Count to Ten Series

To save the woman he loves, he has to let a killer walk free.   Annabelle Englewood's life is crumbling around her. Her entire family is slaughtered; she's accused of committing the crime; and the detective working the case is making her feel things she doesn't want to feel and challenging her belief that she is unworthy of being loved.    Detective Xavier Montague knows better than to get involved with a woman in a case he's working. Especially one who is so emotionally vulnerable. And yet, against his better judgment, he's drawn to Annabelle, but this forbidden attraction will force him to confront the darkest time in his life.    ↝ Trigger warning - mature content, issues of sexual assault/abuse, violence ↜   ONE is the first book in the Count to Ten series by USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe. Suspense, thrills, mysteries, serial killers, stalkers, friendship, family, and love abound in each book of this complete series!   Read the complete series today 1. One - Xavier and Annabelle 2. Two - Ryan and Sofia 3. Three - Xavier and Annabelle, Ryan and Sofia 4. Four - Jack and Laura 5. Five - Jack and Laura 6. Six - Xavier and Annabelle 6.5 Burning Secrets (a novella) - Paige and Elias 7. Seven - Mark and Daisy 8. Eight - Ryan and Sofia 9. Nine 10. Ten

Maybe this family deserves what they get.   Someone is killing off the Everett family one by one, and the only family member talking to the cops is Sofia. Shunned by her father and battling a mysterious illness, Sofia's childhood dreams may be the key to stopping the killer. Nothing could prepare her for what she will uncover about the people she has known all her life, and once she knows the truth, she will never look at herself the same way again.   When his newest case brings Detective Ryan Xander right to the doorstep of the woman he's been watching from afar, it doesn't take long for him to fall for her. But between Sofia's illness, the killer, and his own insecurities, this fledgling relationship may be over before it even begins.   ↝ Trigger warning - mature content, issues of sexual assault/abuse, violence ↜   TWO is the second book in the Count to Ten series by USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe. Suspense, thrills, mysteries, serial killers, stalkers, friendship, family, and love abound in each book of this complete series!   Read the complete series today 1. One - Xavier and Annabelle 2. Two - Ryan and Sofia 3. Three - Xavier and Annabelle, Ryan and Sofia 4. Four - Jack and Laura 5. Five - Jack and Laura 6. Six - Xavier and Annabelle 6.5 Burning Secrets (a novella) - Paige and Elias 7. Seven - Mark and Daisy 8. Eight - Ryan and Sofia 9. Nine 10. Ten

The body count rises when two serial killers fall in love.   Annabelle Englewood is still struggling to cope with what a vicious psychopath did to her eight months ago. Sofia Everette has spent five months recovering from the physical and psychological trauma inflicted on her by a member of her own family.    When the two women and their respective boyfriends, Detective Xavier Montague and Detective Ryan Xander, meet up, they will have to deal with the fallout from two killers' love affair, all under the ever-present eye of an escalating stalker.   ↝ Trigger warning - mature content, issues of sexual assault/abuse, violence ↜   THREE is the third book in the Count to Ten series by USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe. Suspense, thrills, mysteries, serial killers, stalkers, friendship, family, and love abound in each book of this complete series!   Read the complete series today 1. One - Xavier and Annabelle 2. Two - Ryan and Sofia 3. Three - Xavier and Annabelle, Ryan and Sofia 4. Four - Jack and Laura 5. Five - Jack and Laura 6. Six - Xavier and Annabelle 6.5 Burning Secrets (a novella) - Paige and Elias 7. Seven - Mark and Daisy 8. Eight - Ryan and Sofia 9. Nine 10. Ten

