Think of the movie RED or the TV series Black Doves or Slow HorsesRetired covert operatives living in a small town in the Smoky Mountains. What could go wrong? From the bestselling authors of Agnes and the Hitman and the Liz Danger series.Rose Malone’s landlord and employer, Ozzie Oswald, just died, and now she has no idea if she has a job or if she and her daughter, Poppy, have a place to live, and that’s on top of the arrest warrant that’s been out for her for nineteen years. Then a stranger shows up claiming to be Ozzie’s son and tries to throw her out, so she swings a reproduction of the Maltese Falcon at him, and just as she’s about to finish him off in a rage, somebody grabs him and throws him into the street.Max Reddy just wants his boots. He’s walking the Appalachian trail with his dog Maggs and stopping for them in Rocky Start when he sees a feisty middle-aged woman swinging a Maltese Falcon at a guy who backhands her. Max throws the guy into the street and continues on his way, determined to get his boots and get out of town, even if Feisty is pretty cute. He’s been alone on the Trail a long time. Some trees are looking good to him.All Rose wants to know is what’s going on, so she follows Max to the post office, no ulterior motive, honest. Except to pick his pocket to find out who he is, then he can go. But by nightfall, she’s invited him under her roof for her own protection since they're dealing with a town full of retired spies, including a sly-eyed moocher, a suspicious sheriff, a knife-wielding bakery owner, a strange woman who looks like a vampire, a conniving teenager, and a dog who's decided she's done with the Appalachian Trail. And Max is starting to think his dog is right.Rocky Start: This could be the start of something dangerous.Followed by Very Nice Funerals and The Honey Pot Plot

A serial killer picked the wrong single mom to frame for murder.Federal agent Celia Saber wasn’t the last person to see her ex-husband alive.But she was the only one who threw a knife at him - in front of a dozen witnesses.Now, she’s framed for murder, suspended from her job, and out of options to clear her name.She’ll turn to the one man who can help, her smokin’ hot former fling.Flint Mendota has tried his best to stay away from his boss’s sister.But he’ll do anything when she asks for his help.Including travel to the last place on earth he ever wanted to see again.This couple might get a second chance at romance if a serial killer doesn’t get them first.Fans of J.D. Robb, Janet Evanovich, and Freida McFadden might like this series.Rock, Saber, Scissors is the first book in the complete Saber Sisters series.Each book is an interconnected standalone novel with dual POV, a spicy combo of romantic suspense, a few laughs, and a guaranteed happy ending (and happily ever after).All of the couples are over 40.Check the author's website for content advisories: DawnDugle.com/TW

Big wave surfer Serena Swift loves the adrenaline of her sport. And hates being told what to do. Especially when the person giving the orders is Cope McDaniels… The cocky and charming bodyguard who broke her heart. But the elite athlete doesn’t really have a choice. When a mysterious threat materializes, Serena’s new sponsor saddles her with Cope, the last man on earth she’d ever want guarding her body. She’d rather focus on her next surf competition, not the danger lurking in the shadows and getting closer. Definitely not her arrogant ex who dared to get even hotter since their break-up.After a security job goes bad, Cope’s career is on thin ice. And this newest assignment comes with serious consequences—he’ll find himself fired if anything goes wrong. But just like old times, Cope can’t stop butting heads with Serena. She refuses to play it safe, even when it’s clear she’s in peril. Now the intimacy of spending every second of the day by her side is wearing away at his self-control. He can’t afford to lose focus, but everything about the woman is a constant distraction.Including the fact that their divorce was never finalized…Out of the Blue is a steamy, second-chance bodyguard romance perfect for fans of Blue Crush, high-stakes action, sizzling tension and an especially romantic happily-ever-after.

Officer Cruz Sawyer might have made a new home for himself in the Smoky Mountains. But a new town and a new life doesn’t mean he can outrun his past. Not when he’s the reason his fiancé was killed in a robbery gone wrong.Despite the ghosts he battles every day, his best friend Zoe Peyton finds a way to make him smile. But he has one solid vow: his friendship with Zoe is sacred and he’ll keep himself in the friendzone if it kills him.Zoe has her own painful past. One that rears its ugly head when she’s attacked in her bed, barely escaping when Cruz rushes to her aid. As she struggles to separate her past from her present, she can’t help but wonder if she’s been wrong to keep Cruz at arm’s length for so long.When the attacker strikes again, Cruz refuses to let someone else he cares about die. He’ll stay by Zoe’s side until danger subsides, but as the stakes raise, the walls he’s built around his heart crumble. And as they make their way closer to the truth, the enemy is nearly impossible to see.

Return to the action-packed Redemption Harbor Security series in this enemies-to-lovers romance!She trusted the wrong person…And got good people killed. While Adalyn will live with that mistake forever, she finally got justice. Even if it cost more than she’d imagined. But the past has come back to haunt her—and it wants revenge. An old enemy is out to destroy everything she holds dear, starting with her sister. He’s targeting all her former haunts and connections in New Orleans, using the wildness of Mardi Gras week to commit his crimes.He thought she betrayed him and never looked back…Rowan, veteran Marine, has hated Adalyn for getting his team killed. Until he discovers that the former CIA agent risked everything to stop the real perpetrator. Now they’re racing against the clock to stop a faceless madman determined to kill them and as many people as possible before the week is over. If they can’t figure out who he is or what his endgame is, an entire city could go up in flames—with them in it.Author note: this book is a stand-alone in the Redemption Harbor Security series with an HEA and no cliffhanger.