Valerie Hansen

• Nov-2026
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When a kidnapper strikes,a K-9 team leaps into action. FBI Special Agent Emmett Dane and his K-9 partner, Gemma, thwart a masked man's abduction of a woman and child with only seconds to spare. But from the moment they take single mom Winona Garland ...

• Nov-2025
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The suspect list is growing... Can this K-9 team unmask a killer? Investigating a gun smuggling ring leads ATF Special Agent Daniel Slater to a murder victim's house -- and right into a drive-by shooting. With his K-9 partner, Dakota, he helps sa...

• Nov-2024
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A prison break gone wrong... and a fugitive out for revenge. Going undercover as a convicted killer is state trooper Rafe McDowell's best shot at shutting down a human trafficking ring. But when a surprise jailbreak ruins his plans and puts the...

• Jun-2024
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A man falsely accused... Can a K-9 unit dig up the truth? While escorting a prison van transporting her ex-boyfriend who was wrongly convicted of murder, Deputy Selena Smith never expected the van to be violently forced off the road. But when s...

• May-2023
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An innocent suspect. A look-alike killer. Can a K-9 team crack this case? After Officer Colt Maxwell and his K-9 partner, Sampson, discover a body, all signs point to Brooke Stevens as the murderer. But Colt suspects someone's framing the park ra...

• Oct-2022
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The body count is mounting -- and a target is on their backs Stumbling upon a murder is the biggest shock of Noah Holden's life -- until he learns he knew the victim. When more women from his past are killed, Noah needs Officer Emily Zwalt's hel...

• May-2022
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A K-9 must safeguard a witness and her baby at all costs After witnessing a congresswoman's murder, wildlife photographer and mother-to-be Jamie London is forced into the protective custody of K-9 cop Ben Sawyer and police dog Shadow. Ben's Wyomin...

• Dec-2021
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Is she a mistaken target...or next on an enemy's hit list? Sandy Lynn Forrester's Christmas holiday takes a terrifying turn when someone breaks into her home and attacks her roommate...thinking it's her. But no one believes that an impriso...

• Jan-2021
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Is she running from danger -- or into it? When a desperate criminal pulls a gun on her in the ER, nurse Janie Kirkpatrick is in deep trouble -- until undercover cop Brad Benton saves her life. Now Janie's a witness with a lethal enemy and on the r...

• Aug-2020
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Foiling a criminal's plans makes an officer and her K-9 partner targets. Thwarting a kidnapping has thrust Officer Vivienne Armstrong and her K-9 partner, Hank, right into the culprit's crosshairs. Now, even with danger stalking them at every t...

• Apr-2020
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Park rangers facing deadly foes... Two tales of danger in the Grand Canyon In Canyon Under Siege by Valerie Hansen, hostages' lives hang in the balance as FBI agent Holly Forbes works with her former crush, park ranger Gabe McClelland, to outwi...

• Feb-2020
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In October 2014 the body of Sofia Molina is found near the train tracks toward the north end of Healdsburg. The next morning Mary, a retired physician, finds her neighbor, Mabel Garrity, strangled to death. Detective Greg Davidson leads the investiga...

• Sep-2019
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What she forgot could kill her A heart-stopping True Blue K-9 Unit book Injured by an attack she can't remember, Abigail Jones knows someone's after her, but she doesn't know why or who. Now the man who rescued her, Officer Reed Branson, and hi...

• Aug-2019
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He had a price on his head -- and no one to trust An Emergency Responders thriller EMT Kaitlin North can't believe the shooting victim at an isolated Ozark cabin is the man who once saved her life. Now the only way she can keep undercover polic...

• Feb-2019
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Someone wants to see her silenced. An Emergency Responders story Back home after a mission trip, nurse and EMT Sara Southerland learns that her cousin's death might not have been an accident -- and now someone wants her dead. The only person sh...

