Nicole Helm Books in Order

Returning home to care for his young sister, FBI agent Trevor Steele reconnects with childhood friend Callie Baker. She needs help saving her airport business, but their growing attraction clashes with his plans to leave again.

Mia Pruitt and Dell Wainwright compete for customers at neighboring vegetable stands. When both family farms face trouble, the rivals must cooperate, even as conflicting plans and unexpected attraction make their partnership increasingly difficult to manage.

Lawson Baker returns home seeking stability for his sons after a public marital scandal. Katie Potter, whose revenge helped fuel that scandal, becomes his coworker, forcing them to confront old wounds and a renewed attraction.

Grace McKnight moves into her brother’s home while rebuilding her life at thirty. Sharing space with his rigid business partner, Kyle Clark, sparks friction and attraction, but their secrets complicate the possibility of a relationship.

Electrician Leah Santino persuades her friend and boss, Jacob McKnight, to pose as her boyfriend during her parents’ visit. Their attempt to protect her independence grows complicated when their pretend relationship exposes feelings they have ignored.

After the man she wanted marries her sister, Kaitlin Shuller finds comfort with Beckett Larson, her brother’s best friend. Their encounter has unexpected consequences, and Beckett’s determination to marry her challenges everything she thought she wanted.

Police officer Tess Camden prides herself on following rules, until her attraction to new officer Marc Santino complicates her professional life. Their secret arrangement tests workplace boundaries as Tess begins wanting more than they initially agreed.

Jess Clark asks Cole McArthur to return to Marietta after ten years away. Facing family secrets and old expectations, Cole must also confront the attraction to Jess that helped make leaving home so difficult.

Afghanistan veteran Wes Stone prefers dogs to people while building a dog-treat business. Hiring lively Cara Pruitt brings an unexpected challenge: her refusal to treat him as fragile threatens the emotional distance he carefully maintains.

A layoff disrupts Charlie Wainwright’s carefully planned life, and a night with goat farmer Meg Carmichael brings an unexpected pregnancy. He wants to take responsibility, but their different worlds and personal complications make building a future uncertain.

Doctor Lina McArthur treats injured smokejumper Dean “Ace” Clark while trying to establish an independent life. Their attraction threatens Ace’s carefully constructed identity because Lina’s family connects him to the troubled past he has been avoiding.

Caleb Shaw wants to leave his reckless past behind and restore his family ranch. When Delia Rogers seeks refuge after protecting her sisters from their violent father, helping her threatens his reputation and awakens old attraction.

Sidelined hockey star Dan Sharpe takes on his grandfather’s neglected Montana ranch. Rancher Mel Shaw agrees to advise him to support her own struggling family, but their working relationship introduces an attraction neither can easily accommodate.

Texas Ranger Vaughn Cooper reluctantly accepts Natalie Torres’s help with a kidnapping investigation. After her house burns down, they shelter in a remote cabin, where identifying the kidnappers becomes entangled with protecting her and resisting attraction.

Widowed rancher Thack Lane concentrates on raising his daughter and keeping his heart guarded. New neighbor Summer Shaw longs for belonging, but her growing bond with his child challenges his resistance to companionship as Christmas approaches.

Backpacking guide Sam Goodall hides from grief in work and solitude. When he agrees to train Hayley Winthrop, who hopes to find purpose near her newly discovered half brothers, their attraction challenges his determination to remain withdrawn.

Brandon Evans hopes his outdoor adventure business can revive a Colorado town that blames his family for its decline. New employee Lilly Preston needs the job, but their contrasting skills and growing attraction complicate their partnership.

Kayla Gallagher hopes to escape her family’s expectations and pursue Aiden Patrick. Instead, his responsible brother Liam offers support that becomes attraction, leaving them to navigate family obligations that threaten their chance at a relationship.

