he notices Merry O’Leary is nervous. Secretive. Deeply scared of someone. The nanny’s killer or someone else? When the truth comes to light, it will take all of Douglas’s faith and his love for this little family to keep a killer at bay.

Running for Cover

Morgan Alexandria moved to Virginia to escape her past…
but her past isn’t ready to let her go. Thanks to her ex husband’s shady dealings, someone’s after her, and if it weren’t for Jackson Sharo, she might already be dead. Can Morgan trust Jackson? Maybe not. The former big city cop is practically a stranger. But trying to handle everything on her own just leads to new disasters. And without Jackson’s help, she could find herself running right into a trap…
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Running Scared

Thanks to Maggie Tennyson, Kane Dougherty’s son abducted five years earlier has finally been found. The private investigator just wants to show his gratitude…
so why is Maggie pushing him away?Maggie’s thrilled to have united father and son. Now, if only Kane would leave her alone! It’s not safe to be near her, not with her shadowed past. But when it comes to her protection, Kane refuses to walk away. When danger finds Maggie again, she’ll face it with a hero at her side whether she wants him or not!

Running Blind

The mission trip to Mexico was supposed to be an adventure. But the thrill turns sour when Jenna Dougherty and her roommate Magdalena are kidnapped. A head injury leaves Jenna temporarily blind, with no hope of escaping or helping her friend…until Nick Jansen arrives. The ex-marine brings Jenna safely home to doctors who restore her sight-but she opens her eyes too late to save her friend. Nick helped her before-can he help her find Magdalena’s killer? Or will chasing this trail have Jenna Running Blindly again into danger?

Still Waters

A Town in Jeopardy A window smashed. A local teenager assaulted. The close knit community of Lakeview is panicked when a gang of unruly teens wreaks havoc in this sleepy Virginia hamlet. But Sheriff Jake Reed, a former D.C. cop, seems just the man to put a stop to the vandalism. A Woman in Danger Tiffany Anderson thought the so called ‘crime wave’ was nothing but a bunch of summer boys with too much money and time on their hands. But when she suddenly becomes the gang’s target, Tiffany must cling to her faith that God will send a protector her way…
A Man of Secrets Keeping an eye on Tiffany in the line of duty, Jake finds himself drawn to the feisty redhead who reached out to the needy. But haunted by his troubled past, he’s leery of spending time with a woman who evokes feelings he’d thought long buried. Then Tiffany vanishes, and Jake can only pray he’ll find her in time. Because suddenly he understands that God didn’t mean for him to be alone, but to share his life with the woman who shares his faith.

Die Before Nightfall

Raven Stevenson was in Lakeview barely twenty four hours when she heard those ominous words. She’d come to the small Virginie town to reconcile with her brother and forget the haunting memories of her past. She didn’t expect to find friends, community or a thirty five year old mystery of tragic love. Nor did she expect to meet Shane Montgomery, whose love for his ailing aunt Abby breaks through Raven’s carefully built defenses. When Abby unwittingly shares some of the secrets behind that long buried mustery, she and Raven are targeted by someone who wants those secrets silenced and who’s willing to kill both of them to do it.

When Silence Falls

Life was busy and organized, just the way Lakeview music history professor Piper Sinclair liked it. Some recent family research even meant a new book to write. Until she witnessed an attempted kidnapping and became a target herself. Someone wanted her

Stranger in the Shadows

Someone was watching Chloe DavidsonShe had the unsettling feeling the stalker was waiting to strike. But who could it be? After a heartbreaking tragedy, Chloe had relocated to sleepy, safe Lakeview, Virginia, where she’d spent idyllic summers as a child. Where handsome minister Ben Avery had welcomed her and helped her believe in more than she’d ever thought possible. Yet her fear had followed her. Chloe kept seeing a stranger lurking in the shadows. And her things were going missing. Was it just her fragile imagination? Or was a sinister somebody much closer than she ever expected?

