He will risk his life to protect her from a killer, but he can’t protect her from the truth.

Kansas, 1870 -- Buck O'Connor rides a horse named regret. Aimless and alone after years of brutal guerilla warfare, he risks heading cross-country to reconcile with an estranged kinsman by helping him stop a railroad from cheating settlers out of their land. But after Buck saves a beautiful widow from an overturned carriage, he's shocked to discover she's the wealthy villain he’s been hired to sabotage.

Amy Langford is desperate to fulfill her father's railroad legacy, but a band of violent settlers are determined to thwart every attempt she has made to pacify them. After a series of deadly mishaps she’s certain aren’t accidental, she gratefully accepts the protection of the mysterious stranger who saved her life. But she's up to her neck in the frantic race to finish construction, and can ill-afford to succumb to an inconvenient attraction she’s developed for her intriguing new bodyguard.

With Buck falling hard for the determined promoter he's supposed to destroy, he's terrified his hidden past will cost him her heart and certain it will cost him his life.  As Amy puts everything on the line to honor her father, guilt demands she cut the handsome stranger loose before he's the next victim of a cutthroat railroad race.

When the truth about Buck's bloody past comes to light, can their love overcome an unthinkable betrayal?

In the first installment of the Steam! series, E.E. Burke blends historical events with pulse-pounding suspense in an unforgettable story about an outlaw's redemption.

A train robber abducts the railroad heiress to save her life. One desperate act could alter the future of two nations.

Railroad heiress Kate Parsons arrives in Kansas to help her temperamental father peacefully resolve a dispute between his railroad and the Cherokee Nation. The situation is tense, with soldiers poised to intervene. On the eve of negotiations, Kate is abducted by a train robber attempting to steal the payroll.

Jake Colston—also known as Wa-ya, the Wolf—has the blood of warriors running through his veins. Nevertheless, he isn't eager to wage a war he knows his people cannot win. Rather than fight the smoking dragon, he had devised a clever strategy to stop it…until a courageous woman with fiery hair stumbles onto his scheme.

Rather than kill the surprised woman, Jake takes her with him. He protects her from his hot-tempered partner, who wants to ransom the troublesome woman or do away with her. Instead, Jake looks for a way to safely return his captive before the debacle triggers a military invasion. If only Kate would cooperate.

E.E. Burke blends historical events with taut suspense in a captivating cross-cultural story about sovereignty and conquest…and the power of love.

A young novelist becomes captivated by a charming, ambitious railroad executive rumored to be a villain. Is he capable of murder?

The Katy Railroad’s ambitious general manager is caught up in a whirlwind of crime and corruption...and murder. While fighting false allegations, he is drawn into a passionate relationship with a younger woman who sees through his arrogant facade to the lonely man beneath. But it takes an excruciating loss before he faces the truth about what his obsession has cost him.

E.E. Burke delivers a beautiful and poignant love story woven with mystery and suspense in a novel inspired by the life of a pioneering railroad builder.

A lawman with a duty. A fugitive with a secret. The chase is on.

When a murder suspect sneaks out of town on a southbound train, Sheriff Frank Garrity follows, determined to catch the victim's widow and unravel her subterfuge. As a lawman, he has a duty to perform in spite of the tenderness he feels for Claire and her orphaned charge...who is also missing.

Frank becomes convinced Claire is innocent, but he must return her to stand trial. He swears he will find a way to save her if she will trust him with the truth. But when the truth comes out, it will shatter the upright sheriff's notions about duty, justice...and love.

E.E. Burke deftly weaves suspense and romance into a powerful story that explores addiction, domestic abuse, and the plight of women and children in a time when power—and justice—was reserved for men.

A female Pinkerton operative teams up with a condemned outlaw to find a missing agent, unaware that a killer is tracking them.

Jasper Byrne, an accused train robber, is about to face frontier justice when he is stolen away from a lynch mob. A woman who claims to be undercover Pinkerton agent offers him a chance to redeem himself—if he will help her solve a mystery.

Pinkerton operative Brigit Stevens needs an outlaw to guide her through a wilderness known only to thieves and murderers. She doesn’t expect Jasper to become her protector. She doesn’t expect she will need one. He proves her wrong on both counts.

The two mismatched partners team up to locate a Pinkerton agent who went missing while he was investigating corruption involving a federal judge and U.S. Marshals assigned to the Indian Territory. A man determined to prevent them from unearthing the truth is on their trail. In a lawless wilderness, there is no justice...only survival.

Drawing from true events, E.E. Burke delivers a high-powered blend of historical fiction and romantic suspense in this final installment in the Steam! series.