Count to Ten
8 Books
They survived a hostage situation now someone is killing them off.
Sofia Xander runs a center for abused women and children, some of whom have fled for their lives, their abusers still out there. One of those violent husbands tracks his family down and holds eight people hostage in a bid to get his wife and daughter back. With no choice but to kill him to protect herself and the others, Sofia is unprepared for the impact it will have on herself and her life.
Detective Ryan Xander is proud of his wife for doing what she had to in order to save lives, but he knows taking a life will affect her. He just didn't know those effects would be her pushing him away. Then someone starts killing off the surviving hostages. Now he could lose his wife to a killer or she could walk out on him.
Sofia Xander runs a center for abused women and children, some of whom have fled for their lives, their abusers still out there. One of those violent husbands tracks his family down and holds eight people hostage in a bid to get his wife and daughter back. With no choice but to kill him to protect herself and the others, Sofia is unprepared for the impact it will have on herself and her life.
Detective Ryan Xander is proud of his wife for doing what she had to in order to save lives, but he knows taking a life will affect her. He just didn't know those effects would be her pushing him away. Then someone starts killing off the surviving hostages. Now he could lose his wife to a killer or she could walk out on him.
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
Keep her mouth shut and let a killer get revenge or risk the truth about her coming out?
Daisy Xander has spent her entire life trying to hide who she really is and where she’s come from. But no matter how many measures she has taken and how many sacrifices she has made the truth is about to come out and she’s already chosen how she’s going to deal with it—she’s going to let herself get killed.
For Mark Xander life keeps getting worse and worse. Left to raise his four kids alone, then his youngest son comes face to face with a killer, and his estranged wife seems to have a relationship with the victim. Daisy won’t tell anyone what’s going on and when more victims keep falling it soon becomes clear, Daisy is either involved or she’s on the killer’s list.
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
Daisy Xander has spent her entire life trying to hide who she really is and where she’s come from. But no matter how many measures she has taken and how many sacrifices she has made the truth is about to come out and she’s already chosen how she’s going to deal with it—she’s going to let herself get killed.
For Mark Xander life keeps getting worse and worse. Left to raise his four kids alone, then his youngest son comes face to face with a killer, and his estranged wife seems to have a relationship with the victim. Daisy won’t tell anyone what’s going on and when more victims keep falling it soon becomes clear, Daisy is either involved or she’s on the killer’s list.
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
To save the woman he loves he has to let a killer walk free.
Annabelle Englewood's life is crumbling around her. Her entire family is slaughtered, she's accused of committing the crime, and the detective working the case is making her feel things she doesn't want to feel and challenging her belief that she is unworthy of being loved. Her fears are intense, as is the compulsion to push everyone away, and if she can't break their hold then she won't just end up alone but dead.
Detective Xavier Montague knows better than to get involved with a woman in a case he's working. Especially one who is so emotionally vulnerable. And yet, against his better judgment, he's drawn to Annabelle, but this forbidden attraction will force him to confront the darkest time in his life. If he can't let go of the past and finally look to the future then he will leave the woman he's falling for alone and vulnerable to a violent psychopath.
Annabelle Englewood's life is crumbling around her. Her entire family is slaughtered, she's accused of committing the crime, and the detective working the case is making her feel things she doesn't want to feel and challenging her belief that she is unworthy of being loved. Her fears are intense, as is the compulsion to push everyone away, and if she can't break their hold then she won't just end up alone but dead.
Detective Xavier Montague knows better than to get involved with a woman in a case he's working. Especially one who is so emotionally vulnerable. And yet, against his better judgment, he's drawn to Annabelle, but this forbidden attraction will force him to confront the darkest time in his life. If he can't let go of the past and finally look to the future then he will leave the woman he's falling for alone and vulnerable to a violent psychopath.
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
Maybe this family deserve what they get.
Someone is killing off members of the Everett family and the only family member talking to the cops is Sofia Everett. Shunned by her father and battling a mysterious illness, Sofia’s childhood dreams may be the key to stopping the killer. Nothing could prepare her for what she will uncover about the people she has known all her life and once she knows the truth she will never look at herself the same way again.
