Böcker av Freya Barker

Open roads and honor meets poke bowls and self-control.I'm a homesick nomad.A protégé, a mountain man, an ally, and a seeker.My name is Wapi.I'm a work in progress looking to belong, and though my road has been a winding one, my heart has found focus. I'm a straightlaced hellcatA princess, a fool, a target, and a handlerMy name is Lisa.I can lash out fiercely when wounded, but my claws retract and my love glows bright in the hands of the right man.We got off on the wrong foot-hostility thick between us-but when murder hits close to home bringing about a second chance, those sparks now stoke a different flame.Setting hearts on fire.

Gunpowder and loyalty meets cocktails and ink.I am a laid-back wise guy. A veteran, a friend, a marksman, and a loner.My name is Honon.I may be hesitant to pull the trigger, but am not afraid to fire with the right target in my sights.I am a focused free spirit.A black sheep, a go-getter, a scrapper, and an artist.My name is Emme. I'm single-minded enough to reach my goals, but still moderately flexible when life throws a curveball.We make a reluctant couple-our hesitation evident-but when innocent lives are endangered, and hard-fought trust is challenged, we discover who we can count on. Each other.

When her sister, Pippa, goes missing, Nella Freling tells her boss she's taking time off from her job as a research librarian, hops in her sensible van, and heads south of the border to Montana. However, local police don't seem too concerned about a missing woman living in her motorhome. So Nella will have to look for Pippa by herself, unless she can convince a highly recommended tracker to help her, but sadly the rude and angry cowboy won't even listen to her at first.But Nella can be persuasive.The first time High Mountain Tracker, Fletch Boone, laid eyes on Nella, her ass was stuck in his grocery cart. The next time was at the ranch; she was wearing mud, head to toe. But when he catches sight of her a third time, hanging off a cliff, he can't turn his back again. What Nella lacks in survival skills she makes up for in sheer determination. Unfortunately, neither of those is enough protection when bullets start flying. Fletch has no choice but to jump in before the woman gets herself killed.And that would be a damn shame.

Horsepower and green thumbs meets justice and flip-flops.I'm a late bloomer.A geek, an introvert, an enigma, and a watchdog. My name is Paco.I'm determined enough to bide my time, yet too clever to pass up on opportunity. I'm a steadfast rebel.An outcast, a defender, a hothead, and an eccentric.My name is Mel.I'm resolute enough to carve my own way, but not too blind to see a better path.We are established loners-each limited by the boundaries we set-but when a young boy's life hangs in the balance, we discover we have more in common than we thought.

Ink and sawdust meets brisket and moxie.I'm a tattooed casualty.A charmer, a fraud, a skeptic, and a carpenter.My name is Tse.I'm cocky enough to believe my own lies, but too oblivious to see the truth is already out there.I'm a cautious perfectionist.A sister, a scrapper, a dreamer, and a workhorse.My name is Sophia.I'm capable enough to plan ahead, yet too powerless to avoid getting blindsided.We're complete opposites-one who plays it safe, the other a thrill-seeker-but when old sins resurface bringing violence to the present, our path forward becomes clear.

Free-spirited black sheep, Taz Boran, has worked tirelessly as a nurse bringing efficient medical care to Africa for the past eight years. But when her sister Nicky is told she doesn't have long to live, she immediately flies home to small-town Eminence, Missouri. Unfortunately, taking care of Nicky means being around her husband, Rafe; the one man Taz could never forget. Rafe is not only her brother-in-law but also took over the family veterinary clinic from her dad. As Taz becomes Nicky's home health care nurse-working closely with Rafe to make her sister comfortable-their latent attraction comes sizzling back to the surface. They won't betray Nicky, but if her dying wish is to see them get the happy ending they always deserved, can they really keep fighting what's meant to be?

Road rash and Jack meets handcuffs and street smarts. I am a wandering disaster. A hedonist, a lover, a son, and a rebel. My name is Yuma.I’m sober enough to see the need for redemption, but too blind to realize I already found it. I am an independent seeker.An overachiever, a  friend, a misfit, and a cop. My name is Lissie.I’m determined enough to find acceptance, but too stubborn to see all I need is my own. We shouldn’t get involved—all the odds are against us—but when bodies turn up on common ground and lines between duty and purpose get blurred, our future becomes clear.

Returning home to Grand Junction would not have been Rosie Perkins' first choice, but with her mother no longer able to take care of herself, it's the only one she has. As is working the night shift at a local hotel to bring in a much-needed income. Rosie juggles to keep all the pieces of her life together and has no room to add anything more. One morning after a long shift, when she witnesses a hotel guest crash into a dumpster, her careful control starts to unravel. Security specialist, Jake Hutchinson, has his hands full protecting the arrogant lead actor of a movie being filmed in town. Since the production company and crew arrived at the hotel, the entitled star has been nothing but trouble. The only thing that can improve his mood is the occasional nightly glimpse of the redheaded housekeeper.Until he finds himself trapped between desire and duty.

As a forty-one-year-old mother of three boys, working two jobs, Marya Berger doesn't have the time or energy to consider a relationship. Especially after a lifetime of poor choices in the romance department. But when the disappearance of a young boy strikes a little too close to home, and a younger man she's tried to ignore offers his help, she doesn't stand in the way. Single father, Dylan Barnes, the junior member of the La Plata County FBI team at thirty-three, has his focus firmly on his job and his son, Max. He's certainly not looking to complicate his life, when he finds himself at his son's soccer game, sitting beside the spirited brunette he can't get out of his mind. Fate, however, appears to have different plans. When an unspeakable crime draws the attention of the FBI, Dylan finds himself torn between his job and his instinctive need to protect Marya and her boys.

