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Set in the Caribbean Beach town of Rincon, Puerto Rico, Derelict Junction is the fictional tale of what life is really like beyond the usual two weeks of vacation that most visitors experience. The rose colored glasses come off and dark underbelly of life as a local is exposed, but there is also incredible beauty and the simple joys of living in the tropics. Happiness, love, treachery, deceit...anything is possible.

Ben never wanted to write a book. Being autistic, troubled, and the fourth child? It just doesn't sound like a very interesting story. That doesn't stop his therapist, Dr. White, from giving Ben a blank journal. And when Dr. White's mysterious (and slightly annoying) daughter, Julia White, blackmails Ben into joining the therapy program, Ben finds he has no choice but to testify. So, he starts at the beginning: the day he stole a water bottle. From there, it only seems right to discuss his entrance into the group therapy program, his obsession with chocolate chip waffles, and the ever-crippling relationships with his parents and brothers. As Ben navigates his own life and works tire ...

In a world governed by power and loyalty, Okami, a captivating half-Black, half-Japanese woman, relishes the luxuries granted by her family's wealth and her father's Yakuza influence. Unaware of the darkness lurking beneath, her opulent life takes a dark turn when she endures a heinous assault by her father's boss's son. This ordeal sparks a fierce determination, leading her to become an assassin within her father's organization, seeking justice and purpose. "Okami: Young Assassin" follows her riveting journey as she confronts her new identity amidst the underworld's intricate dynamics.

Esther Beckett is in for the surprise of her life. She thinks she still desires to get married, but she might be embarking on the biggest adventure she can imagine if she decides she can trust these men. But who are these men and what are their intentions? Come and spend some more time in Pine City so you can find out. You will also meet an older couple who are still very much in love, and have a deep yearning to see the restoration of lives and to leave a legacy. Renew acquaintances with some of the people in the Grace 'n' Faith Church who were in Book one of the Sunshine Series. This is an inspirational romance novel and it is the sequel to "Everywhere There's a Su ...

(Book 1) June 25, 1959 was the day Charles Starkweather was executed in the electric chair for the murders of 11 people. Jude Cross raised in the same town as Charlie, Lincoln Nebraska, interrogates Charlie breaking down his defenses with the new science of mirroring and profiling. He would discover the real story of Charlie and his 14-year-old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate, whose family was Charlie’s second and third and fourth victims. In a small town in Georgia in 1976, an 18-year-old girl is hunted in the woods for the assault of two prominent boys who tried to molest her. The innocence of the 1950s and a young girl is resilient, not easily defeated by prejudice and darkness.

(This is Book 2) Forced out of town a young girl becomes Big Jen, cruising the biker bars of the south and southwest, picking fights and brawling with her boys. Charles Starkweather is executed, and Jude writes his firs ‘Social Forensics’ report at the request of J Edgar Hoover. Jude’s life is in a shambles with the deaths of those close to him and he breaks away, leaving his wife and home traveling west on a big Harley.

(This is Book 4) Big Jen takes on the Caldiddys (California Devils Diciples) gang. Pro (Jude Cross) is recalled to the FBI to interrogate a young man arrested for an armed attack on a high school and the murder of a security guard. Jude writes his second ‘Social Forensics’ report. Pro disappears and Big Jen tracks him across the nation. Pro’s worlds collide as he is reunited with Christine, his wife. One will rise and one will fall as Strange Compromises defines who we were and who we become.

(This is Book 3) Jude finds a home in the biker world, rising to respect and power as Pro (The Professor) but is still fractured by a life gone wrong and deaths that haunt him. Big Jen and Pro are destined to meet. Would they find the pieces within each other to rebuild two souls? Liz Stitt, first woman hired as an agent for the FBI takes an assignment no one wants, investigating billionaire John Steiner for the disappearances of a girl and a lawyer in small town Georgia.