
Protective Refuge
Janie Crouch(Author)
HARLEQUIN INTRIGUE (Publisher)
Published on 28. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-335-69061-6 (ISBN)
Description
The danger they fear
Is even closer than they think…
Hannah Davies has always had a crush on her big brother’s best friend, Xavier Michaels. When she sees the former CIA agent spiraling into darkness after a suspicious fire at his sanctuary for wounded warriors, she refuses to let him push her away. She knows that he’s trying to protect her from an elusive assailant who is not afraid to kill. They quickly realize it’s time to stop denying their shared attraction and maybe even act on it. As the threats against them escalate, they must fight for survival—and a love worth risking everything for.
From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.
Discover more action-packed stories in the Warrior Peak Sanctuary series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order:
Book 1: Protective Assignment
Book 2: Protective Lawman
Book 3: Protective Refuge
Is even closer than they think…
Hannah Davies has always had a crush on her big brother’s best friend, Xavier Michaels. When she sees the former CIA agent spiraling into darkness after a suspicious fire at his sanctuary for wounded warriors, she refuses to let him push her away. She knows that he’s trying to protect her from an elusive assailant who is not afraid to kill. They quickly realize it’s time to stop denying their shared attraction and maybe even act on it. As the threats against them escalate, they must fight for survival—and a love worth risking everything for.
From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.
Discover more action-packed stories in the Warrior Peak Sanctuary series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order:
Book 1: Protective Assignment
Book 2: Protective Lawman
Book 3: Protective Refuge
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Edition
Original ed.
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (mass)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 176 mm
Width: 120 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
113 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-335-69061-6 (9781335690616)
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USA TODAY and award-winning author Janie Crouch has loved to read romance her whole life. She cut her teeth on Harlequin Romances as a teen, then moved on to a passion for romantic suspense as an adult.
Janie lives with her husband and four children in Germany, in support of her husband's U.S. Department of Defense job. Janie enjoys traveling, long-distance running, movies of all kinds, and coffee. Lots and lots of coffee.For more: www.janiecrouch.com
Janie lives with her husband and four children in Germany, in support of her husband's U.S. Department of Defense job. Janie enjoys traveling, long-distance running, movies of all kinds, and coffee. Lots and lots of coffee.For more: www.janiecrouch.com