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Terri Reed
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Snowbound secrets, shifter wars, family lies, and epic battles — September delivers it all.

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Some promises cost you the one you love.

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The Temple of Kronos wants her dead. The Stoneslayer wants her destroyed. Neither will have her.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.

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Betrayal runs in her blood. Justice runs in his. Together, they burn it all down.

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"ANOTHER WINNER!"
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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

Critical Strike by Janie Crouch

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Also by Janie Crouch:

Protective Warrior, August 2026
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
Calculated Risk, June 2026
e-Book
Protective Refuge, May 2026
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Protective Lawman, January 2026
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Deceit, November 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
Traitor, October 2025
e-Book
Protective Assignment, September 2025
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Hacker, August 2025
e-Book
Target, July 2025
e-Book (reprint)
Bodyguard, June 2025
e-Book
Last Resort, February 2025
e-Book
Two Steps Ahead, January 2025
e-Book
Edge of Danger, December 2024
e-Book
Critical Strike, November 2024
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Revenge, February 2024
e-Book
Stalked, February 2024
e-Book
Pursuit, February 2024
e-Book
Protect, February 2024
e-Book
Savior, February 2024
e-Book
Rescue, February 2024
e-Book
Covert, September 2020
e-Book
Special Forces Savior, December 2015
Paperback / e-Book
Infiltration, January 2015
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Primal Instinct, March 2014
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book

CRITICAL STRIKE
By: Janie Crouch

A Thrilling Romantic Mystery

San Antonio Security #1
Harlequin Intrigue
November 2024
On Sale: October 29, 2024
Featuring: Luke Patterson; Claire Wallace
Kindle: B0CW9DMS4B
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Romance Suspense | Thriller Crime

You won't want to miss this heart-pounding bodyguard thriller from Janie Crouch. Previously Published as Texas Bodyguard: Luke.

She’s seen too much
And he’s running out of time to save her…

The last person security expert Luke Patterson ever expected to see again is in desperate trouble. Claire Wallace witnessed her boss’s murder…and the killer is tearing her quiet life apart to find her. Luke will do anything to protect the childhood friend he never forgot. But as their secrets become an inescapable trap, will they survive to have any future?

From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.

San Antonio Security

Critical Strike
CRITICAL STRIKE
#1.0 • November 2024
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Edge of Danger
EDGE OF DANGER
#2.0 • December 2024
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