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Heroes of Henderson #0.5-2
Heroes of Henderson Boxed Set 1
The first three editions of USA Today Bestselling author Liz Kelly's Heroes of Henderson series.
Playin’ Cop ~ Heroes of Henderson Prequel
Duncan James may be a well respected attorney, but he's still a fraternity guy at heart. So when his buddies bet he can't give the local female speed demon a ticket, he adopts a cop's persona and goes in for the kill. Only to find killer lips, a killer body and a whole lot of killer sass challenging him at every turn.
Annabelle Devine may be a genteel Southern belle, but she's dealing with her own long-standing bet. So when smooth-talking, sexy Officer Friendly hands her a speeding ticket, she licks her lips and simply insists he escort her to her family's New Year's Eve ball.
Well, duh!
Duncan is in. In deep. And now he's desperate to come clean and turn one seriously naughty night into a lifetime of hot Southern lovin’.
Good Cop ~ Book 1
Local sports heroes Brooks Bennett and Vance Evans are used to being part of a winning team. But when it comes to romance their good cop, bad cop images have them handcuffed. They want a woman’s point of view to help unshackle their reputations, and they’ve picked out one pretty, pony-tailed firecracker to do it.
Lolly DuVal longs for a summer fling that can set off all her bells and whistles. So she agrees to tutor Henderson’s hunkiest heroes on what women really want. Now she finds herself caught between two cops and a hard place. And those bells and whistles? They are starting to sound a whole lot more like alarms.
Bad Cop Book 2
When Vance Evans tracks down Piper Beaumont, the little blonde who saved his life back in fourth grade, he doesn’t just find the sweet, curly-haired Tinkerbell he remembers. He also finds a complicated woman who proves to be way more than he’s bargained for. Though she’s still Perfect Piper with the soothing touch, she’s also The Lawyer Beaumont, a defense attorney carrying a personal grudge against every cop who crosses her path. So when his newly adopted Good Cop persona can’t break down the lawyer’s defenses, Vance decides to fall back on his Bad Cop ways to coax Naughty Piper into his arms.
Playin’ Cop ~ Heroes of Henderson Prequel
Duncan James may be a well respected attorney, but he's still a fraternity guy at heart. So when his buddies bet he can't give the local female speed demon a ticket, he adopts a cop's persona and goes in for the kill. Only to find killer lips, a killer body and a whole lot of killer sass challenging him at every turn.
Annabelle Devine may be a genteel Southern belle, but she's dealing with her own long-standing bet. So when smooth-talking, sexy Officer Friendly hands her a speeding ticket, she licks her lips and simply insists he escort her to her family's New Year's Eve ball.
Well, duh!
Duncan is in. In deep. And now he's desperate to come clean and turn one seriously naughty night into a lifetime of hot Southern lovin’.
Good Cop ~ Book 1
Local sports heroes Brooks Bennett and Vance Evans are used to being part of a winning team. But when it comes to romance their good cop, bad cop images have them handcuffed. They want a woman’s point of view to help unshackle their reputations, and they’ve picked out one pretty, pony-tailed firecracker to do it.
Lolly DuVal longs for a summer fling that can set off all her bells and whistles. So she agrees to tutor Henderson’s hunkiest heroes on what women really want. Now she finds herself caught between two cops and a hard place. And those bells and whistles? They are starting to sound a whole lot more like alarms.
Bad Cop Book 2
When Vance Evans tracks down Piper Beaumont, the little blonde who saved his life back in fourth grade, he doesn’t just find the sweet, curly-haired Tinkerbell he remembers. He also finds a complicated woman who proves to be way more than he’s bargained for. Though she’s still Perfect Piper with the soothing touch, she’s also The Lawyer Beaumont, a defense attorney carrying a personal grudge against every cop who crosses her path. So when his newly adopted Good Cop persona can’t break down the lawyer’s defenses, Vance decides to fall back on his Bad Cop ways to coax Naughty Piper into his arms.
819 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 2, 2016
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About the author
Liz Kelly
24 books65 followersUSA Today bestselling author of the Heroes of Henderson Series.
Liz's Heroes of Henderson series grew out of the New Year's Eve Anthology, Countdown To A Kiss, where the Devine Sisters of Henderson, N.C. had a bet every year at their parents' New Year's Eve ball. The sister who didn't have a date to kiss at midnight had to kiss their nerdy neighbor, Lewis Kampmueller.
