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A Time to Protect

(2026)
(The first book in the Rivers Run Deep series)
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Everyone in the Crawford family has something to hide, but unearthing secrets could prove fatal.

Blair Crawford doesn’t know why she accepted her grandfather’s invitation to visit. She hasn’t seen or heard from him in seventeen years, but after her mother’s untimely death, her father’s family are all the family she has left.

Her mother fled the Crawfords without explanation.
Blair is about to learn why.
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Gideon Rivers is a weapon disguised as a man. With a past that torments him every day, former special op, Gideon Rivers, lives on the edge, taking chances a normal person would run from. The adrenaline rush is the only thing that makes him feel alive.

He works for a specialized covert group buried deep within the government. His new assignment:
Infiltrate the Crawford family.
Expose their crimes.
Don’t get killed

Then Blair walks into the middle of his operation looking all…all… She’s throwing a wrench into his plan. She doesn’t fit in with her wealthy family, and Gideon is afraid she’s walked into a pit of vipers.

When Gideon realizes someone wants her dead, his mission changes:
Protect Blair
Even if it costs him everything

With danger creeping forward and forgotten secrets resurfacing, Gideon must make an impossible choice: finish the mission or save the woman who's become his weakness, because in the Crawford family, loyalty is lethal, and falling in love might be the deadliest mistake of all.

A gripping romantic suspense packed with danger, obsession, and a hero who will break all the rules to protect the woman he loves. If you’re a fan of undercover protectors, deadly family secrets, and high-stakes romance, then add this series to your must-reads!



Genre: Romantic Suspense

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