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  • Bibliography:
    64 Books (14 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2010
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Agents Under Fire

1 - Web of Deceit (Mar-2015)
2 - Web of Shadows (Mar-2016)
3 - Web of Secrets (May-2016)

Cold Harbor

1 - Cold Terror (Sep-2017)
2 - Cold Truth (Dec-2017)
3 - Cold Fury (Apr-2018)
4 - Cold Case (May-2018)
5 - Cold Fear (Aug-2018)
6 - Cold Pursuit (Nov-2018)
7 - Cold Dawn (Feb-2019)

First Responders

1 - Silent Night Standoff (Nov-2014)
2 - Explosive Alliance (May-2015)
3 - High-Caliber Holiday (Nov-2015)
4 - Emergency Response (May-2016)
5 - Silent Sabotage (Aug-2016)
6 - Christmas Conspiracy (Dec-2016)

A Garden Gate Mystery

1 - Nipped in the Bud (Oct-2010)
2 - Read Between the Tines (Feb-2012)

Homeland Heroes

1 - Seconds to Live (Dec-2019)
2 - Minutes to Die (Aug-2020)
3 - Hours to Kill (Mar-2021)

The Justice Agency

1 - Double Exposure (Jun-2012)
2 - Dead Wrong (Nov-2012)
3 - No Way Out (May-2013)
4 - Thread of Suspicion (Oct-2013)
5 - Dark Tide (Mar-2014)

Lost Lake Locators

1 - Lost Hours (Mar-2025)
2 - Lost Truth (Jul-2025)

McKade Law

1 - Holiday Secrets (Dec-2017)
2 - Rodeo Standoff (May-2018)
3 - Christmas Hideout (Nov-2018)
4 - Taken in Texas (Feb-2019)

Morgan Brothers

1 - High-Stakes Inheritance (Sep-2010)
2 - Behind the Badge (Jun-2011)
3 - The Christmas Witness (Dec-2011)

Nighthawk Security

1 - Night Fall (Nov-2020)
2 - Night Vision (Dec-2020)
3 - Night Hawk (Jan-2021)
4 - Night Moves (Jun-2021)
5 - Night Watch (Aug-2021)
6 - Night Prey (Oct-2021)

Shadow Lake Survival

1 - Shadow of Deceit (Aug-2023)
2 - Shadow of Night (Oct-2023)
3 - Shadow of Truth (Dec-2023)
4 - Shadow of Hope (Apr-2024)
5 - Shadow of Doubt (Jul-2024)
6 - Shadow of Fear (Nov-2024)

Steele Guardians

1 - Tough as Steele (Feb-2022)
2 - Nerves of Steele (May-2022)
3 - Forged in Steele (Aug-2022)
4 - Made of Steele (Nov-2022)
5 - Solid as Steele (Feb-2023)
6 - Edge of Steele (May-2023)

Truth Seekers

1 - Dead Ringer (Apr-2019)
2 - Dead Silence (Jul-2019)
3 - Dead End (Sep-2019)
4 - Dead Heat (Mar-2020)
5 - Dead Center (Apr-2020)
6 - Dead Even (Jun-2020)

White Knights

1 - Fatal Mistake (May-2017)
2 - Kill Shot (Feb-2018)

Multi-Author Series List

Hometown Mysteries

Nipped in the Bud (Oct-2010)

Book List in Order: 64 titles



  • "LEAVE LOGAN LAKE NOW OR YOU WILL PAY!" Despite the threatening warning, Mia Blackburn won't let anyone scare her from the rustic resort she inherits from her beloved uncle. But when a fire traps her in a burning barn, she fears that she won't get o...



  • Prepare to attend the Pickle Fest in Serendipity, Oregon, along with Paige Turner and Adam Hayes. But first you must help them unravel the mystery of how the city manager wound up dead in a mound of mulch in the city park that Paige was hired to land...



  • "YOUR SISTER IS NEXT." A killer is threatening the life of rookie cop Sydney Tucker's sister -- unless Sydney turns over evidence from a drug bust. But she doesn't have the evidence. Not that the thug believes her. Now she and the sibling in her car...



  • "Don't say a word." When a criminal threatened to kill Megan Cash if she testified against him, she didn't back down. Years later, he's out of jail and ready for revenge against Megan and her daughter. The only one who can protect them is the form...



  • IF YOU PLANT THE WRONG SEEDS. . .Recovered from her near death at the hand of a killer, landscape designer Paige Turner is certain her life will soon be a bed of roses. That is, until her employee, Daisy Rose Plante, finds a dead body, and the thorny...



