​Small Town Secrets are a series of romantic thriller novels set in the small town Wisconsin world of Val Ryker. Expect appearances by favorite characters and, of course, Val Ryker herself.

Small Town Secrets: Sins are complete but connected novels that follow the saga of serial killer Ed Dryden.

LETHAL 


A Prison Wedding
Psychology professor Risa Madsen was too late to stop her little sister from marrying incarcerated serial killer Ed Dryden. But it wasn’t until he escaped, and took sister Nikki with him, that the horror really began…
 
A Promise Broken
Years ago, FBI profiler Trent Burnell gave up a life with Risa to focus on stopping psychopaths. Now a killer Trent helped convict is stalking Risa and terrorizing her sister, and it’s up to Trent to take him out. But he can’t do it alone...

From nationally bestselling and award-winning romantic suspense author, Ann Voss Peterson, comes the first in a series of ten standalone novels exploring the world surrounding her popular character Police Chief Val Ryker (Pushed Too Far, Burned Too Hot, Dead Too Soon).
A young woman searching for love.
A sister hoping for a second chance.
A FBI agent who’s seen it all before.
A sadistic killer bent on revenge.
 
LETHAL by Ann Voss Peterson
Love, sex, revenge, murder... welcome to Lake Loyal, Wisconsin.

CAPTIVE 
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​A DEVOTED TWIN
She grew up in foster homes, dreaming of having a real family. Then Sylvie Hayes met her twin sister.  It should have been a joyous reunion, but when Diana disappears from her own wedding, and the cops believe Diana herself is to blame, Sylvie vows to rescue her twin... no matter the cost.
 
A SECRETIVE STRANGER
Attorney Bryce Walker has his own reasons for wanting to find the missing bride. Reasons that involve a notorious serial killer. When he offers to help Sylvie, he never expects to fall for her. But will she ever forgive his dark secret?
 
DARK PASTS COLLIDE
The closer they get to finding Diana, the closer they come to a shocking discovery that could destroy all they knew about the past… and all they hoped for the future.
A sister searching for her missing twin.
A lawyer seeking redemption.
A truth neither wanted to find.
 
CAPTIVE by Ann Voss Peterson
The past is a prison…

FRANTIC 

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​A VICTIM’S VOW
A killer kidnapped her... from her own wedding. Barely escaping, Diana Gale vowed to never be a victim again. That's when the copycat came calling. Now Diana has no choice to put her life—and her trust—in hands of the fiancé she’d left months before.
 
A COP’S DEVOTION
Detective Bobby Vaughan still loves Diana. But can he forgive her for leaving him? When his job demands he protect the woman who crushed his heart, he'll have to put love and forgiveness to the test.
 
A PREDATOR’S OBSESSION
All artists have muses. If your art is murder, you are inspired by the master who came before you, and the apprentice who follows...
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A serial killer’s daughter.
A cop trying to protect his own.
A dark evil pulling the strings.
 
FRANTIC by Ann Voss Peterson
There’s no place to hide…

VICIOUS 

THE CONVICT
Ex-con Curt Tillman never knew his father. He only discovers he's the son of notorious serial killer Ed Dryden when his old man escapes from prison and goes after the woman Curt loved... and lost.
 
THE CHILD
But there's more at stake. Melanie Fox never told Curt she gave birth to his son while he was behind bars. This is going to be one doozy of a family reunion.
 
THE EX
Years ago, stripper-turned-tavern-owner Nikki Sin married Ed Dryden in a prison wedding. Now that her former husband has escaped, she knows he’ll be coming. But this time she won’t let him hurt her. This time she’ll get him first.
 
THE KILLER
Ed Dryden has a lot to catch up on. But he's a man with a plan. A plan he's been working on for years. A plan that will rip his family apart in the most horrible way possible.
An escaped serial killer.
A son with murder in his blood.
An innocent child.
A protective mom.
A stripper with a score to settle.
 
VICIOUS by Ann Voss Peterson
Winner take all…