When his newest case brings Detective Ryan Xander right to the doorstep of the woman he's been watching from afar it doesn't take long for him to fall for her. But between Sofia's illness, a killer hellbent on destroying every last member of the Everett family, and his own insecurities, this fledgling relationship may be over before it even begins.
Someone is killing off members of the Everett family and the only family member talking to the cops is Sofia Everett. Shunned by her father and battling a mysterious illness, Sofia’s childhood dreams may be the key to stopping the killer. Nothing could prepare her for what she will uncover about the people she has known all her life and once she knows the truth she will never look at herself the same way again.
When his newest case brings Detective Ryan Xander right to the doorstep of the woman he's been watching from afar it doesn't take long for him to fall for her. But between Sofia's illness, a killer hellbent on destroying every last member of the Everett family, and his own insecurities, this fledgling relationship may be over before it even begins.
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
The body count rises when two serial killers fall in love.
He targets couples, attacking them in their bed, killing one and leaving the other alive. She targets wealthy businessmen, luring them to a hotel and drowning them. When the two killers meet up a wild killing spree erupts.
Annabelle Englewood is still struggling to cope with what a vicious psychopath did to her eight months ago. Sofia Everette has spent five months recovering from the physical and psychological trauma inflicted on her by her sister. When the two women and their respective boyfriends, Detective Xavier Montague and Detective Ryan Xander, meet up they will have to deal with the fallout from two killers’ love affair, all under the ever-present eye of an escalating stalker.
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
He targets couples, attacking them in their bed, killing one and leaving the other alive. She targets wealthy businessmen, luring them to a hotel and drowning them. When the two killers meet up a wild killing spree erupts.
Annabelle Englewood is still struggling to cope with what a vicious psychopath did to her eight months ago. Sofia Everette has spent five months recovering from the physical and psychological trauma inflicted on her by her sister. When the two women and their respective boyfriends, Detective Xavier Montague and Detective Ryan Xander, meet up they will have to deal with the fallout from two killers’ love affair, all under the ever-present eye of an escalating stalker.
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
A terrifying ordeal irrevocably changed her, leaving her trapped in a prison of her own making.
Ten years ago Laura Opal endured a four day long ordeal that left her broken and traumatized. But the men who hurt her were caught, tried, found guilty and imprisoned, so what's happening in her apartment building doesn't have anything to do with her. She's sure of it.
Detective Jack Xander and his partner are investigating the sudden spate of crimes at an apartment building, but every time they think they're making progress another assault leads them in a completely different direction. As they hunt for the killer's real target Jack is about to come face to face with someone from his past he thought he'd never set eyes on again. Is the woman he's never been able to forget the potential victim he's been looking for? And if she is how is he going to keep her alive long enough to make up for past mistakes?
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
Ten years ago Laura Opal endured a four day long ordeal that left her broken and traumatized. But the men who hurt her were caught, tried, found guilty and imprisoned, so what's happening in her apartment building doesn't have anything to do with her. She's sure of it.
Detective Jack Xander and his partner are investigating the sudden spate of crimes at an apartment building, but every time they think they're making progress another assault leads them in a completely different direction. As they hunt for the killer's real target Jack is about to come face to face with someone from his past he thought he'd never set eyes on again. Is the woman he's never been able to forget the potential victim he's been looking for? And if she is how is he going to keep her alive long enough to make up for past mistakes?
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
Innocent victim or crazy liar?
At the hospital Laura Xander bumps into a teenager who claims that she and three other girls were kidnapped five years ago. The man whom she alleges abducted her maintains that he is her father and that his daughter is mentally unbalanced. A race against time ensues to prove the girls are kidnap victims before the man who says he's their father takes them home never to be seen again.
Detective Paige Hood was nearly killed by her stalker four years ago, he stole something from her she can never get back and she's still trying to come to terms with the ramifications. Now the stalker is back and determined that she will not live to see the morning.
