Susan Sleeman

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  • Bibliography:
    68 Books (14 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2010
  • Latest Book:
    December 2026
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Full Series List in Order

Agents Under Fire

1 - Web of Deceit (Mar-2015)
2 - Web of Shadows (Mar-2016)
3 - Web of Secrets (May-2016)

Cold Harbor

0.5 - Cold Silence (Feb-2024)
1 - Cold Terror (Sep-2017)
2 - Cold Truth (Dec-2017)
3 - Cold Fury (Apr-2018)
4 - Cold Case (May-2018)
5 - Cold Fear (Aug-2018)
6 - Cold Pursuit (Nov-2018)
7 - Cold Dawn (Feb-2019)

First Responders

1 - Silent Night Standoff (Nov-2014)
2 - Explosive Alliance (May-2015)
3 - High-Caliber Holiday (Nov-2015)
4 - Emergency Response (May-2016)
5 - Silent Sabotage (Aug-2016)
6 - Christmas Conspiracy (Dec-2016)

A Garden Gate Mystery

1 - Nipped in the Bud (Oct-2010)
2 - Read Between the Tines (Feb-2012)

Homeland Heroes

1 - Seconds to Live (Dec-2019)
2 - Minutes to Die (Aug-2020)
3 - Hours to Kill (Mar-2021)

The Justice Agency

1 - Double Exposure (Jun-2012)
2 - Dead Wrong (Nov-2012)
3 - No Way Out (May-2013)
4 - Thread of Suspicion (Oct-2013)
5 - Dark Tide (Mar-2014)

Lost Lake Locators

1 - Lost Hours (Mar-2025)
2 - Lost Truth (Jul-2025)
3 - Lost Cause (Nov-2025)
4 - Lost Lake (Mar-2026)
5 - Lost Girls (Aug-2026)

McKade Law

1 - Holiday Secrets (Dec-2017)
2 - Rodeo Standoff (May-2018)
3 - Christmas Hideout (Nov-2018)
4 - Taken in Texas (Feb-2019)

Morgan Brothers

1 - High-Stakes Inheritance (Sep-2010)
2 - Behind the Badge (Jun-2011)
3 - The Christmas Witness (Dec-2011)

Nighthawk Security

1 - Night Fall (Nov-2020)
2 - Night Vision (Dec-2020)
3 - Night Hawk (Jan-2021)
4 - Night Moves (Jun-2021)
5 - Night Watch (Aug-2021)
6 - Night Prey (Oct-2021)

Shadow Lake Survival

1 - Shadow of Deceit (Aug-2023)
2 - Shadow of Night (Oct-2023)
3 - Shadow of Truth (Dec-2023)
4 - Shadow of Hope (Apr-2024)
5 - Shadow of Doubt (Jul-2024)
6 - Shadow of Fear (Nov-2024)

Steele Guardians

1 - Tough as Steele (Feb-2022)
2 - Nerves of Steele (May-2022)
3 - Forged in Steele (Aug-2022)
4 - Made of Steele (Nov-2022)
5 - Solid as Steele (Feb-2023)
6 - Edge of Steele (May-2023)

Truth Seekers

1 - Dead Ringer (Apr-2019)
2 - Dead Silence (Jul-2019)
3 - Dead End (Sep-2019)
4 - Dead Heat (Mar-2020)
5 - Dead Center (Apr-2020)
6 - Dead Even (Jun-2020)

White Knights

1 - Fatal Mistake (May-2017)
2 - Kill Shot (Feb-2018)

Multi-Author Series List

Hometown Mysteries

Nipped in the Bud (Oct-2010)

Books in Order: 68 titles

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  • Lost Light

  • Lost Girls

    Lost Lake Locators - 5

    A chilling secret beneath the surface...The picturesque small town of Lost Lake suffers when a series of young women disappear without a trace. The town's tranquility shatters, prompting the arrival of Lauren Benson, a determined FBI agent. But befor...

  • Lost Lake

    Lost Lake Locators - 4

    A body in the lake. A child missing.Detective El (Elaina) Lyons is haunted by her past but relentless in her pursuit of justice. When a woman's body is found in Lost Lake and her child vanishes without a trace, El races against time to solve the crim...

  • Lost Cause

    Lost Lake Locators - 3

    Working together is a challenge...Detective Burke Ulrich is known for his unyielding dedication to justice and his methodical approach to solving crimes. When a valuable family heirloom is stolen from a recluse's rundown estate on Lost Island, Burke ...

