Kidnapping Mystery

He's a refreshingly different hero, definitely not young and six-packed, but... Retired reporter Jake Scott knows a thing or two about exposing the truth and unmasking frauds. Unfortunately, he walks a fine line between helping and interfering in investigations. Homicide Detective Dani Perez, with whom Jake has a shaky personal relationship, doesn’t always appreciate it, but he can’t seem to help himself. The affable and shrewd, yet old fashioned, Jake is hot on the trail of a case when a body discovered in a bog and three suspects lead him to the doorstep of The Guardians of Truth, a ...

Dalen Reese, Detroit’s greatest Private Eye, is back, and this time he’s working without his partners, Ian Parker or Robert Stonewall. During the height of the Covid pandemic, a young barista from The Coffee Cabin fails to report to work and Dalen jumps into action to find out where she is. He enlists the assistance of his friend Picasso, one of the most feared men in the Motor City, Nomar, a new friend with more questions than answers, and his eager friend Morrison, to help find Pasha. Along the way, Dalen meets a young boy named Rico whose mother is involved with a crime family and is...

What happens when your dead wife suddenly returns and doesn't remember you? Noah Clara was my everything: My friend, my wife, my world. She should have been home with our teenage daughter Luci Belle and me. But my best friend Wesley forced her to attend a meeting that ended with me losing everything. Clara I've been held captive down here for three hundred and ninety-two days. How I got here is still a mystery to me. I don't know my name or my age. I don't know if I'm married or single, but after a year, I figured I must be single since nobody ever came for me, and I don’t have a ring on ...

What happened to Nash? Is their past coming back to haunt them? On the perfect summer evening, Vanessa plans to walk onto a sandy beach to marry the man she loves. When the groom never appears, she refuses to believe he left her at the altar. Vanessa turns to her friends for help. But they’re not just friends. They are the Initiative, a secret covert operation. Created to help those in need. And right now, Vanessa is in desperate need of help. **This clean romantic suspense book is a standalone read.**

When Dana Simmons was ten years old, her mother disappeared. Twenty years later, with a successful modeling career, Dana faces another loss after her father dies of lung cancer. She soon discovers her mother might still be alive and harbors a secret that could endanger Dana. As she searches for answers, Dana rallies through a deadly chase which lands her in the Witness Protection Program. Although the program promises to protect her, they strip away her career, her home, and her identity hoping she would never look back. Determined to find closure, Dana is left with a choice that could ...

Jane knows about death, she knows the fear, the terror, and the blackness that follows…what she doesn’t know, is who she is or who abandoned her at the edge of the Dagger Woods when she was just five years old. When a woman is found dead in the same place twenty-three years later, she knows that it’s time for her to go back and find out the truth, even if it kills her…

Lauren Murphy is invited to a baby fair and has the time of her life until her friend can't find her daughter among hundreds of fairgoers. Lauren helps the family through their tragedy, revealing a heinous plot of deception and danger, while dealing with her own personal crisis.

A woman goes missing. Her car is discovered in the Australian Outback, burnt out but there is no body. Her husband, her son and the local gigolo are all suspects but the case comes to a dead end then Police Constable Elizabeth West is bound, gaged and abducted by a ruthless killer. Can Detective Bigfoot save her? 'Deadly serious and laugh out loud funny.' Revised and Rewritten.

The men, mostly virgins, gather in the darkest corners online, drawn together by a common bond: self-hatred. They hate the way they look. They hate their disastrous sex lives. They hate alpha males. There is only one thing they hate more: women. Women are the root of all their problems. Women are inferior and deserve to be punished for rejecting them. Even before they first hear about her, Eva Santella, independent, beautiful, confident, represents everything they despise. So they get together online and feed on each other's rage and disappointment and frustration. And there, in their ...

Life was never going to be the same again…friends had become family and strangers became friends…all in the midst of a storm like no other and the aftermath that no one could have ever predicted. Jess and Max find their relationship takes an unexpected and life-changing turn…Brian decides on a risky mission that no one can talk him out of…and Sara struggles with the knowledge that among those responsible for the terror of the last year are a few who have ties to the tragedy in her past that is never far from her thoughts.After the Storm is the final book in the ongoing story of ...