Special Agent Luna Roosberg lives and breathes her job. Who needs a personal life when work is so rewarding? When a new case sends her to investigate a local motorcycle club, covering as the president's new flavor of the week, the lines between professional and personal quickly start to blur. Although the Arrow's Edge MC stays mostly on the right side of the law since Ouray took the gavel, the appearance of the feds at their gate can still rattle his cage.When a string of robberies points squarely in Ouray's direction, he's forced to cooperate and put the blonde, prim and proper half-pint on the back of his bike. With pressure mounting both in-and outside-the club, Ouray no longer knows who he can trust, except the woman who is shaking up his life-and stirring his blood.

Faith failed him. Ambition drove her. Serendipity brought them together. They've never met, but their paths run in the same direction-home for the holidays. Yet their reasons for leaving are as different as the reasons they return.Meeting by chance along a 1400 mile stretch of highway when a snowstorm grinds traffic to a halt, they have no choice but to jointly ride it out. Exposing a common thread, leading them from the past to the present, it's through the innocent eyes of a toddler, they discover a future.

Bookstore owner Kerry Emerson finally seems to be back in control of her life. Her failure of a marriage firmly in her rearview mirror and her recent business expansion a success, she is in charge of her own future. One that is looking better than ever. The sight of the tall man, with the familiar salt and pepper goatee pushing open the door of her store, sets her hair on end. He doesn't exactly bring good memories.FBI Special Agent in Charge Damian Gomez is just looking for a decent cup of coffee when he walks into the small store offering books and brew. The pretty, feisty woman behind the counter is an unexpected surprise. Not at all unpleasant, especially since her finger that used to hold a wedding ring is now bare. Her wild hair, boho style and silvery grey eyes suddenly hold a lot of promise.But when his office is pulled into an international investigation into the trafficking of rare books and manuscripts, the straight-laced SAC realizes he has to keep his distance from the woman who might well be involved.Easier said than done, since fate seems determined to throw them together.

Once a man who lived by the letter of the law.Newt Tobias will do anything for his little girl. Even take early retirement, sell his city home, and move to cottage country, hoping that the simpler life will provide a better balance for his troubled teenage daughter.Yet, not long after they've settled, he finds himself toe-to-toe with a stubborn, fiery tempered woman with pretty brown eyes.Once a recluse preferring to live alone.Working with troubled adolescents, Frederique Marchand doesn't suffer fools and won't put up with bullies. Especially handsome strangers like Newt who think they can run roughshod over her. She loves her work, but on her own time she much prefers the company of her menagerie of animals.But with the welfare of a teenager at stake, she must put aside rocky first impressions and work with a man who needs her as much as she'll come to need him.

What if one morning you look in the mirror and no longer recognize the person looking back?When Leelo can no longer identify herself by the roles that once defined her, it's both terrifying and liberating. Oh, she feels the loss, the grief, and then the anger, but when she inherits property up north, she jumps at the promise of freedom and independence. Yet not everyone in her new community is what they seem, starting with the surly mountain man down the road.As owner of the local fishing lodge, Roar is content with his everyday life. And the older he gets, the less he appreciates change. So when a blue-haired, tattooed 'city girl' moves into the old motel, shaking up his daily routine, he's none too pleased. Still, something about the woman's easy smile and almost reckless grit has him step up as her keeper.

In one blinding flash, the very fiber of her existence is shredded. For criminal lawyer and single mother, Stacie Gustafson, a dependable career, a well-organized life, and an immaculate image, had always been her armor. Without it she's left exposed and struggling to create a new existence for her and her daughter. No matter how hard she tries, she is unable to avoid her history.All it takes is one look at the blue-eyed woman, for Nicolas Flynn to be transported back ten years. Sure, her appearance has changed, but then so has his, since he turned his life around. His devotion to his small-town law firm is tested with the arrival of this bittersweet blast from the past, making for a persistent distraction. One that drags along more trouble than she left behind.

A new career, a new place, and a new man-you'd think after the rough year she's had, Isla has finally found her stride. Of course it's never that simple. Some dreams she is building, some dreams are taken away before they have a chance to form. But she never imagined that the one thing she's worked so hard to realize, could be the cause it all breaks apart.Ben doesn't miss his assignments, his life of deceit, or his unsavory associations-but they appear to miss him. Just as he's beginning to think perhaps there's redemption for him after all, his dark past casts a long shadow.-and not just on him, but on the woman who made him believe.

She likes picking up her camera because it allows her to see things through a different lens. Like when she lost her job recently and instead of focusing on what she's forced to leave behind, she zooms in on the new options opening up in front of her. Or when a dangerous looking silver fox comes rolling up her path on a FatBoy, and her digital output shows a deep loneliness, matching her own, in his ice-blue eyes.But when she's working on making her dreams come true, she inadvertently captures something in her viewfinder she can't un-see.He wasn't supposed to be here, but he can't seem to escape his old life. Stuck in an old trailer in the mountains, he walks a fine line between ruse and reality. With the arrival of a young-looking pixie-who turns out to be a full grown, hot-blooded woman-his balance is thrown. He tries to avoid her, but with the little pixel peeper snapping everything in sight, she unintentionally risks his exposure.And his focus needs to be sharp to keep her from danger.