The shadow veered behind a rock and vanished from sight. The runner’s footsteps pounded just ahead of her. “On it.” Sam took off after the silhouette moving through the scrub brush. A black shape darker than the night flew past. Footsteps sounded near her and she swiveled her SIG P320. He disappeared between sharp cacti and stunted yuccas. Sam and the DEA agents charged at the command and Alvarez ran for the opening in the rocks they’d been watching for hours. “Go! Go! Go!” her partner, Mark, shouted. Repeat, one emerging.” A quiet crackle of static. She wore that hate like a second skin, never questioning its source or apologizing for its existence.Ī voice whispered in Sam’s earpiece. Sam had a special hate in her heart for dealers and drug lords that extended far beyond her being a Texas Ranger. But she’d even do that if it brought some of these bastards to justice. A shiver ran down Sam’s spine at the very idea of scurrying through the tight underground drug passageways. His job as a tunnel rat meant he’d be following the drug scumbags into the bowels of the earth. At least she got to stay above ground, unlike Alvarez, the Border Patrol agent brought in from Nogales. The desert air cooled quickly once the sun went down, but the heavy gear and Kevlar vest didn’t help. She wiped sweat off her forehead with the back of her hand. She couldn’t detect anyone on the team-not her fellow Texas Rangers or the DEA agents or even the Border Patrol personnel. Tonight was the perfect night, billowing clouds hiding any hint of moonlight. The task force’s latest intel indicated the drugs would be moved soon.

Samantha Goode lay at the edge of a dry gully, watching. Will old secrets pull Sam and Clay apart once more, or can they rise above their past? And with a ruthless killer on the loose, will Sam’s hard-earned Ranger skills be enough to ensure that Goode triumphs over evil? When tragedy brings Sam back into his life, instead of rekindling their romance, Clay finds himself embroiled in a dangerous murder investigation. Rancher Clayton Barnett will do anything to keep his autistic younger brother out of an institution, including sidelining his life to work for their powerful, manipulative father. Soon she’s knee-deep in suspects, including the family of the man she once loved but was forced to betray. When a brutal murder shatters her world, Sam is determined to stay until she solves it. Now the Texas Ranger is back in Crystal Creek for her estranged grandmother’s funeral, even though it means coming face to face with everything, and everyone, she’d left behind. Years ago, Samantha Goode was driven away from love, her family, and her past.

Bring Him Home by Sammy Goode