He's spent his life protecting his hometown. Now he's protecting a woman he'll risk everything to save. Play-it-safe magazine editor Heather McAlister is in the wrong place at the wrong time. As a key witness in a crime shaking the roots of the town's power brokers, doing the right thing may cost her everything. Including her life. Detective Kyle Taylor is investigating the town's seemingly unsolvable crime spree, a case that threatens to break his career. He can't even go on a date without crime haunting him and the woman he might love. Now he has to keep her alive. With more than their future at risk, they must discern betrayal from trust, image from truth while avoiding a danger closer than they think. Protective Custody is the first book in the Hometown Heroes series. If you like Christian romantic suspense and nail-biting page-turners, you'll love this journey of love and survival. Buy Protective Custody and jump into the adventure today.