D. D. Ayres

D. D. Ayres writes romantic suspense built around working dogs, handlers, and investigations that depend on trust between human and animal partners. Primal Force is the third novel in her K-9 Rescue series, following Necessary Force and Irresistible Force and preceding Force of Attraction. St. Martin's Press brought the novel out in 2015. The story pairs a former military dog handler with a service dog whose trained responses become important to both safety and recovery. That professional setting reflects the premise of the wider series, in which police, military, and rescue work place relationships under immediate pressure. Ayres continued the sequence with Rival Forces and Physical Forces, giving different canine specialties and teams their own narratives. She lives in Texas, and her enthusiasm for dogs and uniformed professions provided the starting point for the project. Primal Force stands at the center of the series and joins its suspense structure to the practical bond between handler and dog.