  • Lost Truth

    Lost Lake Locators - 2

    A vulnerable reporter. A hidden truth.Lost Lake Locator Hayden Kraus is thrust into a high-stakes investigation when he's hired to investigate the disappearance of a beloved local resident. As Hayden delves deeper, he crosses paths with Cadence Vaugh...

  • Lost Hours

    Lost Lake Locators - 1

    Protecting his friends has always come first...When Nolan Orr, founding member of Lost Lake Locators, and his teammates receive a mysterious invitation to a secluded mansion on Lost Island for what seems to be an innocent game night with his closest ...

  • Shadow of Fear

    Shadow Lake Survival - 6

    To catch a killer...Forensic engineer Kinsley Pierce is used to dispassionately digging into building and structure failures to determine the cause of the failure. But when she starts receiving disturbing death threats, she's anything but dispassiona...

  • Shadow of Doubt

    Shadow Lake Survival - 5

    A cyber-stalker and a murder threaten her life...When IT specialist, Brooklyn Hurst's cyber stalker grows bolder and the police refuse to do anything about it, she has to take drastic measures. Like fleeing the only home she's known to a place so off...

  • Shadow of Hope

    Shadow Lake Survival - 4

    An impossible position...The moment Ava Weston checked into Shadow Lake Survival's immersive survival training camp, Shadow Lake Survival's weapons expert, Micha Nichols, knew something haunted her. He was sure of it. And that something had brought h...



  • Cold Silence

    Cold Harbor - 0.5

    When his country needs him...For Green Beret Travis Chapman, special operations and covert missions are his life. When his country calls, he reports without question. Until now. Until he's tasked with protecting a woman he'd once loved and sent him p...

  • Shadow of Truth

    Shadow Lake Survival - 3

    A killer is hunting, seeking her...When a criminal threatened to kill Megan Cash if she testified against him, she didn't back down and made sure her testimony put this killer behind bars. Years later, he's out of prison and ready for revenge against...

  • Shadow of Night

    Shadow Lake Survival - 2

    To protect her loved ones...Rookie officer Sydney Tucker can handle threats to her life. After all, she's a law enforcement officer. Even when a killer demands she turn over evidence from a drug bust or he will kill her, she refuses to comply. But th...

  • Shadow of Deceit

    Shadow Lake Survival - 1

    When returning to her past threatens her life and a murder occurs...When Mia Blackburn returns to Shadow Lake to inherit her uncle's property, she doesn't expect a threatening warning before she even reaches the rustic resort. And when a fire traps h...

  • Edge of Steele

    Steele Guardians - 6

    With enemies surrounding her...Ryleigh Steele gives in to mounting pressure from her siblings and cousins and leaves her job as a law enforcement officer to join the Steele Guardians. She's just getting her feet wet when a local lumber company begins...

  • Solid as Steele

    Steele Guardians - 5

    He lost his memory...Mackenzie Steele has been instrumental in keeping Steele Guardians afloat, working long hours for months. Nearing burnout, her family encourages her to take a vacation, and she reluctantly agrees. She needs solitude and quiet, an...

  • Made of Steele

    Steele Guardians - 4

    She keeps her feelings to herself...When Teagan Steele faces her hardest challenge since taking over her family's security company, she has to dig deep to figure out how one of their clients smuggled antiquities into this country, and what they did w...

  • Forged in Steele

    Steele Guardians - 3

    When a baby goes missing...The ink was barely dry on the contract Bristol Steele had signed for Steele Guardians to provide security for a metro hospital when a baby is abducted from the birthing center. Horrified and devastated for the family, Brist...

  • Nerves of Steele

    Steele Guardians - 2

    One mysterious break-in...As a middle child, Peyton Steele has always needed to find a way to standout. But coming to the attention of the head of security for her client's jewelry store when millions of dollars in jewels go missing is not the way to...

  • Tough as Steele

    Steele Guardians - 1

    Searching for an abducted woman...Detective Londyn Steele is thrown into the deep end when she's assigned to find an abducted socialite. Problem is, her family's company, Steele Guardians, was supposed to protect the family matriarch at her eightieth...



  • Night Prey

    Nighthawk Security - 6

    She lived for upholding the law... Defense attorney, Malone Rice, doesn't want to go to her fifteen year class reunion. Attending means running into her former high school flame, now Portland police detective, Ian Blair. But when the committee decide...

  • Night Watch

    Nighthawk Security - 5

    Everything points to suicide or accidental death...Underwater crime scene investigator, Kennedy Walker is shocked when her mother dies and the police rule her death a suicide or an accidental overdose. Her scientist-mother was on the verge of a scien...

