Anchor

by R.L. Dunn

Loyalty collides with longing. Secrets unravel under pressure. And the only way out… is together.

Reid Hanlon has lived his entire life behind the armor of duty. As the nephew of Chase Security legend Tuck Hanlon and the lead of their newest elite team, Reid knows the lead hard, trust rarely, and never let it get personal.

Claire Bowman knows better. Once one of the sharpest minds in intelligence, she walked away after a betrayal that nearly destroyed her. But when she attends a Chase gala and spots a threat everyone else misses, she’s dragged back into the world she swore off.

Reid and Claire’s connection is instant, unwelcome, and inevitable. As the breach escalates into a full-blown conspiracy embedded deep inside Chase itself, they’re forced into a dangerous alliance where survival depends on instincts, loyalty, and a trust neither thought they had left.

Getting close isn’t just risky—it’s a vulnerability the enemy is counting on. Yet sticking together is the only way they'll survive.

Anchor is the first book in R.L. Dunn's new Chase Legacy series, the next generation of the men and women readers fell in love with in her bestselling Chase Security series. Chase Legacy delivers everything readers expect from R.L. Dunn's blood-pumping suspense, good triumphing over evil, love overcoming any obstacles in its path, and heroes with heart everyone will root for.

Book 1: Anchor (Reid & Claire)
Book 2: Falcon (Dante & Shannon)

526 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 20, 2025

About the author

R.L. (Robin) Dunn resides with her family in a beautiful and artistic community on Long Island, New York. After a twenty-five-year career in Emergency Medical Services as a provider, instructor, and regional faculty, illness changed her life path.

Having always had a love of writing, Robin returned to creating stories. A member of the Long Island Romance Writers since 2018. Her leadership training in the first responder community has served her well in her previous role as Secretary for LIRW and her current role as President.

Her first novel, Blood Obsession, written in her college days came off the shelf and was reworked at a time when she was given just a little chance of survival. The Amazon Bestselling Chase Security Series, Secure Desire, Secure Again, Secure Heart, Secure Her, Secure Decision, Secure Return, Secure Beginning and Secure Runway followed after she assured her doctors there was no expiration date stamped on the bottom of her foot. A thriller, The Cure, debuted as an August 2021 release. And the crime drama, Reckless and Ritual Obsessions, a rewrite of Blood Obsession the summer of 2022. An audio version of Secure Desire is also available.

Exciting news, the new Chase Care Series debuts January 2023;

As far as the future goes, Robin continues to live a life worth living using her professional background, medical contacts, law enforcement contacts and military contacts to write many more romantic suspense novels.

Reviews

[Lydia Irene · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is Reid Hanlon, and Claire Bowmans story. We know Reid’s uncle Tuck from previous books. Reid had a rough start to his life, losing his dad at an early age, and his mom becoming an alcoholic after he passed, and drank to her death. After Reid's career in the military Tuck Hanlon has brought Reid into the fold of Chase security where he meets Claire on his first assignment. Claire is the daughter of a US senator who is in some serious shady business hell bent on causing issues for claire if she isn’t the “perfect” daughter. Claire is clearly a genius, and her mom likes to exploit that a lot for her image. She is not using her job for good though, and is putting Claire, and many others in danger, and is helping out some very bad people. This means Reid and the rest of Chase security has to step in. It isn’t without seriously harming both Claire, and Reid, and it seems like the whole book is one problem, after the other, after the other, but they eventually of course get there happy ever after. You will love it, and have trouble putting it down even with the crazy ups and downs. I 1000% recommend.

[Heather · Rating 1 out of 5]

Someone who has read previous books by this author might appreciate this book, but I was left completely confused. It says it is book one of a series, but the author was constantly including references to things that made me feel as though I was missing out on something. It felt like I had been dropped into the middle of the story. The MMC, Reid, meets the FMC, Claire, at a gala. For some reason, when he senses trouble he allows her to go with him. She’s a civilian, and the daughter of a sitting Senator, but he seems to think if he tells her to stay behind him that makes it okay. So many things like that just had me scratching my head. And there isn’t much description of the characters, so you don’t feel any attachment to them. All in all it was just very confusing, very disjointed and very disappointing.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[DreadQueen CinnamonRoll · Rating 3 out of 5]

The plot of this story is everything I want in a protector romance, but unfortunately the delivery didn't do it for me. The book starts off strong, building these characters, and it feels really together and targeted on an endgame. Towards the middle of the book, the story starts to add too much and so much about the characters get lost in the story noise. It becomes a vicious cycle of new problem, new pivot. There is so much lost potential to the story that gets lost in the addition of new tropes. Between that and the constant jumping between POVs in the book, I feel like so much could have happened that didn't, and I finished the book wishing we'd seen so much more.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reid Hanlon has not had an easy life, his father died when he was young and his mother subsequently drank herself to death, but his Uncle Tuck stepped in and eventually brought him into the fold of Chase enterprises. Claire’s father was a close friend of Ian’s and when Reid saves her life that is when things start to really make you flip the pages with your heart in your mouth. Just when you think the worst has happened something else comes up and there is no real comfort until the very end when the reader can give a sigh of relief and a feeling that the future is bright for this new family.

[Amber Novak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anchor is book 1 in the new Chase Legacy series and a phenomenal start to to the storyline. Reid and Claire take us on a fantastic adventure with the perfect amount of suspense, action, and danger, with plenty of found family, love, and a little spice thrown in to make the story a page turner. I love how strong Claire is but how she works with Reid when she needs help and he supports her, always believing in her. Great start to the new series and I'm excited for the next stories.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Fleur · Rating 5 out of 5]

Firstly this isn't a short book and secondly you are going to go through loads of emotions while Claire and Reid's story unfolds and I mean tears more than once, but also some laughs, anger and going to the ends of the earth for love both family, found family wise. Then there is the action and tension as well as not knowing at times who to trust which all kept me on edge!
I can not wait for the next in the series to see who gets matched and what challenges they face.