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Emory joins Blake in a search for her missing sister, but when an attempt is made to abduct Emory as well, they begin to think the abduction is related to Emory's birth parents. Blake vows to keep her under his watch until they discover what this maniac is looking for and bring him to justice. But Emory balks at Blake wanting to keep her under constant surveillance as she’s struggling to come to grips with a former brutal attack, and she wants nothing to do with a man who might want to get close to her. When it becomes clear that Blake is the only one who can keep her safe, will she let him get close enough to do so?
DEAD SILENCE - BOOK 2
Coming August - 2019
Forensic anthropologist, Kelsey Moore with DEA Agent Devon Dunbar
A child she’ll do anything to keep.
When Kelsey Moore’s husband dies in an automobile accident, Kelsey proceeds with plans to adopt her husband’s son who she has come to call her own. But as she begins the process that her husband had dragged his feet on, she learns a secret so shocking she begins to question everything she knows except for the love she feels for her son. The child is not her husband’s biological child and her former husband never had legal custody of the boy, but had abducted him from his mother. Fearing she might lose her son, Kelsey must find his birth mother and convince her to give up her parental rights.
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A danger she’s never known.
But when Kelsey starts asking questions about the mother, Kelsey runs into a brick wall named DEA agent Devon Dunbar. Devon has been investigating an adoption/human trafficking ring with drug connections for the last six months, and he’s not about to let Kelsey interfere in his investigation. But even if Devon brings out feelings she never thought she’d experience again, and he asks her to trust him, Kelsey can’t back off. Not even when her own life is on the line. If she doesn’t succeed, she could lose the one thing that means everything to her – her five-year-old son.
DEAD END - BOOK 3
Coming September - 2019
Sierra Byrd, trace evidence and finger print analysis, with FBI Agent Reed Rice
Evaluating trace evidence is her job…
When Sierra Byrd’s father needs a kidney transplant, despite her parents’ protest claiming they could never ask for her help, Sierra insists on being tested for the transplant. But when results prove it is physically impossible for her father to be her biological father, her family finally confesses their long-held secret. She was conceived in an affair her mother had the summer before her parents’ wedding. The man she’d come to know as father is named on her birth certificate, but he truly isn’t her father.
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But the job just turned personal.
Shocked and hurt, Sierra goes in search of her biological father in Cold Harbor, Oregon. But when she arrives in town to find her father has recently disappeared, and she starts asking questions, FBI Agent Reed Rice delivers her second shock in as many days. Her father, a probate attorney is wanted for embezzling money from estates he manages. Despite the evidence staring her in the face, Sierra holds out hope that her father isn’t the man people in town thought he was. But as Sierra’s desperate search for the truth unearths long-buried secrets and she runs into dead end after dead end, she ignites a killer’s fury, and suddenly her own life is on the line.
DEAD HEAT - BOOK 4
Coming March - 2020
Nick Thorn, computer cybercrimes expert with FBI Agent Piper Nash
DEAD CENTER - Book 5
Coming April - 2020
Grady Houston, ballistics, firearms, and explosives expert with forensic photographer Ainslie Duncan
DEAD EVEN - Book 6
Coming May - 2020
Maya Glass, toxicology/controlled substances expert with FBI Agent Hunter Lane
Want to read more of The Cold Harbor Series? Keep reading for a sneak peek of all the books.
COLD TERROR - Book 1 - Gage and Hannah’s story
Forensic artist Hannah Perry’s skills make her a valuable asset to the police in solving criminal investigations.
A young woman has been murdered. Her body unidentified. Her skull recently discovered by the police, and Hannah feels compelled to help find the killer. Even if she’s on a much-needed vacation on a secluded island with her young son. She could work on the reconstruction in the evenings while her son slept. But as the woman’s face takes shape, an assailant invades Hannah’s cabin and tries to end her life. Before he can permanently silence her, she and her son flee the island in a small boat. Trouble is, as they approach Cold Harbor, ocean waves capsize the boat, enveloping them both in cold terror.
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But it also makes her the next target.
