When her newly discovered half-sister is linked to a series of dead bodies discovered in the Sauk River, FBI Special Agent Laurel Snow forms a risky alliance to catch a clever killer in an attempt to save her troubled sister's life, which might cost her own.

In Palmer's "Colorado Cowboy," wildlife rehabilitator and one-armed Iraq vet Butch Matthews rescues Esther Marist from her mother's murderous ex-boyfriend-and lusty sparks soon fly between the pair. Beth Baker, the ex-wife of an abusive criminal, now raising two teenage boys on her own, is alerted that her tenant, grumpy former SEAL Conner O'Neil, has suffered an accident by Conner's pet wolf in Pearce's "The Wolf on Her Doorstep." While overseeing...