Amber Rulston married her high school sweetheart. Aaron was driven, goal oriented and worked hard. She had always loved that about him. After college they got married and Aaron went right into business. Amber was never told exactly what he did but Aaron made the money and Amber kept them organized. She was the woman behind the man. Having obtained her own degree, Amber wanted her own career. Aaron put a stop to that. "No wife of mine will work a job that's beneath us" he'd told her. Amber quickly felt out of place in Aaron's world, she wanted more for herself. She didn't sign up to be those...

What happens when a sheltered only child and a street-wise orphan are forced to work together in order to stay alive? Two strangers, Caleb and Jael, are thrown together under dire circumstances, joined at the hip, as their captors say. Their singular focus? Survival. A gripping story of courage, determination, sacrifice and survival. A pre-apocalyptic tale told in vivid terms by our hero, Caleb Wiseman.

The disappearances of multiple teenagers thrust a small town into a panic. One detective must confront a dark past to solve the high-profile abduction. It’s only a matter of time before the kidnapper strikes again, and the sands of the hourglass have already started sifting away.

A ruined wedding, mobsters, and an ex who’s stalking her. Will Tess and Beau ever tie the knot? A voice cries out, stopping Beau and Tess’ wedding. Surprised by this wedding crasher’s announcement, the reverend ends the ceremony. The uninvited guest insists Beau is already married and must come to Las Vegas if he wishes to end their marriage. Beau and Tess reluctantly agree but not before consulting their friends. But they’re not just friends. They are the Initiative, a secret covert operation created to help those in need. The team agrees they must go Vegas with Beau and Tess. Upon...

Dash Bellmont swore never to fall in love again; one broken heart was more than enough. He didn’t expect someone to challenge that promise. When he receives an email threatening his brother, he decides to use his special skills to find the bastard who sent it. After all, he did get his Delta Force nickname, Rebel, by not following the rules. Sometimes, that’s what it took to save lives. Evie was the definition of the girl next door... until her sister went missing. Now, she spends her time with drug addicts and the homeless, hoping to hear about anything that might lead to her sister. ...

Juniper has escaped her past, can she protect her future? Its the dawn of a new century and a vampire war threatens England. Juniper has finally made it to London but old dangers await her. With the help of the demon hunter Tom Constantine, she creates a new identity. She used to help vampires, but now she hunts them. It isn't her only mission. She has until summer to fulfill a prophecy that will change the world. Every demon in London would kill to stop her. Juniper crafts an intricate scheme to succeed with a team of allies including a brilliant detective, brave scholars, and even Harry ...

This short story is lead-in to the full-length novel “Yellowstone’s Child”. This story is complete in itself, telling how Sarah Johanson becomes Sally Graham. A married couple, Sam and Gloria Graham, chicken farmers from Mississippi, loose their 10 year old daughter, Sally, to brain cancer. After her death they plan to sell their Mississippi farm to move to Nebraska. Before selling, to help recover from their daughter Sally’s death; they take a short vacation in February at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. At the same time, at Yellowstone, three cousins from the Johanson family...

September Day’s new Family complicates her world. Ashamed, but resolved to set right their wrongs, she’s determined to dismantle the sinister crime syndicate before her cop fiancé discovers the tainted relationship.

When a past trafficking victim confronts her and demands immediate justice, she’s mortified with guilt. Outraged her loved ones are also taken by the killer, September agrees to the ransom. She relies on her German Shepherd Shadow to locate the missing but must reluctantly accept help from her new untrustworthy “Family.”

The recent abduction of a four-year-old girl may be linked to a 30-year-old case. Jessica Donovan, the mother of the missing girl, will stop at nothing to bring her home. Even if that means digging up the truth about her past.

On his way to Magdalena, New Mexico, for an off-season vacation, pro-NFL kicker, Frankie Scarmazino, rescues a traumatized 14-year-old Indian girl who is found naked in the middle of the night on a dark highway. Suddenly, the gridiron ace finds himself entangled in a local mystery involving a neglected Indigenous tribe and their missing children. Scarmazino enlists the help of a tribesman turned veteran to inspire the tribe's youth with confidence. Teaming up with a sheriff's deputy, they link the disappearances to a 50-year-old cold case and the recent murder of a journalist. Frankie's ...