Duncan James, the hero of Liz's novella in Countdown To A Kiss (which has also been published separately as Playin' Cop) is not only best friends with Lewis, but with both Brooks Bennett and Vance Evans, his fraternity brothers from NC State. Brooks and Vance are the Henderson cops who kick off the series with Good Cop and Bad Cop.
Recurring characters is the theme of the Henderson series. Each book is a complete romance in and of itself, but you won't lose touch with the couples you fall in love with. They keep playing big parts and small in following books as Brooks and Vance lead Team Henderson in finding ways to revive their small town.
"DuVal Cousin" books are an additional part of the Heroes of Henderson series, and usually are tucked in between books with numbers like 2.5 and 3.5. They can be full length novels or short novellas, and they are based on Lolly DuVal's (from Good Cop) Henderson cousins. Where the Heroes books are hero-centric, the DuVal Cousin books are heroine based.
Henderson is an actual town in North Carolina where some of Liz's favorite people were raised. Liz's version of Henderson is completely fictional since she hasn't had the pleasure of going back in nearly thirty years. But oh the fun she had while visiting there in her youth. Her memories are the perfect landscape for her contemporary romances.
Liz enjoys putting friends and readers in cameo appearances in her books. Originally from Baltimore, she spent every summer near Annapolis, Maryland in a community where dancing and romancing are literally part of its theme song. (The place where Jesse James gets banished from in Bad Cop. There is going to be a series about that place someday.)
A graduate of Wake Forest University, where she met her handsome golf-addicted husband, (who is now sporting dark glasses everywhere he goes) Liz is a mother of two grown sons (also sporting dark glasses) and a miniature Labradoodle named Isabelle. They live in the Fountain of Youth, a.k.a. Naples, FL where dancing and romancing continues on ad infinitum.
The Heroes of Henderson Series in order:
Playin' Cop (or Countdown To A Kiss if you want the whole story.)
Good Cop
Bad Cop
Taming Molly
Top Dog
Tempting Vivi
Kissing Cooper ~ A Christmas Quickie
Under Dog (Coming soon.)
Please feel free to contact Liz at Liz@LizKellyBooks.com. As all authors do, she loves hearing from readers.
Visit LizKellyBooks.com to sign up to be notified when new releases are available.
Liz's Heroes of Henderson series grew out of the New Year's Eve Anthology, Countdown To A Kiss, where the Devine Sisters of Henderson, N.C. had a bet every year at their parents' New Year's Eve ball. The sister who didn't have a date to kiss at midnight had to kiss their nerdy neighbor, Lewis Kampmueller.
Duncan James, the hero of Liz's novella in Countdown To A Kiss (which has also been published separately as Playin' Cop) is not only best friends with Lewis, but with both Brooks Bennett and Vance Evans, his fraternity brothers from NC State. Brooks and Vance are the Henderson cops who kick off the series with Good Cop and Bad Cop.
Recurring characters is the theme of the Henderson series. Each book is a complete romance in and of itself, but you won't lose touch with the couples you fall in love with. They keep playing big parts and small in following books as Brooks and Vance lead Team Henderson in finding ways to revive their small town.
"DuVal Cousin" books are an additional part of the Heroes of Henderson series, and usually are tucked in between books with numbers like 2.5 and 3.5. They can be full length novels or short novellas, and they are based on Lolly DuVal's (from Good Cop) Henderson cousins. Where the Heroes books are hero-centric, the DuVal Cousin books are heroine based.
Henderson is an actual town in North Carolina where some of Liz's favorite people were raised. Liz's version of Henderson is completely fictional since she hasn't had the pleasure of going back in nearly thirty years. But oh the fun she had while visiting there in her youth. Her memories are the perfect landscape for her contemporary romances.
Liz enjoys putting friends and readers in cameo appearances in her books. Originally from Baltimore, she spent every summer near Annapolis, Maryland in a community where dancing and romancing are literally part of its theme song. (The place where Jesse James gets banished from in Bad Cop. There is going to be a series about that place someday.)
A graduate of Wake Forest University, where she met her handsome golf-addicted husband, (who is now sporting dark glasses everywhere he goes) Liz is a mother of two grown sons (also sporting dark glasses) and a miniature Labradoodle named Isabelle. They live in the Fountain of Youth, a.k.a. Naples, FL where dancing and romancing continues on ad infinitum.
The Heroes of Henderson Series in order:
Playin' Cop (or Countdown To A Kiss if you want the whole story.)
Good Cop
Bad Cop
Taming Molly
Top Dog
Tempting Vivi
Kissing Cooper ~ A Christmas Quickie
Under Dog (Coming soon.)
