Award Winning Author
Stories of Passion and Intrigue...
Valerie Massey Goree
Since my husband passed away, I've added his books to my website. Glenn served as a missionary, a preacher, and a counselor. His non-fiction books are based on his life experiences and his unique insight into the human psyche.
Glenn Goree
Stories and Poems that offer hope, help, and encouragement.
New Release
Dangerous Dalliance
Jan’s fiancé, Bryan Buchanan, disappeared a year ago. She has no idea why he left or where he is. Since then, she’s had no interest in romance, but saving a little girl from a playground accident propels her into the world of possibilities.
Hatch, the child’s grateful father, has met many women since his wife’s passing. Jan is the first one to catch his attention, but his instinct to offer counseling to any woman he meets who seems depressed is a big turn-off for her.
Although Jan is flattered by Hatch’s attention, the rest of her life is turned upside down when she receives threatening phone calls, is nearly run off the road, and is shot at.
Can Hatch protect Jan as the men’s threats escalate? If Bryan returns to her life, will she forget about Hatch?
Meet Me Where the Windrush Flows
She’s an anthropologist working as a visiting professor in England. He’s a pediatric surgeon taking his ill mother on her bucket list trip to England.
Grace and Logan are instantly attracted when they meet in a small village in the Cotswolds. But will the threat to her life and accusations of malpractice against him aid their romance or keep them apart?
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Every Hidden Thing
While documenting needed repairs on a mansion, Jo makes a discovery that endangers her life. To complicate her plight, she uncovers a secret that could rip her family apart. Flynn, a co-worker, strives to keep her safe, however, a relationship from his past comes crashing back into his life and interferes in his efforts.
Jo and Flynn are both scarred—one emotionally, one physically. As they work together and learn to trust each other, they find their perilous circumstances are intertwined, and culminate when a young man’s life is threatened.
Will they unravel the strands of intrigue in time to rescue the victim? Can they overcome their fear of commitment and foster their growing attraction for each other?
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Shadows of Time
Long estranged from her genetic scientist mother, artist Anna Knight is stunned at the contents of her mother’s will. Determined to ascertain the source of her wealth, Anna hires tech guru Cullen Kincaid to investigate.
Details the guitar-playing Bible-teaching computer expert discovers could drastically alter Anna’s future.
When mutual attraction blossoms, can she overcome her feelings of worthlessness? Will Cullen follow his heart without knowing the truth of Anna’s birth?
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Forever Under Blue Skies
Travel to Australia to solve a family mystery? Sure, Marlow could do that. But she didn’t take into consideration the vast outback, nor the owner of the sheep station. Widower, Jake Barclay, is everything her late husband was not—honorable, considerate, a pure gentleman. She came prepared with sunscreen but hadn’t built a high enough screen around her heart.
Jake was dubious about Marlow’s reason for visiting his station and thwarts her plan at every turn. Until he sees how she interacts with his vulnerable, young daughter.
If they solve the coded message, can Marlow return to Texas, or will Jake offer her a forever home in the outback?
Paperback, ebook, and audio.
Stolen Lives Trilogy
Book One: Weep in the Night
Sadie lost it all - husband, daughter, faith, and her freedom. Now, after three years in the Witness Protection Program, her identity has been compromised.
Bowen, hired by her brother-in-law, is sent to protect her as they travel back to Los Angels with the knowledge that her daughter might still be alive.
Can Bowen keep her safe as they search for Hannah?
As her waning faith is restored, Sadie fights a growing attraction to Bowen, but will abduction and betrayal end her quest for finding Hannah and love?
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Book Two: Day of Reckoning
International Retrieval Organization Agent Lela Ortiz is assigned the kidnapping case of businessman, Chuck Davenport. When her boss allows Jay Vashon, Chuck’s brother-in-law to assist, Lela accepts the help with reservations, especially when Jay prays at the most inopportune times.
Jay would do anything to help bring Chuck home, even work with feisty Agent Ortiz. As Jay and Lela decipher clues Chuck sends to his son with special needs, they are forced to work in close proximity.
Can Jay break through the barrier Lela has constructed around her heart? Will Lela be able to overcome her distrust of men and God?
And Chuck? Can the pair locate him before the ransom deadline?
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Book Three: Justice at Dawn
Cooper Callahan has been an International Retrieval Organization operative for fifteen years. In all that time he has never worked with a trainee like Kitty Claire Briggs. Overflowing with energy, KC isn't quiet long enough for him to think. But when the boss assigns them a training mission to follow Sadie, his wife, KC's serious side emerges.
Sure, former stunt double, KC, wants to be an agent, but she also has an ulterior motive to be accepted by IRO--she wants access to their superior technology. Can she locate her quarry without Cooper finding out?
As cooper shares the finer points of surveillance with KC, his waning faith is strengthened by her enthusiasm for theLord and for the job. When the training exercise turns into a real abduction, will KC's naïveté lead to death or to a successful conclusion to the case?
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Deceive Me Once
Maricella has been living a life of deception ever since the day of her Quinceanera. Riddled with guilt over the part she played in the death of her parents, her best friend Eva, and Eva's parents, she stuffed it all down into the deepest recesses of her mind and moved on with her life.
Now, many miles away and more than 25 years later, it has all finally caught up with her. The body of a young woman is found on the edge of Maricella's property. As she investigates the mysterious death, she discovers the woman is connected with her hidden past. Will Maricella's dark secret finally be her undoing and ruin the life she has built with her husband and sons? Will they ever forgive her for lying to them all these years?
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Colors of Deceit
An antique jewelry box! What a wonderful gift. However, if Maricella had known what the box contained, she might have allowed the thief to steal it. But she thwarts his attempt, and the box is damaged as he flees.
When Maricella has the box repaired, she has no idea that this action will threaten her family, or that her investigation into the original owner of the box will bring her face to face with a suspected murderer.
As the danger escalates, will her newfound faith be strong enough to sustain her while she endeavors to keep her infant grandson safe?
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Contact Valerie: valerie(at)valeriegoreeauthor(dot)com