Blair Macgregor: 3 books

Kris quit drinking when she and her son escaped her abusive boyfriend. But her dangerous past followed them, and Nate is kidnapped from the backseat of her car. Four months later, Nate is still missing. No one expects him to be found. But Kris believes in him as much as he believes in her. When Nate calls to her across the miles, she sets out to find the kidnapper, and bring her son home.

For Benjas, a mercenary mage, finding the next Key to rule the Shendow Islands is an important contract with great consequences. For Cassandra, a fanatical warrior, it's the quest of a zealot. Secrets and fears pile up between them until success becomes more dangerous than failure, and only the Key can separate victors from victims.

All Jason wants is someone to watch the kids until his wife gets home. The new nanny--her protective instincts honed with canine genes--seems the perfect solution. But the honing is more than Jason can handle, and he's about to lose his family to a new Alpha.