  • Night Moves

    Nighthawk Security - 4

    If you're in his sights...County social worker, Natalie Dunn discovers a horrible secret about the father of her juvenile clients. The man not only killed one woman, but Natalie suspects he's killed several others. She plans to go to the authorities,...

  • Hours to Kill

    Homeland Heroes - 3

    Just as Homeland Security Agent Addison Leigh reaches the pinnacle of her cyber investigation into a firearms smuggling ring, she's attacked and left for dead. Her estranged husband, ICE Agent Mack Jordan, is notified that she's at the hospital in a ...

  • Night Hawk

    Nighthawk Security - 3

    She's determined to find her father's killer...FBI Agent, Toni Long, lost her father a year ago when he was killed in a joint FBI and ICE investigation led by Clay Byrd, a man Toni had found herself infatuated with. Unfortunately, the killer escaped,...

  • Night Vision

    Nighthawk Security - 2

    A woman on the run with no one to trust...When a Christmas vacation at a snowy Mt. Hood cabin turns into a home invasion, Jenna Paine will do anything to protect her four-year-old daughter. Even if it means putting Jenna's own life on the line. Which...

  • Night Fall

    Nighthawk Security - 1

    She faces dangerous situations all the time... Olympic downhill skier Harper Young knows what it's like to look danger in the face. After all, she does it every time she races down a ski slope. She's fine with that danger and even excels under the pr...

  • Minutes to Die

    Homeland Heroes - 2

    It's the intel every agent fears--terrorists have been smuggled into the country, intent on unleashing the most deadly attack since 9/11. With the threat imminent, FBI Agent Kiley Dawson and ICE Agent Evan Bowers are charged with taking down this...

  • Dead Even

    Truth Seekers - 6

    When she discovers her worst nightmare... When Maya Glass--the Veritas Center's toxicology/controlled substances expert--goes to check on her scientist friend after a cryptic phone message, Maya stumbles upon her worst nightmare. A deadly toxin has b...

  • Dead Center

    Truth Seekers - 5

    Everyone has a secret...When forensic photographer Ainsley Duncan's brother is arrested for murder, she works hard to exonerate him through her contacts, but nothing clears his name until she happens upon a long-buried secret involving Grady Houston-...



  • Dead Heat

    Truth Seekers - 4

    Tracing cyber criminals is what he lives for…

    When hackers breach hospital security to steal patient records and begin blackmailing them, Veritas Center’s cybercrime expert, Nick Thorn is hired to locate security holes and patch the syst...

  • Seconds to Live

    Homeland Heroes - 1

    When cybercriminals hack into the US Marshals' Witness Protection database and auction off witnesses' personal details to the highest bidders, the RED Team led by FBI Agent Sean Nichols begins a high-stakes chase to find the hacker. But befor...

  • Dead End

    Truth Seekers - 3

    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 pro...

  • Dead Silence

    Truth Seekers - 2

    A child she'll do anything to keep.After Kelsey Moore's husband dies, she wants only one thing. 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 secre...

  • Dead Ringer

    Truth Seekers - 1

    She was hiding from her past…When a local woman goes missing and Sheriff Blake Jenkins delivers her blood sample to DNA expert Emory Steele for analysis, Blake discovers Emory is a dead ringer for the missing woman. Blake’s gut says the woman ...

  • Cold Dawn

    Cold Harbor - 7

    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 infe...

  • Taken in Texas

    McKade Law - 4
    Love Inspired Suspense - 732
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 732

    A cowboy protector from her past… Working her first case as deputy sheriff with her ex-boyfriend, Detective Cord Goodwin, Kendall McKade is determined to track the kidnappers -- even if it makes her a target. Desperate to find the abducted victi...

  • Cold Pursuit

    Cold Harbor - 6

    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...

  • Christmas Hideout

    McKade Law - 3
    Love Inspired Suspense - 714
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 714

    Cowboy lawmen make the best protectors Fleeing from her dangerous ex-boyfriend, on-the-run single mother Nicole Dyer takes refuge in a cabin -- and is discovered by the ranch owner, Deputy Matt McKade. It’s easy to fall for the handsome lawman a...

  • Cold Fear

    Cold Harbor - 5

    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 woman’s dead bo...



  • Cold Case

    Cold Harbor - 4

    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 wi...

