Guardian

★ When your past refuses to stay buried, love becomes your strongest weapon. ★

Aubrey Richardson survived a killer's vengeance once. She won't get a second chance.

After twenty years of hiding, Aubrey finally has everything she's dreamed of-a job she loves with the US Marshals, a reunion with her estranged family, and most importantly, the love of Deputy Ethan Butler. But when a federal prisoner transport plane crashes outside of Renegade, Aubrey realizes her nightmare isn't over. Someone from her past has found her, and this time, they're not just coming for her-they're targeting everyone she loves.

The past never forgets. And it never forgives.

Ethan Butler has faced down killers, survived ambushes, and protected countless witnesses, but nothing has prepared him for this. When the woman he loves becomes the target of a methodical killer with a twenty-year grudge, Ethan must navigate a deadly game where every move could be their last. The attacks are personal, calculated, and designed to destroy not just Aubrey's life, but her faith, her sanity, and everyone she holds dear.

As bodies pile up and the killer's true identity emerges from the shadows, Aubrey faces an impossible choice: continue running and let innocent people die, or stand and fight against an enemy who knows her every fear, her every weakness, her every secret.

When love means risking everything, how far will you go?

From deadly snipers to midnight chases through Colorado's mountain wilderness, Aubrey and Ethan race against a killer who's had two decades to perfect their revenge. But when the final confrontation forces Aubrey to choose between her own survival and saving the lives of everyone in Renegade, she'll discover that sometimes the greatest guardian isn't the man with the badge-it's the God who's been protecting her all along.

Book 4 in the Renegade County series by Jennifer Chastain, created by Susan May Warren and Lisa Phillips. Complete story where danger meets desire and love conquers all!

Get ready for the most dangerous-and romantic-installment yet in the series readers can't stop talking about.

Author: Jennifer Chastain,Susan May Warren,Lisa Phillips
Publisher: Sunrise Publishing
Published: 06/16/2026
Pages: 316
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9781966463801

About the Author
Chastain, Jennifer: - Jennifer Chastain has loved books and adventures since her small-town childhood. Now she writes romantic suspense stories filled with danger, devotion, and determined heroes. A northern transplant, she fell for a Charlotte native she's been married to for thirty years. By day, she works at UNC Charlotte; by night, she writes under the watchful eye of her rescue cat, fueled by dark chocolate, Diet Coke, and rom-coms.For more information, visit her at jenniferchastain.com.Warren, Susan May: - Susan May Warren is the USA Today bestselling author of over 100 novels with nearly 2 million books sold, including the Global Search and Rescue and the Montana Rescue series. Winner of a RITA Award and multiple Christy and Carol Awards, as well as the HOLT Medallion and numerous Readers Choice Awards, Susan makes her home in Minnesota.Visit her at www.susanmaywarren.comPhillips, Lisa: - Lisa Phillips is a USA Today and top ten Publishers Weekly bestselling author of over 80 books that span Harlequin's Love Inspired Suspense line, independently published series romantic suspense, and thriller novels. She's discovered a penchant for high-stakes stories of mayhem and disaster where you can find made-for-each-other love that always ends in happily ever after.Lisa is a British ex-pat who grew up an hour outside of London and attended Calvary Chapel Bible College, where she met her husband. He's from California, but nobody's perfect. It wasn't until her Bible College graduation that she figured out she was a writer (someone told her). Lisa is a worship leader, tea aficionado, and dog lover of two crazy Airedales.