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
At the hospital Laura Xander bumps into a teenager who claims that she and three other girls were kidnapped five years ago. The man whom she alleges abducted her maintains that he is her father and that his daughter is mentally unbalanced. A race against time ensues to prove the girls are kidnap victims before the man who says he's their father takes them home never to be seen again.
Detective Paige Hood was nearly killed by her stalker four years ago, he stole something from her she can never get back and she's still trying to come to terms with the ramifications. Now the stalker is back and determined that she will not live to see the morning.
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
Can Detective Paige Hood survive her stalker's attempt to kill her?
Sometimes you have to do something even if it hurts someone you love. Annabelle Englewood just made the biggest decision of her life. She's moved out of the home she has shared with her boyfriend for the last five years. She's not sure she made the right choice but she felt like it was something she had to do. Her decision might wind up costing her more than just the man she loves, it might also take her freedom and her life.
A woman disappears without a trace. Another four women vanish on the same night. The case takes a personal turn for Detective Xavier Montague when his estranged girlfriend, Annabelle, also goes missing. Is her disappearance related? Is someone else responsible? Or did she simply walk away from her life of her own volition?
Sometimes you have to do something even if it hurts someone you love. Annabelle Englewood just made the biggest decision of her life. She's moved out of the home she has shared with her boyfriend for the last five years. She's not sure she made the right choice but she felt like it was something she had to do. Her decision might wind up costing her more than just the man she loves, it might also take her freedom and her life.
A woman disappears without a trace. Another four women vanish on the same night. The case takes a personal turn for Detective Xavier Montague when his estranged girlfriend, Annabelle, also goes missing. Is her disappearance related? Is someone else responsible? Or did she simply walk away from her life of her own volition?
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
Keep her mouth shut and let a killer get revenge or risk the truth about her coming out?
Daisy Xander has spent her entire life trying to hide who she really is and where she’s come from. But no matter how many measures she has taken and how many sacrifices she has made the truth is about to come out and she’s already chosen how she’s going to deal with it—she’s going to let herself get killed.
For Mark Xander life keeps getting worse and worse. Left to raise his four kids alone, then his youngest son comes face to face with a killer, and his estranged wife seems to have a relationship with the victim. Daisy won’t tell anyone what’s going on and when more victims keep falling it soon becomes clear, Daisy is either involved or she’s on the killer’s list.
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
Daisy Xander has spent her entire life trying to hide who she really is and where she’s come from. But no matter how many measures she has taken and how many sacrifices she has made the truth is about to come out and she’s already chosen how she’s going to deal with it—she’s going to let herself get killed.
For Mark Xander life keeps getting worse and worse. Left to raise his four kids alone, then his youngest son comes face to face with a killer, and his estranged wife seems to have a relationship with the victim. Daisy won’t tell anyone what’s going on and when more victims keep falling it soon becomes clear, Daisy is either involved or she’s on the killer’s list.
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **
They survived a hostage situation now someone is killing them off.
Sofia Xander runs a center for abused women and children, some of whom have fled for their lives, their abusers still out there. One of those violent husbands tracks his family down and holds eight people hostage in a bid to get his wife and daughter back. With no choice but to kill him to protect herself and the others, Sofia is unprepared for the impact it will have on herself and her life.
Detective Ryan Xander is proud of his wife for doing what she had to in order to save lives, but he knows taking a life will affect her. He just didn't know those effects would be her pushing him away. Then someone starts killing off the surviving hostages. Now he could lose his wife to a killer or she could walk out on him.
Sofia Xander runs a center for abused women and children, some of whom have fled for their lives, their abusers still out there. One of those violent husbands tracks his family down and holds eight people hostage in a bid to get his wife and daughter back. With no choice but to kill him to protect herself and the others, Sofia is unprepared for the impact it will have on herself and her life.
Detective Ryan Xander is proud of his wife for doing what she had to in order to save lives, but he knows taking a life will affect her. He just didn't know those effects would be her pushing him away. Then someone starts killing off the surviving hostages. Now he could lose his wife to a killer or she could walk out on him.
** Warning: Graphic violence and themes of sexual assault/abuse **