Innocent victim or crazy liar?   At the hospital, Laura Xander bumps into a teenager who claims that she and three other girls were kidnapped five years ago. The man whom she alleges abducted her maintains that he is her father and that his daughter is mentally unbalanced.    Detective Paige Hood was nearly killed by her stalker four years ago. He stole something from her she can never get back, and she's still trying to come to terms with the ramifications. Now the stalker is back and determined that she will not live to see the morning.   ↝ Trigger warning - mature content, issues of sexual assault/abuse, violence ↜   FIVE is the fifth book in the Count to Ten series by USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe. Suspense, thrills, mysteries, serial killers, stalkers, friendship, family, and love abound in each book of this complete series!   Read the complete series today 1. One - Xavier and Annabelle 2. Two - Ryan and Sofia 3. Three - Xavier and Annabelle, Ryan and Sofia 4. Four - Jack and Laura 5. Five - Jack and Laura 6. Six - Xavier and Annabelle 6.5 Burning Secrets (a novella) - Paige and Elias 7. Seven - Mark and Daisy 8. Eight - Ryan and Sofia 9. Nine 10. Ten

A terrifying ordeal left her trapped in a prison of her own making.   Ten years ago, Laura Opal endured a four-day-long nightmare that left her broken and traumatized. But the men who hurt her were caught, tried, found guilty and imprisoned, so what's happening in her apartment building doesn't have anything to do with her. She's sure of it.   Detective Jack Xander is investigating the sudden spate of crimes at an apartment building, but every time he thinks he's making progress, another assault leads him in a completely different direction. As he hunts for the killer's real target, Jack is about to come face-to-face with the one true love of his life—the same woman whose heart he shattered.   ↝ Trigger warning - mature content, issues of sexual assault/abuse, violence ↜   FOUR is the fourth book in the Count to Ten series by USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe. Suspense, thrills, mysteries, serial killers, stalkers, friendship, family, and love abound in each book of this complete series!   Read the complete series today 1. One - Xavier and Annabelle 2. Two - Ryan and Sofia 3. Three - Xavier and Annabelle, Ryan and Sofia 4. Four - Jack and Laura 5. Five - Jack and Laura 6. Six - Xavier and Annabelle 6.5 Burning Secrets (a novella) - Paige and Elias 7. Seven - Mark and Daisy 8. Eight - Ryan and Sofia 9. Nine 10. Ten

Can Detective Paige Hood survive her stalker's attempt to kill her?   Annabelle Englewood just made the biggest decision of her life, but she's not sure she made the right choice; it just felt like it was something she had to do. Her decision might wind up costing her more than just the man she loves—it might also take her freedom and her life.   A woman disappears without a trace. Another four women vanish on the same night. The case takes a personal turn for Detective Xavier Montague when his estranged girlfriend, Annabelle, also goes missing. Is her disappearance related? Is someone else responsible? Or did she simply walk away from her life of her own volition?   ↝ Trigger warning - mature content, issues of sexual assault/abuse, violence ↜   SIX is the sixth book in the Count to Ten series by USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe. Suspense, thrills, mysteries, serial killers, stalkers, friendship, family, and love abound in each book of this complete series!   Read the complete series today 1. One - Xavier and Annabelle 2. Two - Ryan and Sofia 3. Three - Xavier and Annabelle, Ryan and Sofia 4. Four - Jack and Laura 5. Five - Jack and Laura 6. Six - Xavier and Annabelle 6.5 Burning Secrets (a novella) - Paige and Elias 7. Seven - Mark and Daisy 8. Eight - Ryan and Sofia 9. Nine 10. Ten

Keep her mouth shut and let a killer get revenge or risk the truth about her coming out?   Daisy Xander has spent her entire life trying to hide who she really is. But no matter how many measures she has taken and how many sacrifices she has made, the truth is about to come out.   For Mark Xander, life keeps getting worse and worse. Left to raise his four kids alone, then his youngest son comes face-to-face with a killer, and his estranged wife seems to have a relationship with the victim. Daisy won't tell anyone what's going on, and when more victims keep falling, it soon becomes clear; Daisy is either involved, or she's on the killer's list.   ↝ Trigger warning - mature content, issues of sexual assault/abuse, violence ↜   SEVEN is the seventh book in the Count to Ten series by USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe. Suspense, thrills, mysteries, serial killers, stalkers, friendship, family, and love abound in each book of this complete series!   Read the complete series today 1. One - Xavier and Annabelle 2. Two - Ryan and Sofia 3. Three - Xavier and Annabelle, Ryan and Sofia 4. Four - Jack and Laura 5. Five - Jack and Laura 6. Six - Xavier and Annabelle 6.5 Burning Secrets (a novella) - Paige and Elias 7. Seven - Mark and Daisy 8. Eight - Ryan and Sofia 9. Nine 10. Ten