  • Photographer Jennie Buchanan unknowingly captures a drug-cartel meeting on film. And now she has become a killer's next target. Even worse, her only protection from the danger that threatens her life is the man who threatens her heart. Dodging bullet...



  • When her client and old college friend is murdered, P.I. Kat Justice knows the killer will come for her next. Her survival depends on finding her unknown enemy first…and working with homicide detective Mitch Elliot, her onetime crush. It'll take al...



  • WHO CAN SHE TRUST? Alyssa Wells has uncovered evidence that her police officer husband was murdered by his partner-a dangerous claim in a small town. After two tours in Iraq, protecting Alyssa and her children shouldn't be a problem for private i...



  • FALSELY ACCUSED! When someone sabotages former navy SEAL Luke Baldwin's "unhackable" software, there's more than his reputation at stake. Faced with treason charges, Luke turns to Dani Justice, a computer expert and skilled investigator. She's ea...






  • MISSION: PROTECT BABY Gina Evans knows her brother was murdered -- even if the police won't believe her. After catching a quick glimpse of the evidence her brother had gathered, the same criminals are after her and her baby niece. And Gina's only...



  • Researcher Claire Reed's top secret project is stolen, putting her at risk of being kidnapped to unlock it. Her undercover bodyguard -- her former love, Green Beret Travis Chapman -- is on his most dangerous mission yet. ...



  • HOSTAGE SITUATION When armed robbers strike her bank, hostage negotiator Skyler Brennan's life is on the line. Rescue comes from the last person she thought she could count on -- the ex-boyfriend who chose his job over their relationship. FBI age...



  • Will he help find her sister's killer . . . or lead the killer to her door?When FBI Agent Kaitlyn Knight discovers her brother-in-law is Vyper--the notorious cyber-criminal and murderer wanted by the FBI--Kait doesn't question her duty to arrest him....



  • RACE AGAINST TIME The last thing Krista Curry expected to find in a soccer stadium was a time bomb. When she alerts explosives expert Cash Dixon, she becomes a local hero. But the attention could expose her real name -- and the infamous past she ...



  • CAUGHT IN THE CROSSHAIRS Held hostage on a train, ex-lawyer Morgan Thorsby finds her powers of persuasion failing her for the first time. Former marine sniper Brady Owens is her only hope -- but his split-second hesitation on the trigger leaves h...



  • "Web of Deceit is a must read for any fan of suspense." --Seattle Examiner Ms. Sleeman batted a thousand on this one. I highly recommend it."--TheSuspenseZone.comA killer is lurking in the shadows . . . FBI agent Nina Brandt loves her job. Sure, she...



  • A nightmare come true . . . Years ago, a fifteen-year-old girl was abducted by a monster. Although she managed to escape, her tormenter was never caught. So the girl was given a new home, a new name . . . and the determination to save other foster k...



  • DESIGNATED TARGET On her way to visit a little girl she recently helped save, paramedic Darcie Stephens is attacked by a stranger dead-set on killing her. She escapes unscathed when detective Noah Lockhart comes to her rescue, but an officer find...



  • A HIDDEN ENEMY Emily Graves left everything behind to save her aunt's struggling bed-and-breakfast, but she's hardly through the door before she's the one who needs saving. Someone in Bridal Veil, Oregon, will go to any lengths -- even murder -- ...






  • WITNESS IN JEOPARDY It's a typical day at Rachael Long's day-care center -- until a masked gunman tries to abduct one of the children in her charge. First response commander Jake Marsh manages to defuse the situation before anyone is harmed…but...



  • KEEPING BABY SAFE The tragedy that killed Bree Hatfield's best friends -- and left her with custody of their young daughter -- has been ruled an accident. But Bree knows it was murder. Scared and alone, she turns to her ex-boyfriend, navy SEAL Cl...



  • An FBI agent must protect the woman who can identify a terrorist bomber in bestselling author Susan Sleeman's riveting romantic suspense novel. Each day could be her last...but not if he can help it. Tara Parrish is the only person ever to surv...



  • Forensic artist Hannah Perry's skills make her a valuable asset to the police in solving criminal investigations.Now she's taking a much-needed vacation on a secluded island with her young son. But a young woman has been murdered. Her body unidentifi...



  • Want to play a game? When research chemist Kiera Underwood receives a cryptic phone call about her twin brother, she tries to contact him to no avail. Her twin sense tingles, warning her that something is wrong. When he doesn't return her call and...



  • DEADLY HOLIDAY REUNION When his ex is thrust into the crosshairs of a deadly syndicate, FBI agent Gavin McKade will do whatever it takes to protect her. Even work the case with his stubborn sheriff dad. Gavin’s holiday homecoming isn’t exactly...