Dinah Gallagher needs urban farmer Carter Trask’s land to expand her family restaurant. Discovering he may be her anonymous online lover complicates their dispute, as private fantasies collide with competing interests and deep mistrust of her family.

Texas Ranger Bennet Stevens teams up with bounty hunter Alyssa Jimenez to investigate her mother’s unsolved murder. When she becomes a target, posing as his lover offers protection while exposing them to dangerous secrets and growing attraction.

Undercover FBI agent Jaime Alessandro needs captive Gabriella Torres’s knowledge to dismantle a Texas crime organization. Their dangerous alliance demands trust from a woman who has learned to suppress emotion, while attraction threatens an already precarious mission.

After a professional and personal setback, Tori Appleby returns to the outdoor adventure company she helped establish. Her former lover Will Evans wants another chance, but his fear of commitment complicates her effort to rebuild her life.

Rancher Shane Tyler suspects his widowed mother’s younger fiancé wants her money. Wedding planner Cora Preston, rebuilding her life after abuse, must handle his efforts to stop the ceremony while navigating an attraction that unsettles them both.

A family revelation has pushed Sierra and Carter McArthur’s marriage toward divorce. An unexpected pregnancy following one last night together offers another chance, but Carter must confront his mistakes and convince Sierra their relationship can be repaired.

Therapist and single mother Monica Finley enlists former SEAL Gabe Cortez in holiday preparations at Revival Ranch. Christmas deepens his loneliness, but spending time with Monica and her son challenges his guarded approach to love and family.

A career-ending accident sends former SEAL Alex Maguire back to his Montana ranch with two injured comrades. Becca Denton proposes turning it into a refuge for veterans, challenging his reserve as they work toward a new beginning.

Former SEAL Jack Armstrong needs his visiting family to believe he has recovered from a career-ending injury. Rose Rogers agrees to pose as his girlfriend in exchange for security, but genuine feelings complicate their arrangement and expose vulnerabilities.

Recluse Will Cooper depends on coroner Gracie Delaney to investigate his estranged wife’s murder. When the killer targets them both, their strained partnership must resume, despite family rivalries and an attraction that makes keeping emotional distance difficult.

Saloon owner Grady Carson wants to prove his brother innocent of murder. Working with police officer Laurel Delaney crosses a bitter family divide, and their growing attraction complicates an investigation that could ignite a larger feud.

Solitary rancher Noah Carson hires Addie Foster as his housekeeper, unaware of the danger pursuing her and her infant nephew. Protecting them disrupts his secluded life, while her hidden past threatens the connection developing between them.

Widowed Pen Martin-Wakefield returns to Texas with three daughters and relies on deputy Ethan Thompson during a difficult holiday season. He has long helped her family, but painful secrets make him resist the closeness she increasingly wants.

Colt Vance returns to Last Stand to help his mentor save the family goat farm. Working with the man’s daughter, Sadie Martin, rekindles attraction, but a promise to her father stands between them and a relationship.

Lou Fairchild must marry or risk her father taking control of the family ranch. Her longtime friend Gavin Tyler proposes a practical marriage, but his concealed love and her unexpected feelings complicate their supposedly straightforward arrangement.

Country singer Daisy Delaney flees to Wyoming after her stalker murders her bodyguard. Former FBI agent Zach Simmons shelters her in a remote cabin, where protecting her life becomes complicated by their attraction and an elusive threat.

Searching for her missing father, Hilly Adams draws former marine Cam Delaney into danger. After rescuing her from fire and gunmen, he must determine who she really is and whether her connections threaten his family.

Army ranger Ty Carson returns to Bent convinced a dangerous man is targeting his former lover, Jen Delaney. Their secret history complicates his attempts to protect her, while escalating stalking forces them to confront both danger and heartbreak.

Vanessa Carson tells Dylan Delaney she is pregnant just before a bank robbery leaves her with memory loss. Hiding in a remote cabin, the former soldier must protect her and their unborn child despite their families’ feud.