  • Rodeo Standoff

    McKade Law - 2
    Love Inspired Suspense - 677
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 677

    The rodeo arena is always treacherous. Now it’s deadly… It’s no accident Deputy Tessa McKade is trapped with an angry bull ready to trample her to death. She quickly realizes that McKade Law is no longer enough to keep her safe -- and itâ...

  • Cold Fury

    Cold Harbor - 3

    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 cycl...

  • Kill Shot

    White Knights - 2

    Suspense and romance combine in Susan Sleeman's thrilling new novel about an FBI agent who must team up with a beautiful therapist to stop a killer with a deadly new weapon. Some fears haunt you forever.... As the ballistics and weapon's expert...

  • Cold Truth

    Cold Harbor - 2

    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...

  • Holiday Secrets

    McKade Law - 1
    Love Inspired Suspense - 648
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 648

    DEADLY HOLIDAY REUNION When his ex is thrust into the crosshairs of a deadly syndicate, FBI agent Gavin McKade will do whatever it takes to protect her. Even work the case with his stubborn sheriff dad. Gavin’s holiday homecoming isn’t exactly...

  • Cold Terror

    Cold Harbor - 1

    Forensic artist Hannah Perry's skills make her a valuable asset to the police in solving criminal investigations.Now she's taking a much-needed vacation on a secluded island with her young son. But a young woman has been murdered. Her body unidentifi...

  • Fatal Mistake

    White Knights - 1

    An FBI agent must protect the woman who can identify a terrorist bomber in bestselling author Susan Sleeman's riveting romantic suspense novel. Each day could be her last...but not if he can help it. Tara Parrish is the only person ever to surv...

  • Her Baby's Protector: Saved by the SEAL

    Love Inspired Suspense - 592
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 592

    KEEPING BABY SAFE The tragedy that killed Bree Hatfield's best friends -- and left her with custody of their young daughter -- has been ruled an accident. But Bree knows it was murder. Scared and alone, she turns to her ex-boyfriend, navy SEAL Cl...

  • Christmas Conspiracy

    First Responders - 6
    Love Inspired Suspense - 575
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 575

    WITNESS IN JEOPARDY It's a typical day at Rachael Long's day-care center -- until a masked gunman tries to abduct one of the children in her charge. First response commander Jake Marsh manages to defuse the situation before anyone is harmed…but...



  • Silent Sabotage

    First Responders - 5
    Love Inspired Suspense - 550
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 550

    A HIDDEN ENEMY Emily Graves left everything behind to save her aunt's struggling bed-and-breakfast, but she's hardly through the door before she's the one who needs saving. Someone in Bridal Veil, Oregon, will go to any lengths -- even murder -- ...

  • Web of Secrets

    Agents Under Fire - 3

    A nightmare come true . . . Years ago, a fifteen-year-old girl was abducted by a monster. Although she managed to escape, her tormenter was never caught. So the girl was given a new home, a new name . . . and the determination to save other foster k...

  • Emergency Response

    First Responders - 4
    Love Inspired Suspense - 532
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 532

    DESIGNATED TARGET On her way to visit a little girl she recently helped save, paramedic Darcie Stephens is attacked by a stranger dead-set on killing her. She escapes unscathed when detective Noah Lockhart comes to her rescue, but an officer find...

  • Web of Shadows

    Agents Under Fire - 2

    "Web of Deceit is a must read for any fan of suspense." --Seattle Examiner Ms. Sleeman batted a thousand on this one. I highly recommend it."--TheSuspenseZone.comA killer is lurking in the shadows . . . FBI agent Nina Brandt loves her job. Sure, she...

  • High-Caliber Holiday

    First Responders - 3
    Love Inspired Suspense - 497
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 497

    CAUGHT IN THE CROSSHAIRS Held hostage on a train, ex-lawyer Morgan Thorsby finds her powers of persuasion failing her for the first time. Former marine sniper Brady Owens is her only hope -- but his split-second hesitation on the trigger leaves h...

  • Explosive Alliance

    First Responders - 2
    Love Inspired Suspense - 460
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 460

    RACE AGAINST TIME The last thing Krista Curry expected to find in a soccer stadium was a time bomb. When she alerts explosives expert Cash Dixon, she becomes a local hero. But the attention could expose her real name -- and the infamous past she ...

  • Web of Deceit

    Agents Under Fire - 1

    Will he help find her sister's killer . . . or lead the killer to her door?When FBI Agent Kaitlyn Knight discovers her brother-in-law is Vyper--the notorious cyber-criminal and murderer wanted by the FBI--Kait doesn't question her duty to arrest him....

