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Jake McKellen is a deputy United States Marshal. The case he is working on causes him great stress. He just knew deep down there had to be a connection between the most evil drug king pin in all of South America, Pedro Maguay Santiago, and the biggest crime boss in Chicago, Vinnie 'Strong Arm' Gignotti. The problems for Jake are mounting, girls and young women are disappearing all across the city, and Jake fears they were being transported across international borders and sold into prostitution. To make matters worse he has little to no evidence and little to no leads. Jake is consumed by this case to the point of obsession, and it has caused many sleepless nights. His unrelenting commit ...

Jaylon-Rose is a lovely, kind, pretty young woman with an unyielding determination to solve the conspiracy encompassing her mother Taffy's death... Jaylon-Rose has adorable sheltie collie Salem that keeps her company. She enjoys riding her bike on sunny days in the city of roses, picking wild berries or daydreaming at the Mississippi River. A whispering silk breath and hidden secrets in a cob webbed attic. Although Aunt Claire is forth coming with a newspaper and chocolate covered cherries to sustain Jaylon-Rose's contentment. Jaylon-Rose is sidetracked when her horoscope prediction comes true and meets the love of her life. A handsome musician named Winston, at a local night club in ...

Steven Belden, author and publisher of the 5-star rated BRANNON trilogy, has penned an exciting new series. LIGHTNING BOLT is the first in the Bolt Series, and begins with a horrifying incident in the lives of a decorated war hero and his beloved pregnant wife. The unthinkable happens. Something that contravenes known laws governing the universe. That "something" is a baby girl. Is she a miracle, a mystery, or a tragic mishap of mother nature? She will sport a curious nickname, melt hearts, challenge reasoning and solve the impossible. She is a human phenomenon with an undeniable connection to unseen forces. Her passion for helping people is matched only by her faith, love for ...

A group of seventh graders in the 1980s attempt to solve the mystery of a missing classmate.

LONGSHOT is a compelling story about a third generation law enforcement officer....the first daughter born in the legendary Westfield family of Laramie County, Wyoming. Grandfather, and former Sheriff, Duke, and her father, current Sheriff, Duncan, have wielded their brand of justice for five decades. Dakota has left the FBI to become Under Sheriff and Chief of Detectives. She's a candidate for Sheriff. As her family circle the wagons, will Dakota withstand political attacks, sinister harassment and heinous crimes seemingly committed to burying her campaign. Xaro and Xena, Dakota's beloved Akitas, are in persistent danger and suffer for their undying loyalty to their master. Dakota ...

Maddy has to find a pirate costume for the annual parade and her search leads on a very special hunt for treasure

Make Up Something is a book where everything happens too fast. It is a story about eighteen people, mostly strangers, who spend an evening at a writer's retreat, all of them under an alias. Some of them have secrets. Some of them do not. Then, the disappearing begins. Eleven of the stories in this pseudo-anthology were contributed by local Michigan artists and writers, and range from drama, to thrillers, to romance, to poems, to songs, and essays, all of them combining into one wraparound story about a cursed evening. Hopefully, there is something in here for everyone, and if there isn't, when you get to the end, you'll have a chance to Make Up Something.

Medallion - When a kind hearted, Ad-man Elliot Jones tries to help a young drug addicted mother, he sets in motion a wave of violence and crime that will affect the lives of all those he holds dear, and it will cost him his very life. The events of his final days and gruesome murder will draw his best friend and boss, Gene Martine into a fight and flight for survival, from the lofty boardrooms of advertising executives, to the mean streets of El Paso, from the slums of Juarez, to the mountains of southern New Mexico. The Free-Landers, a mysterious joint venture of American business magnates and South American drug cartel kingpins, can reach, with lethal efficiency, anyone, anywhere, a ...

MEMORIES is an artfully styled and intensely gripping suspense thriller. MEMORIES begins with Cody Brannon's horrific motorcycle accident. Waking up from a 27-day coma, Cody and girlfriend, Tiffney, discover he has a mental anomaly. Is it a blessing or a curse? While in law school, Cody is recruited by the FBI as a Profiler, and Tiffney by the Justice Department as a Federal Prosecutor. They are soon thrust into the ugly and dangerous underbelly of teen sex slavery. With courage, dogged determination and Cody's special abilities, they track down and capture the kingpin of the largest sex trafficking ring in the U.S. MEMORIES is a must-read ripped from today's headlines. MEMORIES ...