Valley of Shadows

Working deep undercover was dangerous. Mercenary turned DEA agent Hawke Morran found out just how dangerous when his cover was suddenly blown. His life hung in the balance until a mysterious woman saved him from certain death. Hawke was a lone wolf used to bringing down the bad guys by himself. Without a partner. Yet now he and Miranda Shelton were running for their lives, desperate to uncover the identity of Hawke’s betrayor. Journeying from the mountains of Lakeview, Virginia, to the valleys of Thailand, Hawke vowed to protect the lovely Christian woman in his care.

Lakeview Protector

Ex military man Eli Jennings owed his commander his life and vowed to repay him by finding his missing sister. His search led to Jasmine Hart’s mountain cabin in Lakeview, Virginia, where another woman had disappeared. A strong willed widow, Jasmine didn’t think the two were related. Until a major clue to both mysteries was found in her house. And her own mother in law was a witness. Scared for the only family she had left, Jasmine turned to Eli for help. But someone powerful wanted to ensure she never felt safe, never learned the whole truth. And that meant making one more woman disappear.

Twin Targets (By:Marta Perry)

The Witness Protection Program was supposed to keep Jade Summers’s sister safe. So why is U.S. Marshal Micah McGraw saying her twin is dead? Jade doesn’t get the chance to ask because their meeting is interrupted by Ruby’s killers. The mob is after Jade but neither Micah nor Jade know why. Somehow, it’s connected to a decades old crime. Finding the truth could be disastrous, but lives depend on it. Several women are in danger and Jade is the first one in the killer’s sights.

Risky Reunion (By:Lenora Worth)

As a novice FBI agent, Jackson McGraw was deeply touched by the young single mother–a murder witness–in his protective custody. When her baby girl was almost killed, Eloise fled–selflessly leaving her child in his care with a note to find her a good Christian home. Now, twenty years later, the mob is obsessed with retaliation against the woman whose testimony imprisoned their late don. Jackson is determined to track Eloise down to protect her–and reclaim two decades’ worth of love.

Cowboy Protector (By:Margaret Daley)

Two years ago, Hannah Williams left the Witness Protection Program and she’s been running ever since. To stay ahead of the mob, she changes her name and location constantly. So when she takes a job caring for a Montana rancher’s sick daughter, she expects to leave soon. But little Misty Taylor tugs at Hannah’s heartstrings and so does her handsome father. Hannah knows Austin Taylor suspects she’s keeping secrets. But how can she tell him the truth without endangering the pair she’s come to love?

Deadly Vows

Olivia Jarrod was newly placed in witness protection when she discovered she was pregnant. First rule of the program: no contact with anyone from her former life. That includes her estranged husband, Ford Jensen the unknowing father of her unborn child. Despite their rocky marriage, Olivia still loves him deeply. And when Ford shocks her by tracking her down, she knows the mobster pursuing her can’t be far behind. But now their baby’s very life depends on both of them staying alive and together.

Missing Persons

Leave while you still can The warning had been spray painted on Lauren Owens’s walls. And whoever had vandalized her house meant business. But Lauren couldn’t wouldn’t leave the Magnolia College campus. Not when she’d finally found her way back to Seth Chartrand, the single father who’d broken her heart years ago. And not when the cold case murder everyone was talking about remained scarily unsolved including the young woman’s identity. Because Lauren had a sinking feeling she knew exactly who the victim was…
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Don’t Look Back (By:Margaret Daley)

Who, what, where, when and why. Those were the questions journalism professor Jameson King lived by. But the murder of his protege, a young newspaper reporter, remained a mystery. One that Jameson and the reporter’s grief stricken sister vowed to solve. But working with Cassie Winters wasn’t easy. A former student ten years his junior, the stunning redhead was too young, too full of life, for a man like him. A man with a secret concerning her brother…
a secret that might tear them apart forever.

