Triggered

After taking justice into his own hands, Austin police officer Ben Harding faces an unknown future. But a new job referral carries the possibility of salvation. His mission seems simple: protect a woman and her young daughter, recent residents of the Flying K Ranch who have become the target of threats. When Ben meets Kate Langsdon, he is immediately struck by her beauty, and by the memories of the tragedies that touched his own family. Resolved not to become emotionally invested, Ben protects the pair as new dangers, and old ranch secrets emerge. As enemies draw closer, can Ben keep this family alive long enough to explore a future with Kate?

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Romance. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.