Colton’s Second Chance - Beth Cornelison

Can the lover she left behind help her stop a serial killer?

Her troubled family history makes Noelle Harris’s return to Shelby for her sister’s funeral painful. But reuniting with Eli Colton, who’s investigating the serial killer responsible for her sister’s death, hurts even more. They’d been a couple in college, but Noelle ended the affair...breaking Eli’s heart. When Eli agrees to use Noelle’s data-analysis expertise on the case, working closely with him reawakens long-buried feelings. But when they’re targeted by the killer, Eli must risk his heart to protect the woman he never stopped loving from the ruthless killer.

Under The Marshal’s Protection - Anna J. Stewart

He wants to protect her...from herself.

US Marshall Howell McKenna has every reason to mistrust federal prosecutor Kara Gallagher. He’s also dedicated to his job. When she asks for his help convicting a mobster, he agrees – because it’s the right thing to do, and because her emotional attachment to the case means she’s in danger. Working together, they discover that putting their past behind them is easier than ignoring the heat that simmers between them. And, as an already menacing case takes unexpected twists, Howell’s not always sure that Kara wants justice more than she wants revenge...