Hidden in the Wall (By:Valerie Hansen)

A young woman’s skeleton was found buried on the campus grounds. Contractor Trevor Whittaker couldn’t get the cold case murder out of his mind. Who was the woman? Why was she killed? And did his lovely boss’s father, a wealthy, secretive benefactor of the college, have anything to do with it? Family and friends warned Alumni Director Stephanie Kessler to stay away from her new employee. They said Trevor was still the same bad boy he’d been ten years ago, but Stephanie wasn’t the same mousy girl. So, this time, they both had something to prove.

A Face in the Shadows (By:Lenora Worth)

Did he kill Josie Skerritt?

Everyone including the police suspected Parker Buchanan of the ten year old murder. But Kate Brooks knew the brooding loner couldn’t have done it. He was her young son’s hero, and Kate had fallen hard for the reclusive author. Town gossips demanded Parker explain the incriminating evidence police found with his initials on it. But Parker couldn’t. Kate knew proving his innocence would take all their faith and fast thinking combined. Because the real killer was setting them up for a double murder their own.

Final Justice (By:Marta Perry)

He was a father? A DNA test revealed that Mason Grant had a nine year old daughter. He’d had no idea that the woman he’d loved and so tragically lost had been pregnant. Or that his own child had been in the custody of the woman’s murderer all these years. Now the killer wanted Mason to pay in more ways than one for the return of the girl. And for daring to find love with old friend Jennifer Pappas. But the only payback the cold blooded murderer would get was final justice.

Little Girl Lost

Boy, is Mick Campbell infuriating! The police detective is only doing his job, looking into the death of the private investigator my sister had hired to find our presumed dead mother it’s been a very eventful month!, but does he really believe a member of my family is a killer? I’ve been planning to spend time with Mick to keep tabs on the investigation, but lately I’ve been wondering, am I drawn to him because he’s a single dad or because his faith is strong under fire?

Beloved Enemy (By:Terri Reed)

FROM THE DESK OF JULIET BLANCHARD I thought working in our family if rm would if nally make my father show some interest in me. he’s always been distant toward me possibly because I might not be his child? I found an incriminating photo of my long presumed dead mother with a man I resemble. Then I found he gave Brandon De Witte my job! I know this handsome newcomer is keeping secrets hopefully not dangerous ones. Because not only is my faith shaken right now, but someone seems to want me out of the picture, permanently.

The Sound of Secrets (By:)

A note from Nerissa Blanchard: Now that my twin has found love, she wants me to be as happy as she is. She doesn’t know how blue coming home to this empty house makes me. And our poor mother I found her in the library, murdered. I’m thankful that Drew Lancaster was one of the first officers on the scene. He’s encouraging and supportive and he’s handsome, too!. Lately, I’ve been hearing strange things around the house, and I worry that Mother’s killer or maybe someone else is trying to push me over the edge of madness.

Deadly Payoff (By:Valerie Hansen)

A NOTE FROM DELIA BLANCHARDSo many things have been happening here at our family’s mansion, I can’t go home to Hawaii: I’ve met my long lost grandparents; learned the woman shot to death in the library was my aunt, not my mother; and been threatened by a blackmailing loan shark! And Shaun Murphy is back in my life he was hired to repair the damage after the shooting. He’s been rather distant with me, but I think, with God’s help, I can convince him to help me track down my missing mother and perhaps give our love another chance, too.

The Guardian’s Mission

‘Ma’am, I’m not one of the bad guys.’

So says the handsome man Martha Gabler encounters near her isolated mountain cabin. Tristan Sinclair claims he’s an ATF agent working undercover. And that if she doesn’t play along as his unexpected girlfriend, they’ll both end up dead. Nursing a broken heart, Martha knows a thing or two about love that isn’t real. Still, she calls up all her faith and turns her shaky trust over to Tristan. Soon she’s hoping he’ll take on a new mission: guarding her for the rest of her life.

