Ranger's Unexpected Return
(2026)(The eighth book in the Eagle River Rangers series)
A novel by Susie McIver
He didn't plan on coming back.
Eagle River had other plans.
Former Army Ranger Mason "Mace" Walker left Eagle River years ago with no intention of ever returning. The memories were too painful. The past was better left buried.
But when he comes home with only his loyal military K-9, Max, he discovers some things are impossible to outrun.
Dallas homicide detective Judy Langley has spent months hunting a ruthless serial killer who leaves no witnesses... only carefully staged crime scenes and a trail of unanswered questions. Every clue leads to one place.
Eagle River.
Judy expected resistance from a small-town sheriff's department.
She never expected an Army Ranger who seems to know every back road, every hidden trail... and somehow always arrives when danger is only seconds away.
As bodies begin turning up closer to home, it becomes terrifyingly clear the killer isn't hiding in Eagle River.
He's hunting there.
Now Mace, Judy, Sheriff Tate, the Eagle River Rangers, and Max must stop a murderer who has been planning his return for years.
Because this killer has one final victim in mind...
And he'll do anything to make sure she won’t get out of Eagle River alive.
Welcome back to Eagle River... where heroes never stop protecting the people they love.
Romantic Suspense
Mystery Suspense
Thriller Suspense
Action, Adventure
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Eagle River had other plans.
Former Army Ranger Mason "Mace" Walker left Eagle River years ago with no intention of ever returning. The memories were too painful. The past was better left buried.
But when he comes home with only his loyal military K-9, Max, he discovers some things are impossible to outrun.
Dallas homicide detective Judy Langley has spent months hunting a ruthless serial killer who leaves no witnesses... only carefully staged crime scenes and a trail of unanswered questions. Every clue leads to one place.
Eagle River.
Judy expected resistance from a small-town sheriff's department.
She never expected an Army Ranger who seems to know every back road, every hidden trail... and somehow always arrives when danger is only seconds away.
As bodies begin turning up closer to home, it becomes terrifyingly clear the killer isn't hiding in Eagle River.
He's hunting there.
Now Mace, Judy, Sheriff Tate, the Eagle River Rangers, and Max must stop a murderer who has been planning his return for years.
Because this killer has one final victim in mind...
And he'll do anything to make sure she won’t get out of Eagle River alive.
Welcome back to Eagle River... where heroes never stop protecting the people they love.
Romantic Suspense
Mystery Suspense
Thriller Suspense
Action, Adventure
Genre: Romantic Suspense