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Summary

Seven kids, who adopt each other as family after  growing up in an orphanage together, discover God and romance while working intense cases pertaining to their high-stakes jobs like U.S. Marshal, hostage negotiator, and firefighter.  

Stats

Genre: Adult romantic suspense (expect Jennifer which is straight romance)

Series length: Six books plus prequel and companion romance novella

Violence: Moderate violence, including stalking, assassination, and arson.

Magic/Supernatural: None

Romance/Sex: Moderate, clean  

Christian/spiritual element: Explicit Christian elements, including some very blunt conversations about God and faith

Recommendation: Those who enjoy romantic suspense, stories revolving around families, and discussions pertaining to why we believe what we believe about God, faith, and the Bible.

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Opening Lines:

The summer storm lit up the night sky in a jagged display of energy, lightning streaking and fragmenting between towering thunderheads. Sara Walsh ignored the storm as best as she could, determined to not let it interrupt her train of thought. The desk lamp as well as the overhead light were on in her office as she tried to prevent any shadows from forming. What she was writing was disturbing enough.

The six-year-old boy had been found . . . Dead. 

Danger in the Shadows (Prequel to the O'Malleys)
by Dee Henderson

Sara is terrified. She's doing the one thing she cannot afford to do: fall in love with former pro-football player Adam Black, a man everyone knows. Sara's been hidden away in the witness protection program, her safety dependent on staying invisible--and loving Adam could get her killed!

Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become a loyal and committed family. They have chosen their own surname, O'Malley, and have stood by each other through moments of joy and heartache. Their stories are told in CBA best-selling, inspirational romantic suspense novels that rock your heart and restore strength and hope to your spirit.

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Dynamite.

Where had he put the dynamite? He shoved aside cobwebs striking his face, moving deeper on his belly into a crawl space that only rats should inhabit. His flashlight lit the area like a Roman candle: It had come from the construction site and could illuminate half a mile. Twenty-eight years of hard work had come down to a pink slip, an insincere "I'm sorry"​ from the young brat, and a flashlight. He was apologizing to no one for taking the flashlight.

The Negotiator (The O'Malleys, Book 1)
by Dee Henderson

Failure is not an option...

FBI special agent Dave Richman has spent his life protecting people; failure is not in his vocabulary. He'll figure out a way to protect Kate even if she is determined to make it difficult. 

Failure means somebody dies...

Kate O'Malley's specialty is hostage situations--defusing human time bombs before they go off. She will walk into the middle of a crisis if that's what is necessary to settle a situation. She's learned to let others see what she wants them to see. She's learned to depend on herself. Only herself. People die if she fails. 

Failure is what someone wants...

Kate is a target. Someone's been sending her black roses. Maybe the same person who just blew up an airplane...and blamed Kate. Then the investigation brings up the one name Kate hoped never to hear again...and she's faced with the shocking evidence that the bomber may be someone she knows. now she has to decide if Dave--and the God he trusts so implicitly--is all he's supposed to be. And Dave is about to discover that loving a hostage negotiator is one thing, but keeping her safe is another matter entirely...

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"Can I take Mom the flowers?"

​hey were not allowed inside the ICU, but the nurse who had come out to the waiting room nodded anyway. Janelle knew what the boy did not, and it made her want to cry. His mother was dying. Let him take the flowers. 

The Guardian (The O'Malleys, Book 2)
by Dee Henderson

A decision is made.

The president has selected the next Supreme Court justice. His choice is controversial, highly political, and about to become very public. For the U.S. Marshals who protect the judges, the situation presents the height of security concerns. 

A federal judge is murdered.

One man decides he can't allow the president's choice to sit on the bench. His ruthless attack is high-risk--and successful. The justice is dead. But the killer made one mistake....

There is only one witness.

Shari Hanford was in the wrong place at the wrong time. She's seen the killer. He's seen her. And only one of them can live. 

Only one man can help her.

U.S. Marshal Marcus O'Malley thought he knew the risks of the assignment going in. He was wrong. he never expected Shari to invade his heart. he never expected her faith to change his life. he's been the guardian of the O'Malley family for two decades. now he's the guardian of a woman being hunted by the best assassin in the world--a woman he'll have to risk everything to protect...

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The fire had been alive; it had left its signature in the coiled, twisted wood, the bent metal, the heavy ash. It was a tamed beast, but still here, ready to come back to life with a nudge. Lisa O'Malley walked with great respect up the stairs following her brother Jack into the heart of the fire damage. The heavy boots he had insisted she wear were welcome as she realized it was glass crunching beneath her feet. Lightbulbs and picture frames had shattered in the heat. 

The Truth Seeker (The O'Malleys, Book 3)
by Dee Henderson

Women are missing.

Amy Ireland disappeared twenty years ago without a trace. For U.S. Marshal Quinn Diamond, it's a case that has never closed. He's still searching--determined to learn the truth.

They are turning up dead.

Lisa O'Malley is a forensic pathologist; mysteries are her domain. She has worked crime scenes in Chicago for years. Examining a sea of evidence, the connections between victims are so fain that they fade into ill-defined wisps as she searches for a pattern. 

Lisa O'Malley is running out of time. 

The threads are pulling Lisa's and Quinn's cases together. And where they intersect there's a killer who will stop at nothing to see his secret remain buried. 