• Dec-2018
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Danger lurks during the holidays in these two Military K-9 Unit stories In Christmas Escape by Valerie Hansen, veterinary assistant Rachel Fielding and her niece spend the holidays hiding from a killer with her boss, Kyle Roarke, and a capable ...

• May-2018
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Assignment: Single Mom Surveillance Her serial killer brother's escaped -- and it's single mom Zoe Sullivan who's under suspicion! Sgt. Linc Colson trusts two things: his instincts and his Rottweiler K-9 partner, Star -- and certainly not the pret...

• Jun-2017
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SUSPICION OF GUILT When Special Agent in Charge Max West and his K-9 partner, Opal, look into a series of bombings in Northern California, horse trainer Katerina Garwood instantly seems suspicious. As the ex-fiancée of a man tied to the criminal...

• May-2017
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Runaway Wedding On the run from false murder charges, Annabelle Lang can only count on one man, Cherokee diplomat Charles McDonald. The handsome ambassador has already helped her escape Washington City. Now he's proposing marriage to protect her ...

• Dec-2016
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When single dad Sean Murray returns from a war zone and discovers someone is following him, he turns to his old friend K-9 officer Zoe Trent for help. But as the threat escalates, can Zoe and her police dog find whoever is menacing Sean and his son.....

• Sep-2016
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DEFENDING HIS OWN Newly sworn in as chief of police, Ryder Hayes is ready to defend the citizens of Desert Valley -- especially his five-year-old daughter, Lily -- from his wife's murderer. So when Ryder starts to grow close to K-9 trainer Sophie...

• Jul-2016
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DEADLY HOMECOMING Someone wants Maggie Morgan dead and her wildlife sanctuary destroyed. Someone connected to the generations-old family feud that's been revived now that her first love, Flint Crawford, has returned to town. And not only is her l...

• Jan-2016
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DANGEROUS SECRETS Back home in Serenity, Jamie Lynn Henderson's determined to prove her brother was framed for the town sheriff's hit-and-run death years ago. But as she encounters dead end after dead end, Jamie Lynn discovers someone will go to ...

• Jul-2015
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EXPLOSIVE SECRETS When a bomb explodes at the Washington Monument, the Capitol K-9 Unit goes on high alert. Though injured in the blast, K-9 cop Isaac Black is determined to get to the bottom of the situation. He'll follow every lead, including i...

• Aug-2014
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IN SEARCH OF HER PAST Emma Landers has amnesia. Problem is, she can't remember how she got it, why she's injured or why someone wants to hurt her. When she lands on the doorstep of former love Travis Wright, she can barely remember their past his...

• Jul-2014
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A prequel novella to the Big Sky Centennial series that begins with Her Montana Cowboy from the USA Today -- bestselling author. The tiny town of Jasper Gulch, Montana, is celebrating their hundredth anniversary, and you're invited! Get lost in Bi...

• Jul-2014
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The Man of Her Dreams Julie Shaw is up to her ears in parade preparations...and cowboys! As the mayor's daughter, she needs to make sure the centennial celebrations for her beloved hometown of Jasper Gulch, Montana, go off without a hitch. Surel...

• May-2014
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TILL DEATH DO US PART? When her estranged husband Dylan's inadvertent dealings with a crime ring bring danger to her doorstep, Grace McIntyre has no choice but to follow him into the witness protection program. To safeguard her children, they mus...

• Dec-2013
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Season Of Cheer For the first time in years, Christmas brings hope to Bygones, Kansas. But for Josh Barton, Main Street's coffee shop owner, it brings back sad memories he'd rather forget. He's a new man, with a new life and faith now. Still, he ...

• Apr-2013
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PREGNANT AND ALONE Implicated by her criminal cousin, Nicki Johnson is now the target of a murderous gang. Dark-haired policeman Jackson Worth thinks she is hiding something, but his remarkable bomb-sniffing dog has no such reservations. He's the...

• Feb-2013
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Jessica was just 18 when she married the love of her life: handsome, strong, independent, Greg Dixon, who promised to always be there for her. What he didn't tell Jessica was that he was an undercover agent, sworn to bring down a dangerous drug c...