The high school is this killer's hunting ground.   Teenage girls are being abducted and murdered. The cops don't know who they're looking for, but they do know that with the high school as his hunting ground, this killer has hundreds of potential victims to choose from.   Fifteen-year-old Sophie Xander just learned that her parents have been lying to her her entire life. Angry, hurt, and no longer sure of who she is, Sophie lashes out at her parents and turns to her new boyfriend for comfort and support. But when she and her best friend are snatched off the streets, her family will do whatever it takes to get her back.   ↝ Trigger warning - mature content, issues of sexual assault/abuse, violence ↜   NINE is the ninth book in the Count to Ten series by USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe. Suspense, thrills, mysteries, serial killers, stalkers, friendship, family, and love abound in each book of this complete series!   Read the complete series today 1. One - Xavier and Annabelle 2. Two - Ryan and Sofia 3. Three - Xavier and Annabelle, Ryan and Sofia 4. Four - Jack and Laura 5. Five - Jack and Laura 6. Six - Xavier and Annabelle 6.5 Burning Secrets (a novella) - Paige and Elias 7. Seven - Mark and Daisy 8. Eight - Ryan and Sofia 9. Nine 10. Ten

They survived a hostage situation; now, someone is killing them off.   When a violent husband tracks down his family at the center for abused women and children, Sofia Xander runs. He holds eight people hostage in a bid to get his wife and daughter back. Sofia has no choice but to kill him to protect herself and the others, but she is unprepared for the impact it will have on her.   Detective Ryan Xander is proud of his wife for doing what she had to in order to save lives, but he knows taking a life will affect her; he just never imagined she would shut him out. When someone starts killing off the surviving hostages, he could lose his wife to a killer, or she could walk out on him.   ↝ Trigger warning - mature content, issues of sexual assault/abuse, violence ↜   EIGHT is the eighth book in the Count to Ten series by USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe. Suspense, thrills, mysteries, serial killers, stalkers, friendship, family, and love abound in each book of this complete series!   Read the complete series today 1. One - Xavier and Annabelle 2. Two - Ryan and Sofia 3. Three - Xavier and Annabelle, Ryan and Sofia 4. Four - Jack and Laura 5. Five - Jack and Laura 6. Six - Xavier and Annabelle 6.5 Burning Secrets (a novella) - Paige and Elias 7. Seven - Mark and Daisy 8. Eight - Ryan and Sofia 9. Nine 10. Ten

They say time heals all wounds.   Tessa Micah is snatched from her bed in the middle of the night. She has a complicated past and is the widow of a decorated cop, so the list of suspects is long. Retired detective, Skylar Wyatt, is determined to find her and honor the promise he made to his partner—to protect and care for his wife should anything ever happen to him.   When people connected to Tessa start dying, the cops don't know who from her past is targeting her, or if it has something to do with her dead husband's cases. With time running out, and more bodies falling, vocations will be questioned, futures reassessed, and not everyone will survive.   ↝ Trigger warning - mature content, issues of sexual assault/abuse, violence ↜   TEN is the tenth and final book in the Count to Ten series by USA Today bestselling author Jane Blythe. Suspense, thrills, mysteries, serial killers, stalkers, friendship, family, and love abound in each book of this complete series!   Read the complete series today 1. One - Xavier and Annabelle 2. Two - Ryan and Sofia 3. Three - Xavier and Annabelle, Ryan and Sofia 4. Four - Jack and Laura 5. Five - Jack and Laura 6. Six - Xavier and Annabelle 6.5 Burning Secrets (a novella) - Paige and Elias 7. Seven - Mark and Daisy 8. Eight - Ryan and Sofia 9. Nine 10. Ten