Badlands ranger Felicity Harrison discovers two bodies and realizes someone is framing her for murder. Deputy Gage Wyatt helps her hide in the wilderness, where hostile conditions and growing attraction complicate their search for the real killer.

Detective Tucker Wyatt is assigned to protect Rachel Knight from her father’s enemies. As she connects his past to a current disappearance, escalating attacks force them to pursue the truth while resisting the danger surrounding the investigation.

Pregnant Sarah Knight takes shelter at the Wyatt ranch after someone from Dev Wyatt’s past threatens his family. Dev, her best friend and the baby’s father, must protect them while their hopes for parenthood face escalating danger.

Nina Oaks returns after fleeing danger and faces Agent Cody Wyatt, the man she tried to forget. With Nina and Cody’s daughter threatened, he must confront the Badlands’ most dangerous men while their old feelings resurface.

At a ranch helping traumatized veterans recover, Vivian refuses to give up on withdrawn former SEAL Eli. Working together during the holiday season challenges his belief that his PTSD makes him dangerous to everyone around him.

Deputy Brady Wyatt escaped his father’s biker gang, but Cecilia Mills asks him to protect a child from that same crew. Their makeshift family comes under threat as the Sons of the Badlands try to reclaim the child.

Sheriff Jamison Wyatt is drawn back toward his father’s criminal gang when former love Liza Dean seeks help rescuing her young sister. In South Dakota’s isolated landscape, they must infiltrate the Sons of the Badlands before time runs out.

Former SEAL Nate Averly becomes an assassin’s target after trying to expose military corruption. At his brother’s Montana ranch, North Star agent Elsie Rogers works to protect him and unravel a cover-up that threatens far more than his life.

K-9 handler Selena Lopez discovers that her half brother has escaped prison with a dangerous group of criminals. Working alongside lead agent Axel Morrow, she races to find the fugitives before they kill again, despite the case’s personal stakes.

North Star operative Sabrina Killian tracks a hit man whose next target is former SEAL Connor Lindstrom. When both become hunted, the investigator and search-and-rescue ranger join forces to expose a conspiracy while guarding their own dangerous secrets.

Raised by spies, Willa Zimmerman captures undercover agent Holden Parker when he follows her home seeking a hit man. Discovering they face the same enemy, the wary pair must learn to cooperate before the hunter makes them his next victims.

Undercover agent Reece Montgomery investigates what widow Lianna Kade knows about her husband’s murder. His growing attachment to her and her son complicates the mission, especially when Lianna proposes a dangerous plan to draw their killer into the open.

A failed attempt to rescue his infant twins sends Sheriff Garret Averly and doctor Betty Wagner into Montana’s mountains. Trapped by a deadly storm, they discover the kidnapping is part of a larger scheme aimed at North Star.

Rancher and former soldier Brody Thompson helps Kate Phillips investigate her father’s disappearance a decade earlier. When someone runs their vehicle off a Wyoming road, their search for answers becomes a struggle against people determined to keep the truth buried.

After one Hart triplet is murdered, Zara finds the body and another sister falls under suspicion. Zara turns to navy SEAL Jake Thompson for help, but his orders to remain inconspicuous conflict with protecting her pursuit of justice.

Veronica Shay’s supposedly dead husband returns seeking revenge, forcing her to confront a concealed past. Former boss Granger Macmillan refuses to leave her alone against organized criminals, but a trap requires the North Star team’s help to survive.

Rancher Dunne Thompson hunts a copycat killer while trying to atone for his grandfather’s crimes. His friend’s mysterious twin, Quinn Peterson, spots patterns he has missed, creating a wary partnership as their investigation and attraction put both in danger.

Rancher Cal discovers his supposedly dead wife alive, injured and carrying a baby, with no memory of what happened. Investigating together uncovers conflicting accounts of their deaths and dangerous secrets that threaten both their family and his mission.