And now she's missing, too. . .

​Quinn wanted Lisa's help. He never planned to put her in danger. She didn't expect him to invade her heart...or his God to change her life. And while Lisa understand death and darkness all too well, she's about to discover love and the Resurrection. 

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The electricity was out. The candle nightlight on the dresser was barely bright enough to scare away the ghosts. Jack watched the dancing shadows flicker on the wall and wished his mom had brought him the torch flashlight his dad used when they went camping. Dim was worse than dark, and the shadows were laughing at him. 

The Protector (The O'Malleys, Book 4)
by Dee Henderson

An arsonist is at work. 

Firefighter Jack O'Malley is fearless when it comes to facing an inferno. But being a target doesn't sit well with him, especially when a serial arsonist is endangering his men. 

Civilians are being hurt. 

Cassie Ellis is a firefighter who has already been touched by the flames. She fears she's been sidelined for good. But faced with a house ablaze and fire engines too far away to make it in time, she's go no choice but to go in.

Cassie saw him. 

Cassie's partner, Ash, got her through the aftermath last time, but now Cassie has to decide if she can trust Jack as her backup. For she saw the arsonist, he saw her...and Cassie's afraid it's someone she knows.

And the final fire is coming. 

Jack is determined to help her laugh again. He never expected love to tie his heart in knows or Cassie's faith to change his life. The fires are escalating; now the arsonist is targeting Cassie. And Jack has become the protector of a woman he will risk everything to save...

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Opening Lines of Chapter 1:

"We need to go, Mrs. Sands." Rachel O'Malley stopped the elderly lady from turning toward her living room and instead steered her toward the front door and the waiting Red Cross volunteer. Shutters rattled and a misty rain blew in the open door, dampening the hallway. The Des Plaines River was surging through the levee; and getting people to safety was the priority. It was Tuesday, march 13, and rains across Chicago had triggered rapid flooding along six miles of the river. 

"I need my pictures."

"Yes, ma'am. But I'm afraid there isn't time." Rachel shifted the birdcage and medicine bad she carried to help Mrs. Sands with her raincoat. "This wind is strong, so let Nora and the officer help you."

The Healer (The O'Malleys, Book 5)
by Dee Henderson

A flood brings them together...
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Rachel O'Malley is a trauma psycholoist who works disasters for the Red Cross; her specialty is helping children. Captain Cole Parker has spent the last year fighting fires, investing arsons--and falling in loe with Rachel. When a flood surges through their community, it's a chance in the midst of tragedy to spend some precious time togehter.

And Rachel is relying on Cole's love.

For years, Rachel has touched grief while helping others work through it, but now grief is getting very personal...she may lose her sister to cancer. She's depending on Cole--her rock, immovable--to help her make it through. 

BUt the floodwaters conceal a dealy surprise...

A crime scene is swallowed up by the waters. One person is dead, and the police suspect there may be a second victim. The murder weapon has fallen into the hands of a child, and the flood disaster is about to be eclipsed by gunfire at a local school. 

And Rachel is caught in the crossfire.

Rachel knows one of the injured students, a child who died, and the shooter. She's struggling to do her job even as she copes with her own trauma. For she must deal with more than just grief among the children she is trying to help--one of them still has the gun. And Rachel fears a third tragedy will soon follow unless Cole and the O'Malleys can solve a murder still hidden by the floodwaters...

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Paramedic Stephen O'Malley drove north from Chicago the night of June 25, leaving behind life as he knew it. The wipers pushed rain off the windshield, but even on high they gave a clear view of the road for only a few seconds. Cars ahead were visible as red diffuse taillights that occasionally brightened as drivers touched their brakes. 

The Rescuer (The O'Malleys, Book 6)
by Dee Henderson

He's running away...

Stephen O'Malley is a paramedic. He's been rescuing people all his life. But he's on the run now--from the burden of his profession, from the grief of losing his siter, from a God he doesn't want to trust. 

He paused to help a friend...

Meghan may be blind, but she's not crazy. Someone is walking through her house, going through her things, so she turns to the one man she trusts to help her. Stolen jewels are turning up in unexpected places, and Meghan is caught in the middle of a criminal conspiracy. Stephen is glad to help out a friend--only she's slipping under his guard and threatening to become more than just a friend. 

This time she may be the one to rescue him...

Stephen is being chased by the God she loves as Meghan is showing him what it means to love and be loved. But Stephen's about to find out just what sacrificiall love really is on a night he will never forget--a kidnapping, a tornado, and a desperate search to find her alive...

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Her arms full of screaming, squirming boy, Dr. jennifer O'Malley turned the corner of the Dallas hospital hallway and slammed open the ER doors with her shouldler. "Watch his burned hands!" 

Jennifer (Companion Novella to the O'Malleys)
by Dee Henderson

It’s a summer of change for Jennifer O’Malley. The busy physician has a pediatrics practice in Dallas, and meeting Tom Peterson, and falling in love, is adding a rich layer to her life. She’s sorting out how to introduce him to her family–she’s the youngest of seven–and thinking about marriage.
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She’s falling in love with Jesus too, and knows God is good. But that faith is about to be tested in a way she didn’t expect, and the results will soon transform her entire family.