Her worst fear is another Christmas alone. Until she isn’t alone.

Christmas is supposed to be a happy time. Marion Ainsley is determined this holiday will be everything it’s never been for her.

She’s placed gifts under the tree for the dogs in her shelter, Forever Home, and watched every romantic Christmas movie she can find. All she’s missing is a person to love her despite the scars that have driven her into hiding.

Her dream of a real Christmas crumbles when a blizzard moves in, bringing more than snow. She finds a man half-buried on her property.

And he’s holding a baby. The unexpected visitors are being chased by enemies far more frightening.

People who will stop at nothing to get what they want. Will Marion’s mysterious friend, Phoenix Gray, and an undercover police officer be able to keep her safe? Or will this Christmas be her last?Midnight Clear is an early prequel novella that features Phoenix Gray, the mysterious woman who established the elite Phoenix K-9 Security and Detection Agency.

about the Phoenix K-9 Agency women and K-9s in Hidden Danger (Guardians Unleashed, #1). (Each book can stand alone or be read as series installments.

)*Midnight Clear was included in the limited-time Holiday Menace ebook anthology. Praise for Jerusha Agen:"Jerusha Agen once again delivers top-level suspense and thrilling action.

Fast-paced suspense at its best. ”– DiAnn Mills, bestselling author of Concrete Evidence on Covert Danger"Fast-paced, explosive thriller.

I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. "– Carrie Stuart Parks, award-winning, bestselling author of Relative Silence on Rising Danger.