The Fourth Victim

Sara’s emotionally abusive husband dies unexpectedly. She’s struggling to reclaim the intelligent, independent person she was before she married and vows never to let a man dominate her life again. Now she’s part of a special team training to help other women in danger or in an abusive situation. The man responsible for training triggers feelings she hasn’t felt for years.


Mac is responsible for a team that trains women in special ops techniques, to prepare them for the risks to save other women. When he meets Sara sparks fly between them. He wants her to quit the training because of the potential dangers, and let him take care of her. Sara wants to be a strong and independent woman.


Sara graduates from the training. Now she and her team’s first assignment is to save Sara’s daughter from a serial killer. Can Mac understand Sara’s need for independence and step back and trust her she can handle dangerous situations? Can Sara and Mac understand each other’s needs and work out a compromise to resolve their issues?


About the Author

Beverley Bateman is a Canadian author who now lives in Medicine Hat, Alberta, exchanging the Okanagan vineyards and orchards for ranches and farms.


She lives there with her husband and a Shiba Inu dog. Winters she’s a snowbird and heads south. She writes her latest romantic suspense in both places. Hunted, Missing and the newest – Targeted are part of her Montana, Hawkins Ranch series. She enjoys reading, watercolor painting and playing the Native American flute.