The Protector’s Promise

Who could want to hurt a little girl in a pink princess dress? Grayson Sinclair vows to find out who’s after his widowed neighbor and her child. Without getting emotionally involved. Family life isn’t for him, but he won’t let some deranged person destroy the lovely home Honor Milone has made for her daughter. From strange ‘gifts’ left on her doorstep to attempted murder, someone means deadly business. Grayson promises to protect Honor and the little girl who sneakily stole his heart. Just in time. For the threat is closer to home than anyone realizes.

The Defender’s Duty

All that New York City cop Jude Sinclair wants is to get back on his feet, fighting crime. And as long as he’s stuck recuperating in Virginia, he’s going to make everyone as miserable as he is. But health aide Lacey Carmichael refuses to run away. Sweet, optimistic and beautiful, she’s everything Jude won’t allow himself to need. Because danger has followed Jude all the way from New York. And with everyone around him at risk, it’ll take everything Jude’s got to do his duty, and to keep Lacey safe.

What Sarah Saw (By:Margaret Daley)

The only witness when a single mother mysteriously vanishes? Her three year old daughter. FBI agent Sam Pierce needs to question little Sarah. Yet child psychologist Jocelyn Gold will barely let him near the girl. Or herself. The tragic conclusion to a kidnapping case broke Sam and Jocelyn apart years before, and their hearts still haven’t healed. But for the child’s sake and her mother’s they must join forces to uncover just what Sarah saw.

Framed! (By:Robin Caroll)

The prime suspect in her brother’s murder: Max Pershing. He’s the man Ava Renault has secretly loved since girlhood against her controlling mother’s wishes. The wealthy Pershings have a longstanding feud with the even wealthier Renaults. Still, Ava believes that Max is innocent…
believes it strongly enough to give him her heart. But if he’s not the killer, then who set him up? Who’s the real murderer?

Cold Case Murder

Her hometown of Loomis, Louisiana, holds no charm for Jodie Gilmore. Why be reminded of her mother’s abandonment? Then the novice FBI agent is assigned to a missing person’s case, and refusal isn’t an option. Her coworkers are counting on her. Surely the tight lipped locals will talk to one of their own. Or will they? A decades old double homicide is discovered, and Harrison Cahill, the handsome forensic anthropologist on the case, thinks Jodie knows more than she’s saying. But speaking freely can be deadly in Loomis…
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A Cloud of Suspicion (By:Patricia Davids)

‘What’s he doing back in town?’With his black leather jacket, Patrick Rivers looks every inch the bad boy the townsfolk believe him to be. Ten years ago, he left Loomis, Louisiana, under a cloud of suspicion. Back to settle his stepfather’s estate, Patrick knows he isn’t welcome and can’t wait to leave. Until Shelby Mason gives him a reason to stay. Because Shelby knows a secret…
and someone in Loomis will do anything to keep her quiet.

Deadly Competition (By:Roxanne Rustand)

The single mother hasn’t been found. And all her daughter, Sarah, has is her uncle. Clueless at parenting, Clint Herald seeks a loving, responsible nanny. What he finds instead is a stranger as mysterious as his sister’s disappearance. Mandy Erick is secretive and seems scared, yet she’s so good with Sarah that Clint can’t help but trust her. In fact, he even enters Mandy in the town’s Mother of the Year contest. But attention is the last thing Mandy wants. Her time in the public eye may prove just as dangerous as she fears.

Her Last Chance (By:Terri Reed)

The mysterious man at her door swears he recognizes her. She’s Leah Farley. Mother, wife and suspected murderer. But her amnesia has wiped away memories of her former life. When a shower of bullets follows the man’s claims, Leah is forced to accept the truth. She’s in danger. And unless she can make herself remember, there’s no way to stay safe. With bounty hunter Roman Black’s help, she must uncover her lost memories before the killer succeeds in keeping Leah’s past and future buried forever.