Mission: Rescue Books in Order
Part ofShirlee McCoy Books in OrderThis page has the Mission: Rescue books by Shirlee McCoy in order, with quick summaries, series background, and help choosing where to start.
Last updated: July 4, 2026
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Publication Order
8 books
Her Christmas Guardian
by Shirlee McCoy
2014
Former Army ranger Boone Anderson senses danger the moment he sees Scout Cramer and her little girl. When the child is taken, Boone throws himself into the rescue and into the secrets Scout has been hiding.
Protective Instincts
by Shirlee McCoy
2014
After surviving tragedy and a hostage ordeal, widow Raina Lowery wants only a quiet life. When a stalker begins circling closer, rescue specialist Jackson Miller returns to save her once again.
Deadly Christmas Secrets
by Shirlee McCoy
2015
Just before Christmas, new evidence rips open a dangerous past and makes a remote life anything but safe. A determined protector may be the only thing standing between one vulnerable woman and a killer.
Exit Strategy
by Shirlee McCoy
2015
A widowed woman thinks she has finally found a safe place to start over, but danger follows her there. A rescue specialist becomes her only ally as they race to learn who wants her dead.
Mystery Child
by Shirlee McCoy
2016
Quinn Robertson is on the run with her young niece, trying to deliver the child to her biological father. With rescue specialist Malone Henderson at her side, she must uncover why someone is desperate to keep them apart.
The Christmas Target
by Shirlee McCoy
2016
Stella Silverstone heads home for the holidays to care for her grandmother and walks straight into a killer's sights. Rescue-team leader Chance Miller is the one person who can protect her long enough to expose the truth.
Christmas on the Run
by Shirlee McCoy
2017
Blackmailers threaten Carly Rose Kelley's son unless she helps them forge priceless stones. Her only hope is Dallas Morgan, the brother-in-law she never knew, and a Christmas escape that may not be fast enough.
Mistaken Identity
by Shirlee McCoy
2017
When Trinity Miller is attacked by men who think she is someone else, reclusive prosthetic maker Mason Gains is forced to step in. Their flight from danger reveals a conspiracy worth killing for.
Series background & context
Mission: Rescue follows a team of rescue and security specialists who take on the kind of cases other people would rather avoid. These books are built around abductions, stalking, missing children, blackmail, and women who have already been through more than enough before the story even begins.
The heroes are usually former military men, law enforcement professionals, or trained specialists who know how to move fast when someone is in danger. The heroines often arrive at the story exhausted, grieving, isolated, or determined to handle things alone. McCoy gets a lot of mileage out of that clash between professional protection and personal reluctance.
No one in this series gets an easy job.
What links the books is the rescue team itself. Different members step into the lead from one book to the next, so the series has continuity without requiring one long plot line. That makes it easy to read in order or pick a book that sounds good and jump in.
Expect a lot of motion. Cars are chased, children are taken, safe places stop being safe, and Christmas often makes things more tense instead of less. Underneath the action, though, the series is really about people learning how to trust again after loss. If you want McCoy at her most consistently fast-paced, Mission: Rescue is a strong place to start.
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