Broken Wheel Wolves (Trilogy Bundle)

By Melissa F. Hart

Book One: Wolf Problem
Life in the small town of Broken Wheel, Wyoming tends to be a little predictable...until Sheriff’s Deputy Jade Lundgren is assigned to deal with the “wolf problem.” Now that wolves have been taken off the endangered species list, people are divided as to whether the wolves should be protected, destroyed, or simply left alone. Tasked with controlling the escalating tensions, Jade finds herself trying to make sense of seemingly unrelated crimes, while juggling her feelings for local rancher, Harlan Winters, and the mysterious, Irish wildlife biologist, Conall O’Faolán.

Book Two: Vanishing in Plain Sight
The “wolf problem” is spiraling out of control, and now Deputy Jade Lundgren has more than her confused feelings for handsome Harlan Winters and smoldering Conall O’Faolán to contend with. When violence comes to the small town of Broken Wheel, suspicion seems to fall in every direction. One thing is clear to Jade, though, as her investigation keeps hitting dead ends: it’s not only the local wolf pack whose lives may be at stake.

Book Three: Luck of the Irish
With the rest of the Sheriff’s Department out of town for various reasons, Deputy Jade Lundgren is all on her own as she continues investigating the “wolf problem,” and now the bombing of the Winters’ ranch. Things get muddled as no one around Jade is who they appear to be—and that includes the two men she’s attracted to: handsome Harlan Winters, and the mysteriously compelling Conall O’Faolán. What should have been an ordinary Friday night in Broken Wheel quickly turns into a race against time to save her best friend’s life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: MFH Ink Publishing
• Release date: Jan 13, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310533198

Melissa F. Hart

I started writing romance fiction since I was 16 years old. I'm now a published writer thanks to the wonderful world of ebooks.I live in Canada and I love the winter months. As you can see, I wrote several books related to the winter holidays.I'm not represented by an agent and I'm a proud indie. I have learned how to create websites and edit images, design book covers, etc. All my books and what you see on this website I have created myself.I'm currently a certified accountant but my dream is to be a full-time independent writer of hot erotic romance books.

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Books in the series

Wolf Problem - Volume 1

Vanishing in Plain Sight - Volume 2

Luck of the Irish - Volume 3

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Synopsis

Book One: Wolf Problem

Life in the small town of Broken Wheel, Wyoming tends to be a little predictable…until Sheriff’s Deputy Jade Lundgren is assigned to deal with the wolf problem. Now that wolves have been taken off the endangered species list, people are divided as to whether the wolves should be protected, destroyed, or simply left alone. Tasked with controlling the escalating tensions, Jade finds herself trying to make sense of seemingly unrelated crimes, while juggling her feelings for local rancher, Harlan Winters, and the mysterious, Irish wildlife biologist, Conall O’Faolán.

Book Two: Vanishing in Plain Sight

The wolf problem is spiraling out of control, and now Deputy Jade Lundgren has more than her confused feelings for handsome Harlan Winters and smoldering Conall O’Faolán to contend with. When violence comes to the small town of Broken Wheel, suspicion seems to fall in every direction. One thing is clear to Jade, though, as her investigation keeps hitting dead ends: it’s not only the local wolf pack whose lives may be at stake.

Book Three: Luck of the Irish

With the rest of the Sheriff’s Department out of town for various reasons, Deputy Jade Lundgren is all on her own as she continues investigating the wolf problem, and now the bombing of the Winters’ ranch. Things get muddled as no one around Jade is who they appear to be—and that includes the two men she’s attracted to: handsome Harlan Winters, and the mysteriously compelling Conall O’Faolán. What should have been an ordinary Friday night in Broken Wheel quickly turns into a race against time to save her best friend’s life.

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Table of Contents

Wolf Problem

Vanishing in Plain Sight

Luck of the Irish

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Wolf Problem

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Jade!