Searching for her missing sister, Dahlia follows a cryptic family tree into Wyoming and finds herself in danger. Investigator Grant Hudson must revisit his town's unresolved past to protect her from someone determined to silence their inquiry.

Rancher Landon Thompson hides Hazeleigh Hart after a bounty is placed on her head. Clearing her name requires solving a century-old robbery, while a relentless killer closes in and their growing connection makes the risks increasingly personal.

Former marine Henry Thompson agrees to help Jessie Peterson find her runaway preteen. Their search uncovers family treasure, buried secrets, and deadly lookalikes, forcing Henry to protect mother and daughter as gunfire follows them and his emotional defenses weaken.

Louisa asks Palmer Hudson to investigate her concealed past, despite his efforts to resist attraction to his sister's best friend. Their search provokes attacks, making protecting her and discovering the truth inseparable from his increasingly difficult emotional restraint.

Private investigator Anna survives a ranch fire and reunites with Hawk, the arson specialist with whom she shared a night. Discovering her pregnancy complicates their search through family history as a revenge-driven killer threatens the future they might share.

Carlyle provides an alibi for single father Cash after growing close while training dogs on his ranch. Their relationship draws the family's attention, but threats against his daughter make identifying the person plotting murder more urgent than their future together.

Cold-case investigator Mary shelters Walker and his siblings while examining their mother's unsolved murder. Their growing attraction is complicated by gunfire and a newly revealed connection to a powerful senator, undermining what they thought they knew about the past.

Sheriff Jack and deputy Chloe keep their relationship secret until his missing parents' remains are found on her family's ranch. Investigating the discovery exposes dangerous threats and divided loyalties that could cost them both their lives and their bond.

Former agent Zeke returns to protecting his ex after forensic anthropologist Brooke uncovers a sinister secret and attracts a stalker. Their lingering feelings complicate a case involving a serial killer using local caves as a burial ground.

Investigators Sam and Nate begin with vandalism at his family's Montana ranch, then uncover a murder tied to current threats. An estranged mother's return and escalating violence complicate their search for someone determined to keep decades-old secrets buried.

Sam's father's murder arrest points toward the ranch where she once helped Nate escape an abusive home. Finding the missing witness brings them together again, but investigating the old crime threatens the powerful family he hoped never to revisit.

An urn of human remains delivered to rancher Audra's home initially seems like a mistake. Escalating threats convince detective Copeland she needs protection, while investigating her family's hidden past complicates his growing attraction and the search for her antagonist.

A career-ending injury sends former baseball player Duncan home to Wyoming, where cattle are disappearing from his family's ranch. Working with private investigator Rosalie becomes more dangerous when the family faces murder accusations and both become potential targets.

A nameless stranger resembling Nate seeks help from Sam's investigation agency, and DNA confirms a family connection without explaining his past. Their search uncovers dangerous secrets just as a winter storm cuts the Montana town off from help.

Vi hides in her hometown with the baby her abusive ex-husband does not know exists. Reuniting with former sweetheart Thomas offers protection, but his police career revives her distrust as escalating threats force a decision about whether to flee.

Rookie deputy Royal must protect Franny after she witnesses a kidnapping and the FBI takes over the case. His complicated history with federal agents and their growing attraction make the assignment more difficult as the danger surrounding her intensifies.

FBI agent Ellis has secretly watched his amnesiac wife build another life for two years. A renewed threat forces him to bring her to safety, where revealing their marriage may be necessary to identify the people pursuing them.

Gardner's troubled niece receives unexpected help from bakery manager Lia, who offers work instead of pressing shoplifting charges. Investigating the disappearance of the girl's mother brings Gardner and Lia closer, while her concealed past and dangerous clues threaten them.

A novelist hires Sam to investigate the trauma behind her grandmother's decades-long muteness. The inquiry entangles Nate's family and his attorney brother, exposing childhood memories and carefully protected secrets that place everyone pursuing the truth in danger.