This story is a 22,948 word novella. It has been revised and expanded from its original short story format which was released in an anthology that is no longer available.
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Samuel and Clarice live in a time that demands their love remain hidden or risk being ostracized by the society of the day. Her father learns of her indiscretion — her shame on his family name — and his actions separate the two forever.
But all is not lost. Samuel’s mother is a Voodoo Priestess, one of the most powerful in New Orleans. Desperately, she searches for a way to free her son from the curse he unwittingly brought down on himself with a simple prayer to protect his beloved Clarice.
Samuel stands silently by, watching decades pass as he dreams of his beloved Clarice. He’s lost all hope, until one day a little girl happens upon his tomb. Surely he’s mistaken — can she see him? Views: 686
The brutal murder of a teenager and a deadly medical drama plunge a small-town sheriff into a vortex of treachery and greed in the debut novel of Emery Hayes's A Nicole Cobain Mystery series.First female sheriff of Toole County, Montana Nicole Cobain earned the position through mental and physical grit and when a young girl is found murdered on icy Lake Maria, every bit of it is tested. But what begins as a chase for the killer quickly unravels into a high stakes medial transaction with harrowing consequences.Eight years ago, Nicole fled her fast-track position as a homicide detective with the Denver Police Department in an act of desperation to save both her son and herself. Answering a recruitment ad, she showed up in the foothills of Glacier National Park and was elected sheriff six years later. She has a measure of peace in her new surroundings, her son is thriving, and she has effectively distanced herself from her past. Until Benjamin Kris shows up... Views: 686
The cops were on side. Her lover was on the other. Kendra didn't know who had betrayed her. It had to be one of the men in her life.Was it her brother? Or her lover?One dirty cop was determined to break up a drug cartel. Uriel Vasquez saw Kendra as the weakest link, and focused on ruining her life. And he had help from someone she loved.Vasquez didn't know that Kendra had plans of her own. DIRTY MONEY DIRTY DEEDS is told in short, fast paced episodes WITH CLIFFHANGERS. Views: 686