Sheriff Wilson Page’s raspy baritone bounced off the faded red brick walls of the Broken Wheel Sheriff’s Department as he hung up the telephone. He always sounded a little like he was yelling, but it had more to do with being a big man in a cramped office on the second floor of the former Harrow Hill Seed Company than with the fact that he was actually shouting. Since the mayor, the county clerk, and the entire Chamber of Commerce shared the first floor, the deputies put up with the poor acoustics and felt lucky to have space for a few desks, a gun locker, and a holding cell.

I’m right here, Wilson. Jade’s long ash blonde ponytail bounced on her back as she turned from the filing cabinet with a manila folder in her hand.

I need you to go out to the Winters’ place. Carson is hoppin’ mad.

Jade tried to stifle a sigh; Carson was the father of her sometime suitor, Harlan, and she could guess at the reason the rancher was worked up. This have anything to do with the wolf problem?

Wilson rolled his eyes a little. What do you think? The sheriff drummed his fingers restlessly on the desk as he stared out the window. Seems some of our new friends from out of town have been up to more than a little mischief. Go see what you can find out—take pictures, we need to document everything. Spinning his creaky desk chair back to face Jade, he added, I think I need you on the wolf problem full time.

Guess this means I’m canceling lunch with Nicolette at the Brown Buffalo Café.

’Fraid so. He gave Jade a tight smile that she knew meant he was taking the escalating conflict in town seriously. My daughter will wait. The Broken Wheel Gazette hasn’t had headlines this juicy since Cleave Masterson got drunk and went joyriding on Jim Lassiter’s stand-up mower. Jade couldn’t help but snicker at the memory of arresting Cleave for DUI…on a lawnmower, and the hilarious story Nicolette had written for the Gazette. I’ll call Nicolette and take the blame, but you gals will have to make another date to paint your toenails and talk about boys.

In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re not in junior high anymore. Jade arched an eyebrow playfully.

Oh, I know. I just choose to ignore the fact that you gals are grown women. Now get on out to the Winters.

Nodding, Jade jammed the manila folder in her hand back into the file drawer, grabbed a digital camera from her desk, and pulled her tan canvas jacket off the back of her chair. Double- checking the gun holster on her belt, she called back over her shoulder, I’ll radio once I’ve got a handle on things.

Wilson waved her off, Sounds good, in the meantime, I’ve got to see if Dougie has figured out whether that dumbass meth head blew himself up along with that trailer last night.

Rural Wyoming—not exactly exotic, Jade thought as she made her way out to her beat-up Bronco emblazoned with a gold star and Broken Wheel Sheriff’s Department on the door. Their crimes tended to be predictable: theft, drugs, domestic disputes, and the occasional assault and battery, most of which could be attributed to boredom and/or booze. The so-called wolf problem was injecting a whole new dynamic, though; militant environmental activists had taken up residence at Broken Wheel’s one and only motel, the Hidden Springs Inn, to protest the hunting and trapping of wolves. And then there were the local jackasses fueling the fire by bragging about how many of these nuisances they were going to take down, now that wolves were no longer on the endangered species list for Wyoming. Biggy Lemmons and his cousin Frank were the ringleaders, trying to get everyone to believe that the handful of wolves in the neighborhood were wreaking havoc on the local cattle herds, as well as the big game like elk. Jade’s studied opinion was that Biggy and Frank were just mean sons of bitches who enjoyed killing for the sake of killing.

The snow-capped peaks of the Grand Tetons soared up majestically in the distance, and fields of purple heather trailed along the road as Jade headed out to the Winters’ ranch. The noise of the Bronco rumbling up the unpaved road startled a few head of pronghorn antelope that quickly bounded away, and another mile along, she caught sight of a small herd of bison that merely lifted their shaggy heads to take note of the interloper before resuming their grazing. Jade smiled; maybe human life in Wyoming wasn’t very exotic, but she certainly couldn’t fault her spacious backyard for a lack of beauty.

At the turn-off to the Winters’ ranch, Jade reminded herself that Harlan was likely to be there with his father, and she tried to assess how that made her feel. It wasn’t like Harlan was a novelty; they’d