“Huh.” Derek didn’t sound too freaked out about it, either. “Lou, I’m good with finders keepers, then. You can have it.”

She couldn’t respond. For once, no words would leave her mouth. All she could do was cling to Phil’s middle and try to breathe. It wasn’t working.

As he pulled up next to them, Callum looked at the peacefully bobbing mass of flesh. “Fuck.”

Lou’s lungs had locked up again, and she felt as if her face had been dunked back into the frigid water. She couldn’t tear her eyes away from the bloated body.

“Hey, Cal?” Phil still sounded much too calm. “Where’s the head?”

About the Author

A graduate of the police academy, Katie Ruggle is a self-proclaimed forensics nerd. A fan of anything that makes her feel like a badass, she has trained in Krav Maga, boxing, and gymnastics, has lived in an off-grid, solar- and wind-powered house in the Rocky Mountains, rides horses, trains her three dogs, and travels to warm places to scuba dive. She has received multiple Amazon Best Books of the Month and an Amazon Best Book of the Year. Run to Ground, the first book in her Rocky Mountain K9 Unit series, was a 2017 RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award nominee. Katie now lives in a 150-year-old Minnesota farmhouse near her family.

Search and Rescue

In the Rockies, lives depend on the Search & Rescue brotherhood. But this far off the map, secrets can be murder.

By Katie Ruggle

Hold Your Breath

Louise “Lou” Sparks is a hurricane—a walking disaster. And with her, ice diving captain Callum Cook has never felt more alive…even if keeping her safe may just kill him.

Fan the Flames

Firefighter and Motorcycle Club member Ian Walsh rides the line between the good guys and the bad. But if a killer has his way, Ian will take the fall for a murder he didn’t commit…and lose the woman he’s always loved.

Gone Too Deep

George Halloway is a mystery. Tall. Dark. Intense. But city girl Ellie Price will need him by her side if she wants to find her father…and live to tell the tale.

In Safe Hands

Deputy Sheriff Chris Jennings has always been a hero to agoraphobe Daisy Little, but one wrong move ended their future before it could begin. Now he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her safe—even if that means turning against one of his own.

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Rocky Mountain K9 Unit

These K9 officers and their trusty dogs will do anything to protect the women in their lives

By Katie Ruggle

Run to Ground

K9 officer Theo Bosco lost his mentor, his K9 partner, and almost lost his will to live. But when a ruthless killer targets a woman on the run, Theo and his new K9 companion will do whatever it takes to save the woman neither can live without.