• Dec-2012
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An extraordinary young woman in an impossible situation, Ruby McCay's faith is put to the ultimate test. Now responsible for her newly orphaned nephew, Ruby must turn her back on the life she once knew and loved...to protect the future of her you...

• Sep-2012
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A scared widow and her defenseless son have former marine Thad Pearson on red alert. Someone is systematically wrecking Lindy Southerland's life. First her house. Then her bank account. And unless the thug gets what he wants, her child will be target...

• Jun-2012
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As a nurse and special advocate for children, Samantha Rochard is used to danger in small town Serenity, Arkansas. But when she suspects a little boy is in jeopardy from his powerful father, the danger turns on her. Her only source of protection? The...

• Feb-2012
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THE PARTNER'S SECRET Law enforcement in Fitzgerald Bay is full of Fitzgeralds, from the chief of police to brand-new detective Keira Fitzgerald. Are they tampering with a murder investigation to protect one of their own? Internal affairs detective N...

• Oct-2011
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SAFEGUARDING THREE LITTLE ORPHANS Fire captain Mitch Andrews can't forget the three young children he saved from a fire. A suspicious fire that left them orphans. In the care of foster mother Jill Kirkpatrick, he knows the little ones will be loved....

• Mar-2011
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FROM ARTIST TO TARGET Giving murder victims a face is forensic artist Paige Bryant's specialty. She can always put the pieces together. But her work turns dangerous when Texas Ranger Cade Jarvis brings her a special project related to the notorious ...

• Feb-2011
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As a San Francisco firefighter, Michael Mahoney has never seen anything burn more brightly than the determination in socialite Tess Clark's eyes. Her fiery green gaze and the persuasive curve of her smile convince him to support her involvement in th...

• Jun-2010
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He found his calling ministering to the downtrodden in San Francisco. But in Sara Beth Reese, Dr. Cole Hayward finds something more. The beautiful young woman's spirit and kindness warm Cole's heart, but it's her fearless determination that drives hi...

• Feb-2010
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Someone's stalking Rachel Hollister. With suspects at every turn, it's deputy Jase Morgan's job to halt the menace shadowing her steps. As the most romantic holiday of the year approaches, can she trust this charming officer with her life...and her h...

• Jan-2010
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Emmeline Carter was prepared for danger on the new frontier. But she didn't foresee the tornado that tore their wagon train apart. Now her father is dead, her mother and sister are injured and their twin wards are missing. There's nowhere to turn but...

• Jul-2009
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An Unlikely Hero When a tornado strikes a Kansas town without warning, wealthy businessman Greg Garrison rushes an orphaned boy to safety. His heroism--and kindness--stirs something inside single mother and secretary Maya Logan. Especially when her ...

• Jun-2009
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SHE KNOWS JURIES DECIDE LIFE OR DEATH... Juror Julie Ann Jones simply didn't expect the life on the line to be her own. Courtroom tension is running high during a scandal-packed murder case. As the trial heats up, a series of "accidents" begins targ...

• Oct-2008
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"Run and don't stop!" Those were her former boyfriend's last words. Before the thugs he associated with murdered him in cold blood. Now they're after Marie Parnell. She flees with her five-year-old daughter--until car trouble strands her in Sereni...

• Aug-2008
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After surviving an unhappy marriage, Charity Beal avoids men. But compassion gets the better of her when she encounters Thorne Blackwell, a rugged shipping magnate in the midst of crisis. His brother has vanished, and hired guns are after his brother...

• Mar-2008
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She had made a solemn promise to see her younger sister to safety in California. But the endless journey across the frontier was proving a heartbreaking test of courage and endurance for Faith Beal. All she had to sustain her was her steadfast belief...

• Jan-2008
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Murder at Magnolia College A young woman's skeleton was found buried on the campus grounds. Contractor Trevor Whittaker couldn't get the cold-case murder out of his mind. Who was the woman? Why was she killed? And did his lovely boss's father, a w...