Former SEAL Gage Blackwell can’t believe his eyes as he plunges into the raging waters to rescue the pair. Owner of Blackwell Tactical—a law enforcement training facility and protection services agency—Gage pulls the woman he once loved from the angry ocean. When he learns of her attack, he vows to protect her while hunting down the killer. Alone and vulnerable, Hannah has to accept Gage’s protection—even if it means staying close to the man who’d once walked out on her without a backward glance.
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COLD TRUTH - Book 2 - Coop and Kiera’s story
Want to play a game…
When research chemist Kiera Underwood receives a cryptic phone call about her twin brother, she tries to contact him to no avail. Her twin sense tingles, warning her that something is wrong. When he doesn’t return her call and his supervisor at Oceanic Labs claims he didn’t come into work, she heads to Cold Harbor. But when she arrives in town to find the door to her brother’s house ajar, she races to the lab to question his fellow employees.
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Solve the puzzle and save your brother…
Kiera’s terrified when an attempt is made on her life. Then Blackwell Tactical operative Cooper Ashcroft delivers her second shock of the day. Someone stole a deadly biotoxin. The main suspect? Her brother—and Blackwell Tactical has been hired to bring him in. If that wasn’t distressing enough, she’s suspected of colluding with him. She had nothing to do with the theft, and despite the evidence staring her in the face, she knows that her brother is innocent of all charges. She sets out to prove it, putting her in the thief’s crosshairs. As Coop tries to protect her as well as solve the crime, he grapples with the possibility she’s telling the truth and someone has likely abducted her brother—perhaps killed him. Now Kiera’s life is in serious danger and Coop must protect her while discovering the cold truth behind the theft.
COLD FURY - Book 3 - Jackson and Maggie’s story
Six years ago tragedy tore them apart…
Maggie Turner happily works as an assistant professor in the Criminal Justice Department and lives a quiet life near campus. That is until Jackson Lockhart bursts into her life unexpectedly. Then a cyclone of emotions erupt as she remembers the tragedy that once tore them apart. She'd often thought of him, but they'd agreed never to see each other again, and so far, they'd kept their promise. But today…Jackson has a good reason for breaking his promise. Maggie's life depends on it.
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Will it now bring them back together?
In an ongoing investigation, Jackson has learned that university officials secretly photographed her classroom in a study on attendance. The recorder was supposed to run only during the class session, but it malfunctioned and recorded an entire week, which includes a shocking murder that has now put Maggie’s life in danger. Can Jackson unravel the lies surrounding this incident before the killer unleashes his fury on Maggie and takes her life?
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COLD CASE - Book 4 Eryn and Trey’s story
When her past comes back to haunt her…
Former FBI cyber security agent Eryn Calloway worked many cyber investigations during her career as an FBI agent and while serving as Blackwell Tactical’s cyber expert. But when her computer is locked with ransomware, she suddenly finds herself
facing the biggest investigation of all. Failure to solve the case and find the hacker could result in the loss of her very life.
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Can she let the one man who can protect her get close enough to do so?
Enter former Green Beret, deputy Trey Sawyer who offers to serve as her bodyguard. Trey has been in love with Eryn for a year, but she lost her husband several years ago and isn’t ready to open herself to the potential for pain again. She’s kept Trey at arm’s length and wants to do so now—after all, she can take care of herself. But she has a four-year-old daughter to protect, so Eryn reluctantly agrees to let Trey into her world. But when they’re thrown together in a race for her life, she has to combat both a vicious enemy—and the pain from her past. Is Trey trustworthy enough to let him into every area of her life, or is the risk too great?
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COLD FEAR - Book 5 - Riley and Leah’s story
A shared past…
Riley Glen's former girlfriend, recording artist Leah Kent, is performing at a summer concert nearby and calls to tell him she’s in danger and needs his help. After the concert, he discovers her bending over a girl’s dead body, and the girl has Leah’s name freshly tattooed on her wrist. Leah claims she just found the body and didn’t have anything to do with the murder. When two other bodies are found, both boasting Leah's name in bright ink on their wrists, she comes under suspicion for the murders. Riley jumps in to defend her from both an imminent arrest and a killer's deadly rage.
