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Is Justice Finally Overcoming the Ford Valley Corruption? Judge Sherman Ford, the patriarch of the Ford family is continuing to control and corrupt Ford County. The newly elected sheriff, Todd Mercer, and friends are slowly taking control but can they actually succeed? They have managed to get election victories for one judge, mayor, and county board members. They will also soon be able to take over the position of police chief. Hopefully, this will be enough to win control of the county from the Ford family who have had it for three generations. High school counselor Trudy Roberts is a ...

AN UPLIFTING NOVEL WITH ROMANCE, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE. Walking Away - Second in the Walking Together Series by T. E. Killian Grace Donaldson is getting her seven-year-old daughter, Brianna, away from the big city and the damaging influence of her former in-laws. She needs to be free from being told how and what to do in her life. By moving back home to Strawberry, Missouri, and getting a teaching job at the local high school, Grace hopes to give Brianna a new life. Now Grace is teaching down the hall from Kent. How will they both act and react to the other one? Kent is missing two things in...

Will justice overcome the Ford Valley corruption? Ford Valley is corrupt because of the Fords. Newly elected Sheriff Todd Mercer has improved the Sheriff Department. However, can Sheriff Mercer and his committee fight to change the corruption in the town, judges, and mayor? Three months after Sheriff Mercer was elected, corruption is still strong. The committee is trying hard to make the necessary changes to fight the corruption before the Fords get their way. Robbery, murders, a cold case, and assaults make change difficult. Will Sheriff Mercer and the committee win the election in April ...

AN UPLIFTING NOVEL WITH ROMANCE, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE. The Only Solution -- Third in the Crowley County Series by T. E. Killian Mike Bates, former DEA agent, is now confined to a wheelchair thanks to a bullet lodged near his spine. Six months later, does he still have enough determination left to fight to walk again? Daisy Thomas is still reeling from tragedy in her life from three years ago. Can she let go of the past and look forward to the future for her four-year-old daughter's sake? When outside forces threaten them, they must help each other in ways neither one would ever have dreamed...

AN UPLIFTING NOVEL WITH ROMANCE, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE Ryan's Ruin -- First in the Clear Creek Series by T. E. Killian To say that Ryan Maxwell has woman troubles is an understatement. He has women ruining his life at every turn. His two older sisters are trying to control his life. His energetic niece is too much for him to handle. A local woman wants to marry him. And yet another woman is trying to destroy his business. And all Ryan wants to do is to be left alone, run his café, fish, hunt, and play poker with his bachelor buddies one night a week. Is that too much to ask? Candy O'Reilly ...

A SUSPENSE AND ACTION-PACKED MYSTERY WITH A TOUCH OF ROMANCE Two people having to deal with abuse and rebellion in their lives come together to fight both. Betty Sue Harris is running from her abusive ex-husband, for a third time. He has already caught her twice in the past two years. As her bus passes through the little town of Strawberry, she is attracted to it because of its cheery Christmas decorations. She steps off the bus and into the local diner where she meets Trish Howard. Trish not only gives Betty Sue a job but also takes her into her own home thus changing Betty Sue's life ...

Stillwater Mystery Series Subtle Persuasion Lisa Sherman is teaching at Stillwater High School for one year only. She will get a position in the Phoenix area next year, one way or another. She doesn’t like Stillwater or her apartment and can’t wait for May to be able to leave both. An older teacher, Marty, tries to persuade her to stay. Ken Wilson is a county detective trying to make sergeant. Dead bodies keep turning up near the casino. Now he has three murders to solve and the little redhead down the hall from his apartment keeps getting in his way. Lisa finds out that a former ...

A SUSPENSE AND ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE WITH A TOUCH OF ROMANCE. Parents’ death, abusive marriage, murder trial and custody problems with her 6-year-old- twins have kept Polly Gardner on the run for 3 years. Will she ever find a place where they can be safe? Parents’ control and loneliness have caused Nick Fuller, a financial investment advisor, to make drastic changes in his life. Will those changes be a mistake? By a chance meeting with Nick, Polly has to make a choice to trust Nick for help. Can she really trust Nick? Nick wants to help Polly but what problems will he face? Join Polly...

ANOTHER SUSPENSE AND ACTION-PACKED MYSTERY WITH A TOUCH OF ROMANCE FROM T. E. KILLIAN A woman paralyzed and deafened in Afghanistan teams up with the new lawyer in town to solve a series of crimes. Not My Solution Roger McCracken and Nicole Fuller have problems to solve. What solutions can they find? Roger is a lawyer returning to his home town after living and working in Kansas City. He is trying to start his own practice. He has to find an office, secretary and of course clients! After being injured in Afghanistan, Nicole became an English teacher. Even though she is severely handicapped,...