  • Suspense and romance combine in Susan Sleeman's thrilling new novel about an FBI agent who must team up with a beautiful therapist to stop a killer with a deadly new weapon. Some fears haunt you forever.... As the ballistics and weapon's expert...



  • Six years ago tragedy tore them apart…
    Maggie Turner happily works as an assistant professor in the Criminal Justice Department and lives a quiet life near campus. That is until Jackson Lockhart bursts into her life unexpectedly. Then a cycl...



  • When her past comes back to haunt her…
    Former FBI cyber security agent Eryn Calloway worked many cyber investigations during her career as an FBI agent and while serving as Blackwell Tactical's cyber expert. But when her computer is locked wi...



  • The rodeo arena is always treacherous. Now it’s deadly… It’s no accident Deputy Tessa McKade is trapped with an angry bull ready to trample her to death. She quickly realizes that McKade Law is no longer enough to keep her safe -- and itâ...






  • A shared past…Riley Glen’s former girlfriend, recording artist Leah Kent, is performing at a summer concert nearby and calls to tell him she’s in danger and needs his help. After the concert, he discovers her bending over a woman’s dead bo...



  • She’s on the run…

    When Whitney Rochester’s brother-in-law kills her sister, Whitney fears for the life of her niece and nephew. She can’t leave them in her murderous brother-in-law’s care so she goes on the run with the children to...



  • Cowboy lawmen make the best protectors Fleeing from her dangerous ex-boyfriend, on-the-run single mother Nicole Dyer takes refuge in a cabin -- and is discovered by the ranch owner, Deputy Matt McKade. It’s easy to fall for the handsome lawman a...



  • An inferno meant to destroy…

    Blackwell Tactical operator and former criminalist Samantha Willis discovers forensic evidence to prove her friend has been murdered. But before she can gather the evidence, an explosion erupts and a fiery infe...



  • A cowboy protector from her past… Working her first case as deputy sheriff with her ex-boyfriend, Detective Cord Goodwin, Kendall McKade is determined to track the kidnappers -- even if it makes her a target. Desperate to find the abducted victi...



  • She was hiding from her past…When a local woman goes missing and Sheriff Blake Jenkins delivers her blood sample to DNA expert Emory Steele for analysis, Blake discovers Emory is a dead ringer for the missing woman. Blake’s gut says the woman ...



  • A child she'll do anything to keep.After Kelsey Moore's husband dies, she wants only one thing. To adopt her husband's son who she has come to call her own. But as she begins the process that her husband had dragged his feet on, she learns a secre...



  • Evaluating trace evidence is her job…

    When Sierra Byrd’s father needs a kidney transplant, despite her parents’ protest claiming they could never ask for her help, Sierra insists on being tested for the transplant. But when results pro...



  • When cybercriminals hack into the US Marshals' Witness Protection database and auction off witnesses' personal details to the highest bidders, the RED Team led by FBI Agent Sean Nichols begins a high-stakes chase to find the hacker. But befor...



  • Tracing cyber criminals is what he lives for…

    When hackers breach hospital security to steal patient records and begin blackmailing them, Veritas Center’s cybercrime expert, Nick Thorn is hired to locate security holes and patch the syst...






  • Everyone has a secret...When forensic photographer Ainsley Duncan's brother is arrested for murder, she works hard to exonerate him through her contacts, but nothing clears his name until she happens upon a long-buried secret involving Grady Houston-...



  • When she discovers her worst nightmare... When Maya Glass--the Veritas Center's toxicology/controlled substances expert--goes to check on her scientist friend after a cryptic phone message, Maya stumbles upon her worst nightmare. A deadly toxin has b...



  • It's the intel every agent fears--terrorists have been smuggled into the country, intent on unleashing the most deadly attack since 9/11. With the threat imminent, FBI Agent Kiley Dawson and ICE Agent Evan Bowers are charged with taking down this...



  • She faces dangerous situations all the time... Olympic downhill skier Harper Young knows what it's like to look danger in the face. After all, she does it every time she races down a ski slope. She's fine with that danger and even excels under the pr...



  • A woman on the run with no one to trust...When a Christmas vacation at a snowy Mt. Hood cabin turns into a home invasion, Jenna Paine will do anything to protect her four-year-old daughter. Even if it means putting Jenna's own life on the line. Which...



  • She's determined to find her father's killer...FBI Agent, Toni Long, lost her father a year ago when he was killed in a joint FBI and ICE investigation led by Clay Byrd, a man Toni had found herself infatuated with. Unfortunately, the killer escaped,...