Please feel free to contact Liz at Liz@LizKellyBooks.com. As all authors do, she loves hearing from readers.
Visit LizKellyBooks.com to sign up to be notified when new releases are available.
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August 25, 2021
Five star review
I absolutely loved this book. The characters were real and well written. I felt like I knew and cared about them and their lives. I found myself laughing out loud. I couldn’t wait to find out even more about the citizens of Henderson. I think I might want to live there. I recommend this to anyone who love reading romantic comedies.
I absolutely loved this book. The characters were real and well written. I felt like I knew and cared about them and their lives. I found myself laughing out loud. I couldn’t wait to find out even more about the citizens of Henderson. I think I might want to live there. I recommend this to anyone who love reading romantic comedies.
December 23, 2025
Man, finishing these three books was a SLOG. It isn't because Henderson isn't talented. Her writing has a good flow. It's that I hated most of the characters so much - their abuse of public trust, their misogyny, the casual entitlement.
The first book is about a woman who won't stop speeding in residential areas. Because she is attractive, the local cops are unable (??) to write her a ticket. So they collaborate with her father (who funds her lavish lifestyle, but clearly doesn't take her dangerous behavior seriously) to have a non-cop (a lawyer) POSE as a cop to write her a ticket.
"Nah, we’re in the clear. Mr. Devine gave us his blessing. He knows darn well his baby Annabelle needs to slow herself down a peg on these back roads."
Okay, well given that he bought her car and funds her entire lifestyle, maybe he could try to do something about her decision to put everyone else at risk with her speed freak behavior?
Now when I think about non-cops impersonating a cop to pull over women with the collusion of the local police, I don't get a good romantic feeling. I think "That sounds horrible." But in this book, it's a "meet cute." Of course, they hit it off, blah blah blah, and he uses his status as a "cop" to get a date with her. To me, they both seem terrible.
He decides that it's good for her to speed and works with his cop buddies to ensure she doesn't get pulled over: He fumbled in his jacket pocket for his cell phone and handed it to her. “Call Brooks,” he said. “Tell him I wanna open her up along Lake Road. See if any of his cop buddies are patrolling there this time of night.” Yeah, never mind if anyone else is driving on Lake Road!
And this is our introduction to the cadre of connected lawyers, power-hungry cops, and millionaires that make up Henderson. There are a few working class people who show up from time to time in these books, but they are far and few between. Henderson is a small town that runs on money and connections, where cops threaten to lock people up for non-crimes and police officers take pictures of passed-out women to blackmail them.
This is Brooks, the "good cop" assaulting the man who is engaged to his sister.
Drawing a breath through gritted teeth, Brooks dropped his loafers and rose up to his full height before stalking forward, grabbing his best friend by the throat, and slamming him up against the wall. He leaned in and allowed the earlier fear he had for Lolly to surface and explode. “She’s. My. Sister!” he snarled. “I do not need to see this kind of bullshit. Ever. Especially under my father’s roof.” What he saw? The two of them in the same bedroom. Really reasonable reason for a police officer to assault someone.
The next book is about a "good cop" who wants to get with the college undergrad who was slightly too young for him to previously go after. "Good cop" is highly relative in this book as the contracting "bad cop" is an open misogynist who only uses women for pleasure. Both of the police officers abuse their legal power over others and run the town like their personal fiefdom.
The final book is about the misogynist learning that women are people too, at least the specific woman that he falls in love with. This is a man who openly used the term "jail bait" as a POSITIVE in a potential interest.
“Vance has zero female friends,” Brooks continued as if Vance hadn’t spoken. “He doesn’t talk to them. He doesn’t listen to them. He doesn’t like them playing pool with us, or shooting darts, or playing cards, anything. He simply does not enjoy a woman’s company unless the bar is getting ready to close."
"Will you teach me what there is to like about women so I can stop abusing them?
No, I'd run!
Yes, truly reads like a man ready to find his HEA.
As he's also rich beyond belief, he has multiple vectors to exploit those around him beyond his badge and he takes advantage of them.
Prim, proper, ball-busting, Tansy Langford, was completely passed out and practically falling out of her chair. Her upper body was sprawled across the top of the desk, one arm cushioning her head, which lay limp and heavy. Her face was a mess of smeared eye makeup and, to make the whole thing just that much more perfect, she was drooling. Vance took out his phone and snapped a picture. On closer inspection, Vance realized she was wearing the same clothes he’d seen her in the night before, only now half the buttons on her blouse were torn off and the rest were askew. He couldn’t be sure, but it looked like her leather skirt might actually be on backwards. Her shoes were missing, two of her fingernails were broken, and her long blond hair looked like squirrels had wrestled in it. This day cannot get any better. He took another picture just for the fun of it.
