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A cop falls for the woman he’s sworn to protect
A K-9 Ranch Rescue romance
From the moment Elissa Yorian arrives at Chance K-9 Ranch, an unknown foe has her in his sights. Fortunately, Officer Doug Murran is on the case. As he tracks Elissa’s mysterious enemy, he does his best to resist the electricity he feels every time he looks at her. Still, their passion might not be enough to protect Elissa from a murderer...
LINDA O. JOHNSTON loves to write. While honing her writing skills, she worked in advertising and public relations, then became a lawyer...and enjoyed writing contracts. Linda’s first published fiction appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and won a Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for Best First Mystery Short Story of the Year. Linda now spends most of her time creating memorable tales of paranormal romance, romantic suspense and mystery. Visit her on the web at www.lindaojohnston.com.
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Second Chance Soldier
Trained to Protect
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Alpha Wolf
Alaskan Wolf
Guardian Wolf
Undercover Wolf
Loyal Wolf
Canadian Wolf
Protector Wolf
Back to Life
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Trained to Protect
Linda O. Johnston
ISBN: 978-1-474-07943-3
TRAINED TO PROTECT
© 2018 Linda O. Johnston
Published in Great Britain 2018
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
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“Like I said, think hard about whether there’s someone who might have something against you. A neighbor or coworker who’s mad at you. A driver you cut off. Whatever.”
“Why?” she demanded. “What’s really going on?”
He pursed his lips. “Yeah, I think you should know, though I was asked to keep it quiet. Amber, for one, was choosing to ignore it. But this break-in here...”
“What?” Elissa repeated.
Doug looked straight into her eyes. “The night of your interview at the K-9 ranch, and before you came back up to give your demonstration, this was found on the fence there.” He pulled his phone from his pocket, fiddled with it some, then thrust it toward her.
A photo was there depicting the front gate up the driveway to the main house at the K-9 ranch.
And on it was a sign: Be Careful Who You Hire.
As I said here in the introduction to Second Chance Soldier, the first in my K-9 Ranch Rescue series for Harlequin Romantic Suspense, I’m a dog lover. Trained to Protect is the second in that series, and it involves both therapy dogs and police K-9s...and their people.
In Trained to Protect, Elissa Yorian is a therapy dog handler as well as a nurse. After hearing about a part-time job being offered at the Chance K-9 Ranch for someone to provide classes for other therapy dog handlers, she