  • Just as Homeland Security Agent Addison Leigh reaches the pinnacle of her cyber investigation into a firearms smuggling ring, she's attacked and left for dead. Her estranged husband, ICE Agent Mack Jordan, is notified that she's at the hospital in a ...



  • If you're in his sights...County social worker, Natalie Dunn discovers a horrible secret about the father of her juvenile clients. The man not only killed one woman, but Natalie suspects he's killed several others. She plans to go to the authorities,...



  • Everything points to suicide or accidental death...Underwater crime scene investigator, Kennedy Walker is shocked when her mother dies and the police rule her death a suicide or an accidental overdose. Her scientist-mother was on the verge of a scien...



  • She lived for upholding the law... Defense attorney, Malone Rice, doesn't want to go to her fifteen year class reunion. Attending means running into her former high school flame, now Portland police detective, Ian Blair. But when the committee decide...






  • Searching for an abducted woman...Detective Londyn Steele is thrown into the deep end when she's assigned to find an abducted socialite. Problem is, her family's company, Steele Guardians, was supposed to protect the family matriarch at her eightieth...



  • One mysterious break-in...As a middle child, Peyton Steele has always needed to find a way to standout. But coming to the attention of the head of security for her client's jewelry store when millions of dollars in jewels go missing is not the way to...



  • When a baby goes missing...The ink was barely dry on the contract Bristol Steele had signed for Steele Guardians to provide security for a metro hospital when a baby is abducted from the birthing center. Horrified and devastated for the family, Brist...



  • She keeps her feelings to herself...When Teagan Steele faces her hardest challenge since taking over her family's security company, she has to dig deep to figure out how one of their clients smuggled antiquities into this country, and what they did w...



  • He lost his memory...Mackenzie Steele has been instrumental in keeping Steele Guardians afloat, working long hours for months. Nearing burnout, her family encourages her to take a vacation, and she reluctantly agrees. She needs solitude and quiet, an...



  • With enemies surrounding her...Ryleigh Steele gives in to mounting pressure from her siblings and cousins and leaves her job as a law enforcement officer to join the Steele Guardians. She's just getting her feet wet when a local lumber company begins...



  • When returning to her past threatens her life and a murder occurs...When Mia Blackburn returns to Shadow Lake to inherit her uncle's property, she doesn't expect a threatening warning before she even reaches the rustic resort. And when a fire traps h...



  • To protect her loved ones...Rookie officer Sydney Tucker can handle threats to her life. After all, she's a law enforcement officer. Even when a killer demands she turn over evidence from a drug bust or he will kill her, she refuses to comply. But th...



  • A killer is hunting, seeking her...When a criminal threatened to kill Megan Cash if she testified against him, she didn't back down and made sure her testimony put this killer behind bars. Years later, he's out of prison and ready for revenge against...



  • When his country needs him...For Green Beret Travis Chapman, special operations and covert missions are his life. When his country calls, he reports without question. Until now. Until he's tasked with protecting a woman he'd once loved and sent him p...



  • An impossible position...The moment Ava Weston checked into Shadow Lake Survival's immersive survival training camp, Shadow Lake Survival's weapons expert, Micha Nichols, knew something haunted her. He was sure of it. And that something had brought h...



  • A cyber-stalker and a murder threaten her life...When IT specialist, Brooklyn Hurst's cyber stalker grows bolder and the police refuse to do anything about it, she has to take drastic measures. Like fleeing the only home she's known to a place so off...



  • To catch a killer...Forensic engineer Kinsley Pierce is used to dispassionately digging into building and structure failures to determine the cause of the failure. But when she starts receiving disturbing death threats, she's anything but dispassiona...



  • Protecting his friends has always come first...When Nolan Orr, founding member of Lost Lake Locators, and his teammates receive a mysterious invitation to a secluded mansion on Lost Island for what seems to be an innocent game night with his closest ...



  • A vulnerable reporter. A hidden truth.Lost Lake Locator Hayden Kraus is thrust into a high-stakes investigation when he's hired to investigate the disappearance of a prominent local figure. The case quickly unravels into a complex web of deception, c...


Award-Winning Books by Susan Sleeman

Fatal Mistake
2018 Carol Award -- Romantic Suspense
Thread of Suspicion
2013 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Love Inspired Suspense


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Susan Sleeman has published 64 books.

The next book by Susan Sleeman, Lost Truth, will be published in July 2025.

The first book by Susan Sleeman, High-Stakes Inheritance, was published in September 2010.

Yes. Susan Sleeman has 14 series.