Jean Brashear Books in Order

A deep-cover FBI agent closing in on a ruthless arms dealer is thrown off balance by a woman with her own deadly reason for getting close to the target. Desire and mistrust flare at once, and either one could get them killed.

Maddie Rose Collins is forced to share a ranch with Boone Gallagher for thirty days if either of them hopes to keep it. As she begins to love Texas life, the mystery of her past threatens the future they are only starting to imagine.

Gruff wilderness guide Mitch Gallagher wants to be left alone, until Perrie Matheson and her young son need shelter from danger and winter. The refuge he offers may turn into the family he never allowed himself to want.

Private investigator Devlin Marlowe infiltrates a society event with one goal, to expose the lies beneath Lacey DeMille's perfect life. Revenge should be easy, but the woman he once loved still has the power to undo him.

Lexie thinks the handsome man she helps by the roadside is just Nikos, another car lover with trouble under the hood. She does not know he is powerful tycoon Dominic Santorini, or that love will look a lot like betrayal by morning.

Police psychologist Chloe St. Claire is ordered to work with a homicide detective under investigation, and the attraction between them is the last thing either needs. Then Chloe discovers disturbing lies about her own life and finds that he may be the only one who understands.

A brilliant surgeon retreats to West Texas after an injury threatens her career and meets a former Special Forces medic turned folk healer. Their attraction is immediate, but healing her may mean losing her to the world she cannot imagine leaving.

Hiding from fame and scandal, actor Zane MacAllister stumbles across a starving woman trying to survive alone in the mountains. Their growing bond offers hope, if both of them can face the secrets they have been keeping.

A police detective who survived a terrifying hostage crisis is now hunting a serial killer under the command of the FBI agent who never forgot failing her. When the case turns personal, protecting each other may be harder than catching the killer.

Cleo and Malcolm Channing once had the family they always wanted, until one troubled daughter shattered it. Her return forces them to face the wreckage of the past and ask whether love, and family, can survive it.

Ria Channing comes home carrying guilt, a son, and no expectation of mercy after the drunk-driving crash that destroyed her family. The one man who sees past her reputation may ask her to believe forgiveness is still possible.

Lucas Walker returns from prison determined to prove he was framed for murder and to save the woman he has loved for twenty years. Tansy is still trapped inside the past, and the truth could either free her or finish breaking them both.

Cleo and Malcolm once built a full, loving home, until their firstborn daughter's troubles tore it apart. Years later, the family's forced reunion makes them wonder whether the house, and the marriage, can be rebuilt.

Ria Channing returns in shame after years away, hoping only that her child will be cared for by the family she believes she ruined. Going home means facing grief, judgment, and the possibility that love has not completely closed its doors.

Anne Marchand believes the great love of her life is behind her, but William Armstrong is not ready to let her retreat into memory. When her beloved hotel faces a takeover threat, his risky help may either save everything or break her trust.

Jezebel Hart sees a neglected cottage as her chance to finally build a home. For Gamble Smith, it is the place where grief still lives, and loving Jezebel means risking the secret that could destroy their fragile healing.

James Parker refuses to give up on the wife he still loves, even after heartbreak and memory loss tear them apart. To bring Bella home, he must help her remember both the joy they shared and the damage that drove her away.

Gabriela Navarro comes home for her father's funeral and finds Eli Wolverton accused of murder. The longing between them is still fierce, but with Eli's life and Gaby's safety on the line, love may not be enough.

Gaby once believed Eli Wolverton was the love of her life, until he walked away without explanation. When danger pulls them together again, she has to decide whether the man she loved can still be trusted.

NASCAR crew chief Gib Cameron gets the shock of his life when his first love, Cassie Wheeler, reappears. Christmas brings joy, questions, and a family surprise neither of them can keep hidden for long.

Maeve Branch is reeling from her husband's crimes and betrayal when oil tycoon Chuck Lawrence steps in to help her rebuild. NASCAR, money trouble, and wounded trust make their growing connection anything but simple.

Widowed Zoe Lane Hitchens once gave up NASCAR driver Will Branch, even after falling pregnant with his child. Now he is back in her life, learning he has a son and facing a choice between the championship he wants and the family he never knew.

Callie Hunter returns to town to settle an estate and runs straight into the man who once held her heart. David Langley is no longer the golden boy she left behind, and helping him may cost her far more than she planned.

Grace Winters hopes her NASCAR cookbook success will finally bring security for herself and her children. Falling for racer Garrett Clark was never part of the plan, and a shocking revelation makes their future even more complicated.

Rising NASCAR star Bart Branch is drawn to a waitress on the run who is hiding a life-changing secret. What starts as attraction quickly becomes something riskier when the truth catches up with them.

Grieving and broke, Pea O'Brien heads down the back roads of Texas searching for a sign that her life still has direction. What she finds instead is a strange found family, swordplay, fried okra, and a fresh shot at hope.

Desire and danger collide when two guarded people are pulled into the same high-stakes world. In this sensual romantic suspense story, surrendering to love may be even riskier than facing the threat around them.

Devlin Marlowe comes back ready for revenge on the woman who once broke his heart and the world that cast him out. But the truth about Lacey DeMille's life is more explosive, and more personal, than either of them expected.

Loner Mitch Gallagher gives refuge to Perrie Matheson and her young son when winter and danger leave them nowhere else to go. As the three of them settle into his isolated cabin, love begins to look a lot like risk.

Chef Maddie Collins inherits a Texas homeplace she never knew existed and lands in the path of Boone Gallagher, the man who believes it should still be his. If he cannot keep her there for thirty days, they will both lose more than a house.