  • Silent Night Standoff

    First Responders - 1
    Love Inspired Suspense - 426
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 425

    HOSTAGE SITUATION When armed robbers strike her bank, hostage negotiator Skyler Brennan's life is on the line. Rescue comes from the last person she thought she could count on -- the ex-boyfriend who chose his job over their relationship. FBI age...

  • Holiday Defenders: Special Ops Christmas

    Love Inspired Suspense - 419
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 418

    Researcher Claire Reed's top secret project is stolen, putting her at risk of being kidnapped to unlock it. Her undercover bodyguard -- her former love, Green Beret Travis Chapman -- is on his most dangerous mission yet. ...

  • Dark Tide

    The Justice Agency - 5
    Love Inspired Suspense - 381
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 381

    MISSION: PROTECT BABY Gina Evans knows her brother was murdered -- even if the police won't believe her. After catching a quick glimpse of the evidence her brother had gathered, the same criminals are after her and her baby niece. And Gina's only...

  • Thread of Suspicion

    The Justice Agency - 4
    Love Inspired Suspense - 360

    FALSELY ACCUSED! When someone sabotages former navy SEAL Luke Baldwin's "unhackable" software, there's more than his reputation at stake. Faced with treason charges, Luke turns to Dani Justice, a computer expert and skilled investigator. She's ea...

  • No Way Out

    The Justice Agency - 3
    Love Inspired Suspense - 342
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 342

    WHO CAN SHE TRUST? Alyssa Wells has uncovered evidence that her police officer husband was murdered by his partner-a dangerous claim in a small town. After two tours in Iraq, protecting Alyssa and her children shouldn't be a problem for private i...

  • Dead Wrong

    The Justice Agency - 2
    Love Inspired Suspense - 317
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 317

    When her client and old college friend is murdered, P.I. Kat Justice knows the killer will come for her next. Her survival depends on finding her unknown enemy first…and working with homicide detective Mitch Elliot, her onetime crush. It'll take al...

  • Double Exposure

    The Justice Agency - 1
    Love Inspired Suspense - 298
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 298

    Photographer Jennie Buchanan unknowingly captures a drug-cartel meeting on film. And now she has become a killer's next target. Even worse, her only protection from the danger that threatens her life is the man who threatens her heart. Dodging bullet...

  • Read Between the Tines

    A Garden Gate Mystery - 2

    IF YOU PLANT THE WRONG SEEDS. . .Recovered from her near death at the hand of a killer, landscape designer Paige Turner is certain her life will soon be a bed of roses. That is, until her employee, Daisy Rose Plante, finds a dead body, and the thorny...

  • The Christmas Witness

    Morgan Brothers - 3
    Love Inspired Suspense - 274
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 274

    "Don't say a word." When a criminal threatened to kill Megan Cash if she testified against him, she didn't back down. Years later, he's out of jail and ready for revenge against Megan and her daughter. The only one who can protect them is the form...

  • Behind the Badge

    Morgan Brothers - 2
    Love Inspired Suspense - 250
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 250

    "YOUR SISTER IS NEXT." A killer is threatening the life of rookie cop Sydney Tucker's sister -- unless Sydney turns over evidence from a drug bust. But she doesn't have the evidence. Not that the thug believes her. Now she and the sibling in her car...

  • Nipped in the Bud

    A Garden Gate Mystery - 1
    Hometown Mysteries

    Prepare to attend the Pickle Fest in Serendipity, Oregon, along with Paige Turner and Adam Hayes. But first you must help them unravel the mystery of how the city manager wound up dead in a mound of mulch in the city park that Paige was hired to land...

  • High-Stakes Inheritance

    Morgan Brothers - 1
    Love Inspired Suspense - 214
    Love Inspired Suspense Large Print - 214

    "LEAVE LOGAN LAKE NOW OR YOU WILL PAY!" Despite the threatening warning, Mia Blackburn won't let anyone scare her from the rustic resort she inherits from her beloved uncle. But when a fire traps her in a burning barn, she fears that she won't get o...

Award-Winning Books by Susan Sleeman

Fatal Mistake
2018 Carol Award -- Romantic Suspense
Thread of Suspicion
2013 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Love Inspired Suspense


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Susan Sleeman has published 68 books.

The next book by Susan Sleeman, Lost Light, will be published in December 2026.

The first book by Susan Sleeman, High-Stakes Inheritance, was published in September 2010.

Yes. Susan Sleeman has 14 series.
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