Now if I'd pointed out this "jail bait" to my assistant the night before and then walked in on this scene, as a police officer, I don't think I'd take pictures "just for the fun of it." I'd want to make sure that she was okay. A passed out woman with broken fingernails the night after a big party? But in Henderson, only two types of women exist -- the majority of women who are used and discarded like paper towels and the "good girls" who show men that women do deserve to exist.
It was either kill her and throw her body in the lake, or you know, try to f*ck her to death.
I don't even remember whether this was Brooks or Vance and who they were talking about, but that's the level of contempt we're dealing with here.
These books made me feel like I was covered in slime. There are also multiple slurs in the book, casually used by the MCs.
The first book is about a woman who won't stop speeding in residential areas. Because she is attractive, the local cops are unable (??) to write her a ticket. So they collaborate with her father (who funds her lavish lifestyle, but clearly doesn't take her dangerous behavior seriously) to have a non-cop (a lawyer) POSE as a cop to write her a ticket.
"Nah, we’re in the clear. Mr. Devine gave us his blessing. He knows darn well his baby Annabelle needs to slow herself down a peg on these back roads."
Okay, well given that he bought her car and funds her entire lifestyle, maybe he could try to do something about her decision to put everyone else at risk with her speed freak behavior?
Now when I think about non-cops impersonating a cop to pull over women with the collusion of the local police, I don't get a good romantic feeling. I think "That sounds horrible." But in this book, it's a "meet cute." Of course, they hit it off, blah blah blah, and he uses his status as a "cop" to get a date with her. To me, they both seem terrible.
He decides that it's good for her to speed and works with his cop buddies to ensure she doesn't get pulled over: He fumbled in his jacket pocket for his cell phone and handed it to her. “Call Brooks,” he said. “Tell him I wanna open her up along Lake Road. See if any of his cop buddies are patrolling there this time of night.” Yeah, never mind if anyone else is driving on Lake Road!
And this is our introduction to the cadre of connected lawyers, power-hungry cops, and millionaires that make up Henderson. There are a few working class people who show up from time to time in these books, but they are far and few between. Henderson is a small town that runs on money and connections, where cops threaten to lock people up for non-crimes and police officers take pictures of passed-out women to blackmail them.
This is Brooks, the "good cop" assaulting the man who is engaged to his sister.
Drawing a breath through gritted teeth, Brooks dropped his loafers and rose up to his full height before stalking forward, grabbing his best friend by the throat, and slamming him up against the wall. He leaned in and allowed the earlier fear he had for Lolly to surface and explode. “She’s. My. Sister!” he snarled. “I do not need to see this kind of bullshit. Ever. Especially under my father’s roof.” What he saw? The two of them in the same bedroom. Really reasonable reason for a police officer to assault someone.
The next book is about a "good cop" who wants to get with the college undergrad who was slightly too young for him to previously go after. "Good cop" is highly relative in this book as the contracting "bad cop" is an open misogynist who only uses women for pleasure. Both of the police officers abuse their legal power over others and run the town like their personal fiefdom.
The final book is about the misogynist learning that women are people too, at least the specific woman that he falls in love with. This is a man who openly used the term "jail bait" as a POSITIVE in a potential interest.
“Vance has zero female friends,” Brooks continued as if Vance hadn’t spoken. “He doesn’t talk to them. He doesn’t listen to them. He doesn’t like them playing pool with us, or shooting darts, or playing cards, anything. He simply does not enjoy a woman’s company unless the bar is getting ready to close."
"Will you teach me what there is to like about women so I can stop abusing them?
No, I'd run!
Yes, truly reads like a man ready to find his HEA.
As he's also rich beyond belief, he has multiple vectors to exploit those around him beyond his badge and he takes advantage of them.
Prim, proper, ball-busting, Tansy Langford, was completely passed out and practically falling out of her chair. Her upper body was sprawled across the top of the desk, one arm cushioning her head, which lay limp and heavy. Her face was a mess of smeared eye makeup and, to make the whole thing just that much more perfect, she was drooling. Vance took out his phone and snapped a picture. On closer inspection, Vance realized she was wearing the same clothes he’d seen her in the night before, only now half the buttons on her blouse were torn off and the rest were askew. He couldn’t be sure, but it looked like her leather skirt might actually be on backwards. Her shoes were missing, two of her fingernails were broken, and her long blond hair looked like squirrels had wrestled in it. This day cannot get any better. He took another picture just for the fun of it.