• Sep-2007
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When Lillie Delaney's life in the big city didn't work out, she headed home to Gumption, Arkansas, longing for the peaceful predictability of the tiny town. Not to mention the proximity of the grandmother who'd raised her. Yet Lillie was in for a sho...

• Jun-2007
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The little town in the Ozarks had always been a safe haven for Chancy Boyd. But now a disturbing series of crimes was moving ever closer to her, threatening everything she held dear. And a man unlike any she'd ever known was unsettling her in other w...

• May-2007
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A note from Delia Blanchard So many things have been happening here at our family's mansion, I can't go home to Hawaii: I've met my long-lost grandparents; learned the woman shot to death in the library was my aunt, not my mother; and been threa...

• Dec-2006
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Love wasn't on Trudy Lynn Brown's to-do list, though she certainly needed someone to help her get rid of the vandals threatening her campground. And her best friend's brother fit the bill. Injured in a white-water rafting accident, Cody Keringhoven h...

• Oct-2006
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The Davis Landing Observer Page 5 The Gossip Guru ...hears tough tycoon Tim Hamilton--the legitimate son currently running Hamilton Media for his ailing father--was seen squiring his assistant, Dawn Leroux, around town last week. Inside informa...

• Feb-2006
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TO: [email protected] FROM: [email protected] Boss, My reporter's nose smells a story brewing at the Double V Ranch. Word is that rancher Michael Vance has already lost several cows to a mystery ailment. This isn't the firs...

• Nov-2005
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Church secretary Becky Tate couldn't deny that Serenity's new preacher was charming...and gorgeous. But what would make Logan Malloy grow pale at the thought of giving a sermon? How about if he'd never preached before? Logan was ordained, but had ...

• Sep-2004
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Hi, Mom! Camp is going well. (I feel like a child writing home instead of the animal therapist assigned to work here with the troubled kids! ?) Since James Harris has seen the success of the program, the skeptical camp director is much more charmi...

• Aug-2003
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THREE'S...A FAMILY? Though the gossips had them pegged as an item, teacher Rachel Woodward was merely helping Sean Bates, the new guidance counselor, learn small-town ways. But his looks and charm were almost irresistible. And it was a good thing ...

• Apr-2003
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Writer Brianna Walker had moved to the Arkansas hills for a little peace and quiet. But the stormy night a handsome man, two bedraggled boys and a scruffy dog washed up in her front yard, Bree's peaceful and quiet life became a thing of the past. ...

• 2003
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Fall in love with this fan-favorite novella of family, romance and dogs from author Valerie Hansen. Single mom Krista Brody has no problem walking up to a neighbour's door while searching for her son's runaway puppy, Puddles. But the stranger who ...

• Nov-2001
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NEIGHBORLY LOVE Single dad Zac Frazier arrived in the close-knit town of Serenity expecting little more than a fresh start. But he never counted on having his wounded heart rejuvenated by his son's bubbly preschool teacher, who lived a few houses ...

• Jun-2001
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THE PREACHER'S DAUGHTER... Paul Randall wasn't right for Belinda Carnes when they were teens. He'd skipped town when he realized that like everyone else, she blamed him for something he hadn't done. After 10 years, Paul, now a successful lawye...

• Nov-2000
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Despite their differences, Tyler Corbett assumed Kara Shepherd was a fine woman...for somebody else. He had no intention of falling for her, despite a vast local conspiracy. But how could the strapping cowboy avoid Kara when she popped up everywhere ...

• Jun-2000
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She longed for Graydon Payne to be her daddy, and Stacy Lucas to be her mommy. And there was only one way to bring them together: by running away. . . Stacy would do anything to find the lost child-even face the one man she never wanted to see again....

• Dec-1999
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He gave her shelter... With a heart full of hope, Sara Stone took refuge in the serenity of the Ozarks. But she never counted on getting stranded in the middle of a raging storm. Like a godsend, brooding ex-cop Adam Callahan gallantly offered her...