The Titus Ray Thriller Series

The Titus Ray Thriller Series, written by USA Today bestselling author, Luana Ehrlich, features CIA intelligence officer, Titus Ray, a twenty-year veteran of the spy game. 

If you enjoy clean, multi-layered, action-packed, character-driven espionage stories, with touches of faith, humor, romance, and a dog named Stormy, then you’ll love the Titus Ray Thrillers series! Each Titus Ray Thriller can be read as a standalone, but to have the series experience, the reader should start with  One Night in Tehran . There is also a prequel to the series, One Step Back, which can be read anytime. 

One Night in Tehran: A Titus Ray Thriller

Book I in the Titus Ray Thriller Series
Book #1 from the series: The Titus Ray Thriller Series

CIA operative Titus Ray is searching for answers.

Meanwhile, an assassin is searching for him.

Learning the truth . . .

Veteran CIA officer Titus Ray--on the run from the Iranian secret police--finds shelter with a group of Iranian Christians in Tehran. While urging Titus to become a believer in Jesus Christ, they manage to smuggle him out of Iran...

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Two Days in Caracas: A Titus Ray Thriller

Book II in the Titus Ray Thriller Series
Book #2 from the series: The Titus Ray Thriller Series

Titus faces a threat he never imagined.

Can he capture Ahmed Al-Amin before it's too late?

Confronting a new operative . . .

When veteran CIA operative Titus Ray arrives in San José, Costa Rica, and meets fresh-faced Ben Mitchell, a hot-tempered new operative with barely any experience in the field, he has a choice to make--ignore him or take him...

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Three Weeks in Washington: A Titus Ray Thriller

Book III in the Titus Ray Thriller Series
Book #3 from the series: The Titus Ray Thriller Series

Titus uncovers a plot to attack the nation’s capital with chemical weapons.

Can he convince a Syrian asset to help him stop the deadly attack?

Encountering a Shooter . . .

CIA intelligence operative, Titus Ray, arrives in Washington, D.C. on the day a terrorist enters the Washington Navy Yard and murders five people. Convinced the incident is...

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Four Months in Cuba: A Titus Ray Thriller

Book IV in the Titus Ray Thriller Series
Book #4 from the series: The Titus Ray Thriller Series

Titus thought it would be a simple rescue mission. He was wrong.

CIA operative, Titus Ray, arrives in Cuba on a mission to rescue a fellow operative from the hands of the Los Zetas drug cartel. Sounds simple enough.

Except it wasn’t simple . . .

An unconventional operative arrives to complicate the rescue.

Except it wasn’t a rescue . . .

An...

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Five Years in Yemen: A Titus Ray Thriller

Book V in the Titus Ray Thriller Series
Book #5 from the series: The Titus Ray Thriller Series

A CIA contractor goes missing in Iraq. Five years later, he turns up in Yemen.

Now, it’s up to Titus to find out if he’s a traitor or a patriot.

After Titus accepts an assignment to bring rogue CIA contractor Jacob Levin back to the States, he learns the operation has been put on hold pending Presidential approval. That’s fine with him. He’s...

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Two Steps Forward: A Titus Ray Thriller

Box VI in the Titus Ray Thriller Series
Book #6 from the series: The Titus Ray Thriller Series

CIA operative Titus Ray expects the unexpected.

Just not this time. Just not this way. Just not on his honeymoon.

An unexpected encounter in Morocco . . .

Titus and Nikki begin their new life together in a church ceremony in Norman, Oklahoma and immediately fly to Marrakesh, Morocco for their honeymoon. Then, the unexpected happens, and Titus...

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Three Steps Away: A Titus Ray Thriller

Book VII in the Titus Ray Thriller Series
Book #7 from the series: The Titus Ray Thriller Series

He was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong person.

Now, he’s forced to assume an identity from his past.

CIA covert operative Titus Ray always figured one day he might encounter someone who knew him as a different person from a previous operation. He just never expected it to happen on a family vacation.

It was the wrong place ....

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Four Steps Missed: A Titus Ray Thriller

Book VIII in the Titus Ray Thriller Series
Book #8 from the series: The Titus Ray Thriller Series

CIA covert operative Titus Ray is used to keeping secrets. This time, it’s different.

This time, he’s keeping secrets from his boss, his handler, and his wife.

Operation False Flag is the secret Titus is keeping from his boss . . .

While his boss, Deputy Director of Operations, Robert Ira, would ordinarily be aware of any operation being run out of...

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Five Steps Beyond: A Titus Ray Thriller

Book IX in the Titus Ray Thriller Series
Book #9 from the series: The Titus Ray Thriller Series

CIA operative Titus Ray took five steps. But not just any steps.

They were five steps beyond his expectations, five steps beyond his experience, five steps beyond his past.

He took five steps beyond his expectations . . .

When Titus is summoned to the White House, he expects to be offered a Top Secret assignment. What he doesn’t expect is where...

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One Good Time: A Titus Ray Thriller

Book 10 in the Titus Ray Thriller Series
Book #10 from the series: The Titus Ray Thriller Series

CIA operative Titus Ray is supposed to be enjoying his time off after a grueling mission.
His division head specifically told him to go home and have a good time with his family.

But then, in the middle of his daughter’s birthday party, when he receives disturbing news about an imminent threat to America’s heartland, he postpones having a good...

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Two Good Deeds: A Titus Ray Thriller (Titus Ray Thrillers Book 11)

When Titus Ray arrives in Cairo, his mission is to gather intel on a terrorist organization.
But first, he has to get their attention by posing as a wealthy antiquities collector from Dubai.

Since Khalifa, an Islamic militant group, is funding their organization by looting Egypt’s archaeological treasures and selling them to private collectors,...

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Three Good Lies: A Titus Ray Thriller (Titus Ray Thrillers Book 12)

CIA operative Titus Ray accepts an off-the-books assignment in Panama.
His contact tells him there’s sufficient intel, reliable sources, and a legitimate objective.

Not true.
The intel isn’t sufficient, the sources aren’t reliable, and the objective isn’t legitimate.

The intel isn’t sufficient . . .
Before leaving for Panama, Titus is given a flash...

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