Rita Hestand

Ray Connor knew all the guys would raze him about Kelly Price saving him from the burning building. He'd take it in his stride. From the moment she walked into the station, taking the job as his backup partner, he knew he had to fight even harder not to fall for Kelly....

Daniel Connor accepts an assignment to protect a senator's daughter from a drug lord. Her father suspects that she's romantically involved with this man. But he doesn't have all the facts. Gabby is out to save the drug lord's son, Tony....

Callie Evans was hanging around the wrong people, she was going to get into trouble if she kept it up. Gil Sutton had liked Callie all her life, but she had such a stubborn streak. Somehow he had to protect her from herself. And considering Joe Boggs was now after her for the bank money, that was going to be a full time job....

Jax is a bassett hound that loves to sniff things. He forgets about things when he's sniffing. One day, he wanders off from home, and before he knows it, it's dark and he's lost....

Victor Frank is no ordinary killer. For one, he kills women with his bare hands. When he kills John T.'s mother and tells him he's "better off without her," John T. swears he'll track him down....

There'd been several killings in Melville. Unusual killings, no witnesses, no clues, and no suspects. Sheriff Jim Bonner was having a time trying to narrow his search down....

When the local town drunk sees a murder committed on Boot Hill on Halloween night, will anyone pay any attention to his story? Sheriff Joe Grubbs, though skeptical, investigates....

When Tina finds her friend, Jennifer, on the bathroom floor at school, sick and crying, she wants to help her. Jennifer tells her she's pregnant with Zach's baby....

Little Willy, the hard-of-hearing duck, thought he heard Farmer Jack and Otis say that Mo was leaving the farm....

Everyone is staying out of the pond by the barnyard - everyone but Willy, the hard of hearing little duck. He doesn't hear their warnings and goes swimming. Boy is he in for a surprise....

Tina's brother is quitting basketball, but why, he loves the game? Tina suspects something is up, and she gets an earful one afternoon after school. Mario is being bullied. What can she do?...

Mother Hen's eggs were missing. She was so upset. Willy was upset too. Who could have taken her eggs?...

Michael has become the star of the basketball team, and Tina feels pushed to the side as everyone crowds around him. But Michael has an idea to bring her closer....

Julie was new in school...again! She was so tired of always being new and having to make new friends everywhere she went....

Jeb and Hoot get more than they bargained for when they trade horses with an Indian village....

Jeremy Michael Myers was my friend. We walked home from school together. Then one day, everything changed, and I had to decide if Jeremy was still my friend....

What did a guy have to do to be respected by his peers....

Mother Hen wants all the farm animals in the barn because Nado is coming....

Book one of the Dog Hero's series. Little Jojo, the one-eyed puppy, can no longer get milk from his mother. So he sets out to find food. That's when he meets Tanker and the dog catcher....

Every girl wants the most popular boy in school to notice her. But Tina was having a hard time getting Zach Taylor to pay any attention to her. Zach liked Jennifer, the cheerleader....