Protecting the Innocent. New Series Because Readers Like Series!

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear or see the words, Protecting the Innocent? For me, it’s complicated. As a child, I would’ve immediately considered angels since having a Guardian Angel was something I was told I had, my own angel who would keep me from making bad decisions and watch over me during the night–her job to tackle the monsters under my bed and let Mom and Dad sleep.

As an adult, my protectors have become more flesh, blood, and lethal. Where so many see soldiers and police officers as the bad guys, I see them as the ones who lay their lives on the line to keep us safe. I have friends who are police officers who do what they can to keep our community safe, and other friends whose sons and daughters are in the Armed Forces determined to keep our country safe. In the past, Canada avoided a lot of the violence of other countries, but sadly, the world has found us, and we now have mass shootings, stabbings, and racist/mysoginist killings, too.

When I was deciding on my next few books, I knew I wanted to get back to writing romance/suspense. My Harvester Files Books, The White Carnation, The White Lily, The White Iris, and The White Dahlia, are still my best sellers, but while I may add a book to them … I had planned to, but the core idea simply hasn’t come to me.

I wish I could blame COVID brain, but I can’t since my head is overflowing with other ideas.

I considered adding to my Vengeance Is Mine Series, but the books I had in mind didn’t quite fit there. On His Watch, Fire Angel, In Plain Sight, No Good Deed, and Secrets and Lies do well for me, but I wanted something different.

I had this idea for a series where the person endangered was completely unaware of what could possibly have caused them to require protection. I had one previously written title that fit that idea, Sworn to Protect.

Four years ago, a car accident robbed Nancy Frost of her child and her mother, taking what was left of her marriage with it in the process. A forensic accountant, she agrees to look at a company’s books in a divorce case, trying to find hidden assets, but her meeting with the lawyer goes terribly wrong when the restaurant is attacked.

The moment US Marshal Neil Copeland discovers his wife has been shot in a Baltimore restaurant, he rushes to her side, determined not to let her down again. As the police investigate, evidence suggests the attack was a ploy to hide a specific hit. When a professional assassin tries to kill Nancy a second time, it’s clear that she was the target and whatever’s going on is a lot more complicated than they think.

When Nancy awakes after a month in an induced coma, not only does she not remember the attack on the restaurant, she doesn’t remember marrying Neil. Faced with the challenge of protecting his wife from a powerful, faceless enemy, Neil must bring her up to date, dredging up all the sorrow that tore them apart in the first place, hoping something will jar her memory.

As he races against time, can he save her from an unknown assassin and convince her to give the love they once had a second chance?

Sworn to Protect is currently on sale for $2.99 on all Amazon platforms, or free to read on Kindle Unlimited.

Come October, there will be another book in the series, Guarding Her Heart.

Someone wants him and his daughter dead. Her job is to see to it that he doesn’t succeed.

Former ski champion turned bodyguard Olivia Cummings has been after an assignment with more meat to it than those she’s had, but when her boss offers her just that, she’s not sure she can afford to take it. The job involves protecting a young girl and her father from an unknown assassin. Not only will it mean she has to get back up on skis for the first time in five years after a disastrous accident that claimed two lives, but she’ll also have to marry a stranger, a man who attracts her and threatens the wall she’s erected around her heart. With Christmas right around the corner and the threat imminent, what choice does she have? She can’t let another innocent person die because of her selfishness.

Andrew Robertson, AKA George Stanton, is an international bestselling political suspense author who’s been targeted by an assassin bent on killing him and everyone he loves. A bomb attached to a car killed the mother of his child and injured fifteen-year-old Sheena, his daughter. He turns to family and Anderson Security for help. He’ll do anything for the girl including changing his identity to Greg Stuart and marrying the security guard assigned to protect her to provide an ironclad cover, but will it be enough?

Thrown together at one of the most romantic times of the year, Greg and Olivia soon find themselves giving in to the attraction they feel for each other, but with a nameless, faceless killer after them, will they get their happily ever after or will Olivia fail to keep the ones she loves alive once more?

Guarding Her Heart will be available on October 21, but is currently up for pre-order. You can reserve your copy. It will be available in Kindle Unlimited and in paperback from Amazon after publication.

So, what’s next? I have a few irons in the fire, and I’m already getting into gear for the next Protecting the Innocent novel. Why not get a jump on things and read Sworn to Protect now?

And if you’ve read any of my books, please take a minute to leave a review on Amazon.