Lisa Phillips

When your past refuses to stay buried, love becomes your strongest weapon. Aubrey Richardson survived a killer's vengeance once. She won't get a second chance.

Some fires can't be fought with water. Some battles require faith. Firefighter Samantha Williams thought she knew who she could trust with her life.

He was supposed to be dead. She was supposed to move on. Some loves won't stay buried. The last person Sierra Blackwood expects to see is the man whose memorial service she attended three years ago.

Some rescues require more than medical training. Some battles are worth the risk. The last person Dr. Kira Yassan expects to walk back into her life is the soldier whose life she saved in a war zone three years ago.

BIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROES. A score to settle. Vanguard technical specialist Simon Olson has spent years working to make up for the mistakes he made. With his twin about to marry the love of his life, Simon has one last job to do, and he’ll be able to let go enough to move on without...

BIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROES. A boy with no name. Officer River Gaines walks in the footsteps of the cop who rescued him from the ocean and gave him a name—and a family to belong to. River and his K-9 partner, Kutter, work side-by-side finding people in Benson, but the fact he never...

A last resort. One final chance for the future they want. Joseph is the name they've given him. Before that, he was Casper—a trained killer. Now he's been sidelined to a summer camp retreat center, and if he doesn't make this work he'll get kicked out of the Accountant's Office program for...

Eight years ago Francesca Canetti testified against her father. Now this mobster's daughter is Frannie Peters, running a bakery in the witness protection town of Sanctuary.

A dangerous vendetta. An investigation that threatens the town. FBI Agent Stella Davis wants the person responsible for her loss to see justice. A bullet or cuffs, she’ll do what’s right. Stella keeps things tightly controlled and this investigation is no exception, even with her dad...

BIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROES A missing woman. Cut loose from the CIA after a devastating injury, Ember Hendryx only wants one thing—to live long enough to find her missing sister. The clock is running down. She’s got the skills to do this, but she’ll need the one thing she can’t do...

A new start. An all too familiar threat. Burned by the CIA, Lyric Thompson signed on with the Accountant’s Office for the fresh start she needed. Running a resort of vacation cabins—the site of more than one murder—isn’t going exactly to plan, but she wasn’t trained to quit. When a...

A crew of dangerous criminals. Vanguard CEO Clare Juarez wants a Benson PD contract for her company. When the police commissioner hands her the case file for a rash of local armed robberies, she puts her people to work … and lands right in the middle of a hostage situation. She needs to take...

BIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROES An epic finale. Detective Samantha Jesse is determined to hold on to what she has. Whenever she gets too happy, life corrects that mistake and takes the joy from her. Her new partner, Detective Romeo Alvarez, was there the day of the biggest correction, but...

She must confront her haunting past to protect her future—and the man she loves. Truck Lieutenant Amelia Patterson hasn’t told anyone about her past in Benson, or the fact her vindictive ex never gave her the necessary paperwork for her rank.

BIG CITY CRIME. SMALL TOWN HEROES A woman determined to save lives. Violet Anderson fights for survival every day, as an EMT and volunteering at a center for teens. But nothing will erase the fallout of hitting rock bottom. Determined to keep going, Lettie has to juggle her callings and pray...

Charlie Benning has always been a rescuer—first with the Last Chance County Fire and Rescue team, and now as a firefighter with the Jude County Hotshots. But this summer isn’t about saving lives—it’s about hiding his own terrible secret. A secret he’s keeping from his estranged...

A search-and-rescue mission turns into a deadly wilderness escape When a plane carrying a federal witness crashes in the Montana backwoods, Officer Kelly Wayne and her K-9, Nico, track it down—and discover Ethan Harrigan injured with amnesia. Now with the mafia on their trail, Kelly must...

Allie Monroe is desperate for a fresh start. Grieving the loss of her first SAR dog, she’s gone to Montana to train her new K9, Scout. And when two boys go missing during a wildfire, she’s brought on board to find them. But the one person tasked to help her is the last person she wants to...

When private detective Penny Mitchell’s latest case takes her right back to the last place on earth she wants to go, she must make a choice—continue running from her past, leaving Last Chance County for good, or stay and ensure that her sister and her kids are safe.

Wilderness Hunt A search-and-rescue mission turns into a deadly wilderness escape When a plane carrying a federal witness crashes in the Montana backwoods, Officer Kelly Wayne and her K-9, Nico, track it down—and discover Ethan Harrigan injured with amnesia. Now with the mafia on their trail...