can he unmask the murderer in their midst?

When a killer strikes twice in the same day, former soldier turned stockade owner Josh Healey steps in to protect the locals who've taken refuge across the creek. But it's writer Krystal Metcalfe who penetrates his hardened exterior. Then, just as the investigation is truly getting underway, a savage rainstorm cuts them off from the outside world. Now Josh and Krystal must trust each other with their secrets to stop a chilling vendetta...and survive.

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Discover more action-packed stories in the Conard County: The Next Generation series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order:

Book 1: A Soldier's Homecoming
Book 2: Protector of One
Book 3: The Unexpected Hero
Book 4: The Man from Nowhere
Book 5: Her Hero in Hiding
Book 6: A Soldier's Redemption
Book 7: No Ordinary Hero
Book 8: The Final Mission
Book 9: Just a Cowboy
Book 10: The Rescue Pilot
Book 11: Guardian in Disguise
Book 12: The Widow's Protector
Book 13: Rancher's Deadly Risk
Book 14: What She Saw
Book 15: Rocky Mountain Lawman
Book 16: Killer's Prey
Book 17: Deadly Hunter
Book 18: Defending the Eyewitness
Book 19: Snowstorm Confessions
Book 20: Thanksgiving Daddy
Book 21: Reuniting with the Rancher
Book 22: Undercover Hunter
Book 23: A Conard County Baby
Book 24: The Lawman Lassoes a Family
Book 25: Playing with Fire
Book 26: A Cowboy for Christmas
Book 27: Conard County Witness
Book 28: A Secret in Conard County
Book 29: Conard County Spy
Book 30: An Unlikely Daddy
Book 31: Conard County Marine
Book 32: Undercover in Conard County
Book 33: His Pregnant Courthouse Bride
Book 34: A Conard County Homecoming
Book 35: Cornered in Conard County
Book 36: A Conard County Courtship
Book 37: Conard County Revenge
Book 38: A Bachelor, a Boss and a Baby
Book 39: Conard County Watch
Book 40: Murdered in Conard County
Book 41: Stalked in Conard County
Book 42: Conard County Justice
Book 43: Conard County: Hard Proof
Book 44: Conard County: Traces of Murder
Book 45: Conard County: Christmas Bodyguard
Book 46: Conard County: Mistaken Identity
Book 47: Conard County: Christmas Crime Spree
Book 48: Hunted in Conard County
Book 49: Conard County Conspiracy
Book 50: Conard County Protector
Book 51: Conard County: K-9 Detectives
Book 52: Conard County: Code Adam
Book 53: Conard County: Killer in the Storm
Book 54: Conard County: Murderous Intent