Ann Voss Peterson

Four couples, former Wisconsin police chief Val Ryker among them. All fell in love under traumatic circumstances. All are still together years later. And now a private research institute wants to study why.

Two years ago, a woman was brutally murdered, her body burned until only ash and shattered bone remained. Police Sergeant Valerie Ryker solved that case, putting psychopath Dixon Hess in prison for life, and becoming the first female police chief of her tiny Wisconsin town....

She's an elite spy, working for an agency so secret only three people know it exists. Codename: Hammett....

Confirmed bachelor Lucas Nash traded the Rocky Mountains for San Francisco Bay nine months ago and vowed never to return. Then he discovers a newborn in his boat, with a note from his ex pleading he protect her baby....

Trained by the best of the best, she has honed her body, her instincts, and her intellect to become the perfect weapon. Codename: Chandler....

Her codename is Chandler. She's a spy for a secret government agency. Trained to be the best of the best, no man is her equal. That is, until she meets Repairman Jack....

Private detective Harry McGlade is on the prowl, looking for a one-night stand. Or, in McGlade's case, a five-minute stand....

Desperate to provide for her young daughter, accountant Shanna Clarke accepts an invitation to go on a company hunting trip in the Wind River Mountains, even though she's never shot anything in her life....

Her Codename is Hammett. She assassinates targets for a secret government agency. But sometimes work becomes personal. His name is Tequila. He's a leg breaker for the mob, currently retired. But sometimes retirement doesn't stick....

She's an elite spy, working for an agency so secret only three people know it exists. Trained by the best of the best, she has honed her body, her instincts, and her intellect to become the perfect weapon....

Denver cop-turned-investigator Melissa Anderson had been on the job for years, but had never fired her gun. That is, until a drive-by shooting in front of the courthouse sends her and a child witness under her protection on the run to Wyoming...and into the arms of the child's rancher father....

Former Chicago homicide lieutenant Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels needs small-town Wisconsin cop Val Ryker to babysit for a few days. Then some criminals from Jack’s past come calling with child abduction and arson on their agenda....

For Sergeant Valerie Ryker, surviving psychopath's Hess's vengeance is only part of her dilemma. For there's another killer in Lake Loyal....

Someone is setting fire to the town of Lake Loyal, Wisconsin, one building at a time. And Police Chief Valerie Ryker, and her former love, Assistant Fire Chief David Lund, have a hunch who's behind it....

In a race up sheer cliffs, down rugged canyons, and into the middle of a rodeo, Sarah and Eric unravel a mystery that could save them…or destroy everything and everyone they hold dear....

Though a remorseless killer, Dixon Hess went to prison for the one crime he didn't commit, and he promised to destroy those responsible. Police Chief Valerie Ryker triumphed over incredible odds, sending Hess back behind bars....

Wisconsin. Summer. Late at night. Two teenage girls are picked up by two boys, who invite them back to their place to party. But an innocent mistake turns the party into a nightmare, where nothing is what it seems....