A new beginning?
Riley and Leah had once been a music team and deeply in love. But Riley’s lifelong dream was to be a sniper, not a musician. He chose to follow his dream and has been successful in his career just as Leah has found success in hers. He still has feelings for Leah, but their lives are on vastly different courses. But when she begs for his help to clear her name and protect her, he agrees do what he can. Riley soon discovers this killer is highly trained and vicious, and Leah won’t survive another day unless Riley uses every skill he possesses to try to save her.
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COLD PURSUIT - Book 6 Alex and Whitney’s story
She’s on the run…
When Whitney Rochester’s brother-in-law kills her sister, Whitney fears for the life of her niece and nephew. She can’t leave them in her murderous brother-in-law’s care so she goes on the run with the children to be sure they’re out of his reach. Or so she thinks until a killer shows up—weapon in hand—at the ski resort where she works and targets her.
But he’s in pursuit.
Former Recon Marine Alex Hamilton is working an undercover investigation at the resort when a crazed man wielding a gun takes out a guy in close proximity to Whitney. Despite not having the support of the Blackwell Tactical team, other than their forensic expert, Samantha Willis, Alex isn’t about to let the shooter harm Whitney or anyone else. When a blinding snowstorm triggers avalanches in the area, it’s too dangerous for the police to reach the secluded resort to stop the killer. Alex and Sam must protect everyone at the resort while they feverishly work to figure out if Whitney or the victim were the intended target. As Alex and Whitney grow close and the killer strikes again, Alex has to find and take down this madman, even if it means risking his own life.
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Don’t miss Samantha and Griff’s story in book 7, COLD DAWN!
An inferno meant to destroy…
Blackwell Tactical operator and former criminalist Samantha Willis discovers forensic evidence to prove her friend has been murdered. But before she can gather the evidence, an explosion erupts and a fiery inferno traps her in a building. She helplessly watches the evidence go up in flames and prays that she can escape before the encroaching flames take her life.
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Or an act of revenge…
Firefighter and former Navy SEAL Matt Griffin knew his friend’s death was no accident, and he arrives at the building to gather his own evidence. But he sees the building engulfed in flames and discovers a familiar car parked in the lot. Sam, his former girlfriend, had to be trapped inside. Despite his training, despite his captain’s protest, Griff takes off without a threat assessment, risking his life to enter the building and drag Sam to safety. When he does, he can’t help but wonder if the fire was set to destroy evidence or if it was set to kill Sam. Either way, if Sam survives, he vows to hunt down the answer.
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WHITE KNIGHTS SERIES
Join the White Knights as they investigate stories plucked from today’s news headlines. The FBI Critical Incident Response Team includes experts in crisis management, explosives, ballistics/weapons, negotiating/criminal profiling, cyber crimes, and forensics. All team members are former military and they stand ready to deploy within four hours, anytime and anywhere to mitigate the highest-priority threats facing our nation.
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MCKADE LAW SERIES
Set in Lost Creek, a fictitious town in the Texas Hill Country, a member of the McKade family has been the county sheriff and/or a deputy for the last 125 years. The series features four McKade siblings along with their grandparents, Jed and Betty McKade, and parents, Walt and Winnie McKade. In addition to law enforcement duties, they also own a working dude ranch. Walt is the soon to retire sheriff, and his children are all law enforcement professionals.
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FIRST RESPONDERS
Join the First Response Squad, a six member county Critical Incident Response team, as they report to explosive emergencies and find themselves embroiled in life threatening situations of their own. And join in on the camaraderie at their home, an old firehouse remodeled to provide a home and team meeting facility for this talented team of law enforcement officers.
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About Susan
Cold Truth - Book 2 Cold Harbor
SUSAN SLEEMAN is a bestselling and award-winning author of more than 35 inspirational/Christian and clean read romantic suspense books. In addition to writing, Susan also hosts the website, TheSuspenseZone.com.
Susan currently lives in Oregon, but has had the pleasure of living in nine states. Her husband is a retired church music director and they have two beautiful daughters, a very special son-in-law, and an adorable grandson.
For more information visit:
www.susansleeman.com