Now if I'd pointed out this "jail bait" to my assistant the night before and then walked in on this scene, as a police officer, I don't think I'd take pictures "just for the fun of it." I'd want to make sure that she was okay. A passed out woman with broken fingernails the night after a big party? But in Henderson, only two types of women exist -- the majority of women who are used and discarded like paper towels and the "good girls" who show men that women do deserve to exist.
It was either kill her and throw her body in the lake, or you know, try to f*ck her to death.
I don't even remember whether this was Brooks or Vance and who they were talking about, but that's the level of contempt we're dealing with here.
These books made me feel like I was covered in slime. There are also multiple slurs in the book, casually used by the MCs.
August 28, 2021
A bit of confusion on the second book involving Lewis that is not explained until further in the book.
Great reads sucks you in and gets you invested, I'm ready for the next boxed set to continue to explore the tight dynamic of friends and antics.
Great reads sucks you in and gets you invested, I'm ready for the next boxed set to continue to explore the tight dynamic of friends and antics.
September 1, 2021
a fun book!
Loved the characters , their antics and their personality flaws. Enjoyed how they worked with each other. I’d say it’s a romantic comedy: I actually laughed out loud a few times. I gave it 4 stars because I thought the plot was just too unrealistic.
Loved the characters , their antics and their personality flaws. Enjoyed how they worked with each other. I’d say it’s a romantic comedy: I actually laughed out loud a few times. I gave it 4 stars because I thought the plot was just too unrealistic.
September 7, 2021
Laugh out loud funny
Sweet poignant and the bittersweet of life. This group of friends and family are a riot. I'm really happy I took a chance on this set. Must be 18+. It's totally worth the time.
Sweet poignant and the bittersweet of life. This group of friends and family are a riot. I'm really happy I took a chance on this set. Must be 18+. It's totally worth the time.
June 19, 2022
can’t overlook the profanity
It started off looking like an entertaining if light hearted romance with an interesting support group and some fun and games with a nice romantic tie up at the end. But then the authour decided to use profanity.
It started off looking like an entertaining if light hearted romance with an interesting support group and some fun and games with a nice romantic tie up at the end. But then the authour decided to use profanity.
December 6, 2022
Honestly, I'm all about the rules and Annabelle's speeding habit had me not liking her right away. Then there just didn't seem like there was going to be much to the story and I got bored. Maybe on another day I would have stuck with it a bit longer, but not this day.
June 5, 2017
Good book
The book was written about how two friends who were very close and how much they were alike in so many ways including there love life.very interesting reading
The book was written about how two friends who were very close and how much they were alike in so many ways including there love life.very interesting reading
July 22, 2021
Please see individual stories for review.
July 23, 2021
Anyone who enjoys potty mouths and reading about sex will love this set, there is no real story, only an endless description of sex. If pornography is your thing, have at it.
August 15, 2021
Love and humor
This boxed set was a joy to read. The characters were well developed and the it's well written. Strongly recommend this humorous romance.
This boxed set was a joy to read. The characters were well developed and the it's well written. Strongly recommend this humorous romance.
September 1, 2021
Hold on for the ride!
Three funny, kinda sad, very sexy stories that will keep you turning pages to see who is in trouble next! Enjoyable stories with great characters.
Three funny, kinda sad, very sexy stories that will keep you turning pages to see who is in trouble next! Enjoyable stories with great characters.
September 28, 2021
Boring
Apparently this is not my cup of tea. I found it very boring, and weirdly
written. I never made it past 5%.
Apparently this is not my cup of tea. I found it very boring, and weirdly
written. I never made it past 5%.
November 19, 2021
A fantastic box set
This was a fun box set to read. The author did a great job of writing a lively and exciting story that will pull you into the story.
This was a fun box set to read. The author did a great job of writing a lively and exciting story that will pull you into the story.
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May 28, 2023I love the story it was fun en very good
August 23, 2024
Absolutely brilliant
Brilliant series hooked from the start couldn't put it down superb well written and a great cast of characters loved them all
Brilliant series hooked from the start couldn't put it down superb well written and a great cast of characters loved them all
September 26, 2021
Action On The Move
These books are like you are part of the family. They are hard to put them down and quit reading.
These books are like you are part of the family. They are hard to put them down and quit reading.
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