A deep-cover FBI agent is days away from taking down a deadly arms dealer when a woman with her own revenge plan crashes into the case. Attraction flares fast, but secrets and divided loyalties could get them both killed.

A war-scarred veteran has shut himself away from the world and from hope. The woman who reaches him offers a path back, but both of them will have to confront the damage they carry before a new life can begin.

A woman whose career has crashed pours everything into restoring an old house and building a new life. Then a wanderer with secrets steps into the project, and the chance she takes on him may change everything.

A detective working a dangerous case is drawn to the woman he should be protecting, even as he hides facts that could shatter her trust. Honor demands the truth, but telling it may put them both in even greater danger.

Danger hits close to home when love and old trouble collide in Texas. A Marshall brother faces the kind of threat that tests loyalty, courage, and whether two guarded people can trust each other in time.

A big Sweetgrass homecoming turns into wedding chaos when several branches of the family collide at once. This is an ensemble story full of surprise plans, old emotions, laughter, and the messy business of making a future together.

After scandal upends her life, Scarlett Ross slips into Sweetgrass Springs hoping to stay unnoticed. Instead she finds a grandmother she never knew, a town she wants to claim, and rancher Ian McLaren, who makes leaving much harder.

Former SEAL and stuntman Randall Mackey comes back to Sweetgrass Springs with injury, fame, and too much unfinished history. Rissa Gallagher has no intention of rescuing him from himself, even if the chemistry between them is impossible to ignore.

High-powered lawyer Penelope Gallagher is forced back to Sweetgrass Springs when scandal threatens the life she built far from home. Firefighter Bridger Calhoun wants roots, family, and forever, all the things Pen is sure she does not.

Christmas brings weddings, family chaos, and long-awaited homecomings to Sweetgrass Springs. Jackson and Veronica, and Penelope and Bridger, must decide if they are finally ready to claim the futures they almost lost.

After seventeen years away, Jackson Gallagher returns rich, restless, and still haunted by the love he left behind. Veronica has built a life without him, but the secret between them means coming home could cost them both all over again.

A woman in trouble finds the last thing she expected in Texas, safety, and a man who understands what it means to protect the people he loves. But refuge can turn risky fast when the past is not done with either of them.

Josh Marshall may be one of the most famous men alive, but going home to Texas is harder than facing cameras. Back where his family knows the real him, he finds a woman who sees past the celebrity shine and straight to the man underneath.

Michael Cavanaugh learns his mother once left behind a husband and child, and his search for the brother he never knew leads him to Sweetgrass Springs. Old secrets shake several lives at once while love offers one last chance to heal the family.

This collection brings together the Book Babes stories, following five Austin women whose reading group becomes a chosen family. As careers, marriages, motherhood, and new love reshape their lives, friendship remains the heart of it all.

At Christmas in Sweetgrass Springs, two former young lovers meet again after years apart. Their old feelings flare quickly, but the secret she has kept may cost them the future they once imagined.

Franny Morgan is trying to save a fading small town when a supposedly broke carpenter shows up offering work for food and a roof. What she does not know is that Nathan Russell is wealthy, lying about who he is, and falling for her anyway.

A brilliant surgeon heads to West Texas to recover from an injury that could end her career. There she meets a former Special Forces medic who now heals in his own way, and their connection may change both their lives.

Celebrity heartthrob Liam Sullivan flees scandal and attention, only to find a starving woman clinging to a ruined mountain cabin and a shattered life. Helping her changes his direction, and gives both of them a chance at something real.

FBI agent Alex Sandoval never forgot the girl he could not protect during a deadly hostage crisis. Years later she is a cop on his serial killer task force, and the case that reunites them may be just as dangerous as their growing feelings.

Tank Patton keeps everyone at a distance, terrified of the violence he learned growing up. When a struggling young mother and her children need help, the town outcast must decide whether he can offer more than shelter.

Brenda Jones wants nothing more than a home and a family, but she is still running from the past. When a stranger arrives with the key to her hidden identity, she must choose between disappearing again and finally standing still for love.

On New Year's Eve, Steph Hargrove is still reeling from betrayal that nearly destroyed her. A chance to reclaim the woman she used to be comes with danger, desire, and the possibility that midnight could change everything.

A woman trying to rebuild her life meets a man whose easy charm hides deeper complications. In Jean Brashear's Texas world, family ties and old hurts make walking away much harder than falling in love.

Roadside car trouble leads eccentric mechanic Lexie Grayson to a scorching night with a stranger who calls himself Nikos. By morning he is gone, and the truth about the billionaire behind the disguise threatens everything that felt real between them.

A detective on a dangerous case grows close to the woman he is supposed to protect while hiding a truth that could destroy them both. Coming clean might cost him everything, but staying silent could put her life at risk.

A police psychologist is assigned to a homicide detective under investigation, and professional distance quickly becomes impossible. As buried lies about her own life surface, both of them have to decide whether trust is worth the risk.

Traumatized Special Forces veteran Gabriel Coronado has shut himself away from the world. The woman who refuses to give up on him offers a chance to rebuild, but healing old wounds may be the hardest rescue of all.

After scandal wrecks her career, Vanessa Porter throws herself into restoring an old mansion and creating a boutique hotel. Then a restless outsider with secrets steps into her world, and trusting him may be the biggest gamble she has left.

Micah Smith built the cottage for the wife and child he lost, then walked away from it and his own heart. Jezebel Hart sees the neglected place as her chance to finally make a home, if the man haunted by it can let go of the past.

Pastry chef Spike Ridley has spent her life moving on, but after a loss she crashes into injured football star Tate Ransom and winds up on an unexpected road trip. Both are grieving, both are adrift, and home may look nothing like either of them expected.