Stillwater Mystery Series Suspicious Coincidences Julie Cantrell finally made detective sergeant, and everything seems to be falling down on her head both professionally and personally. Gary Bradshaw is the new pastor of First Baptist Church and everything seems to be falling down on his head both professionally and personally. Julie doesn’t trust pastors and Gary can’t get past her hard-as-nails demeanor. Julie has to deal with those in the police department who didn’t want her to get the promotion, especially the detective that everyone thought would be promoted. Her first week ...

Retired! New start! Murder! Todd, detective lieutenant, has retired from St. Louis, Missouri and has moved to Ford Valley, Arizona. When Todd’s ex-wife is killed in a car accident, Todd fights for custody of his teenage daughter. She has been lied to about him and he must win back his daughter’s love. Upon entering the town of Ford Valley, police harassment begins. Todd’s old army buddy, Fritz informs Todd about how the “Fords” run everything. Fritz tries to convince Todd he is the answer to the town’s corruption. Be the new sheriff! Murder, harassment, and corruption needs to ...

Another Solution – Fourth in the Crowley County Series (An uplifting Christian series.) Join the people of Crowleyville as they face the challenges of small town life while struggling to welcome an influx of newcomers. In this last book of the series, Jason Walker is a sergeant with the county sheriff’s department. He has been in love with Karen Bierstadt for a year but she has held him back because she needed to get over being literally left at the altar three years before. Now, Karen is finally ready to give Jason a chance but things happen in both their lives to hinder their building...

Greed’s Reward The Bear Creek Series is a new series from a trusted author of sixteen other novels. Now T. E. Killian has written an adventure/suspense novel that is action packed all the way from beginning to end. Bear Creek, Arizona is generally a quiet place to live up in the mountains away from all the big city crime. This is about to change as threats are made, people are being shot at, men are murdered, and someone is staying at the old Ghost Town. Is that “someone” the killer/shooter? Blake Thornton along with his older sister, Reggie, and younger brother, Kirby, own a ranch in...

AN UPLIFTING NOVEL WITH ROMANCE, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE Crowley County Series Join the people of Crowleyville as they face the challenges of small town life while struggling to welcome an influx of newcomers. A Better Solution - Second in the Series Sheriff Floyd McCracken doesn't like headstrong bossy women like Sue Ann Vickers. But deep down he is a very lonely man who is searching for something he doesn't even know he's looking for. His little cousin Jo keeps telling him that he loves Sue Ann. Why doesn't he know that if it's true? Sue Ann Vickers doesn't like grouchy, pushy bullies who ...

AN UPLIFTING NOVEL WITH ROMANCE, MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE. Walking the Line - Third in the Walking Together Series by T. E. Killian Larry Jackson and Joanne Lewis have both taught at Strawberry High School for eight years. Larry is happy with his carefree life of partying and running around. Joanne's goal in life is to make her daughters safe and happy. He has always been rude to her and she has always tried to avoid him. Suddenly, things are changing for both of them. At his twin brother's wedding, Larry notices how wonderful a person that Joanne really is and wants to get to know her better. ...

Twenty-eight years ago, Stan Parker and Angela Carpenter broke off their engagement when each wanted to go their separate ways. Author’s Note This series is a sequel to The Rookies Series, two years later. Even though all the main characters in this series were in the last one, you can still read this series by itself if you haven’t read The Rookies Series. Of course, I think you will enjoy this series more if you have read The Rookies Series first. There will be an Epilogue at the end of the third book in The Rockland PD Series, A New Leaf. This Epilogue will show all the main ...

On the Way Logan McKenzie is a police detective sergeant who does things his way with his own way, Logan’s way. In Out of My Way Logan met Samantha Farley when she was a DEA special agent. They clashed at first but finally, they worked together to take a drug lord down. Logan is back and so is Sam but now he’s the captain and she’s retired from the DEA and is one of his sergeants. Lakeland PD will never be the same with the two of them working as partners in the detective bureau. Will Logan continue to try to do things “Logan’s Way” even when Sam disagrees with him? On the first...

New Sheriff! Now a Target of Corruption! Newly elected Sheriff, Todd Mercer, faces a county run by one family, the Fords. They’ve controlled everything in the city and county for many years and now will fight Todd and his friends who want to take the county back from the corrupt family. Todd’s first week on the job is chaotic. He faces murder cases, fights, staff walking off the job or quitting, harassment, staff promotions, hiring new staff and the corrupt Fords. Who can he trust? Todd gets shot at and attacked repeatedly. How can he fight back? How can he get the sheriff’s office ...

Lieutenant Fay Kincaid has plenty on her plate with being commander of the Rockland PD Support Division which included two of the most prestigious units there, SWAT and the Bomb Squad as well as CSU, SRO and Dispatch. Not only that, but she is the single mother of a six-year-old daughter, Ashley, who thinks she’s an adult. Fay is certainly not looking for a man in her life, especially not the handsome doctor some call Dr. Kildare behind his back. He has the reputation for being the worst kind of playboy and Fay wants nothing to do with him. Wayne Holland hasn’t realized it yet but ...