Special Agent Stacey Lennings always had a talent for acting. Her parents used to tease her that she was a chameleon, able to take on any persona. Yet, it still took convincing for her to nag her supervisor into letting her be the one to be the bait to catch one of the most notorious human traffickers out there. Andre. Ever since she rescued Elizabeth, and failed to convince her that she was still playing the role of the victim, she dreamed of taking down the man responsible. 5 Years ago, Ricky’s sister disappeared. Maybe if her skin was lighter, and her hair blonder, the cops would have tried harder. As her older brother, it fell to him to find his sister before it was too late. He had to dive deep into the belly of the beast, but he was going to get her back, and no one was going to stop him. Not the beast himself, and certainly not the agent who made the mistake of underestimating the beast. Read the nail-biting conclusion of the Million Dollar Duet
An angel walked into a bar… Sounds like the line to a fun joke, right? Maybe for some it does. Not for Liz. All she wanted was to branch out for her 21st birthday, to overcome her shyness. She never should have entered that bar. How was she to know that the owner was looking to fill a special order for a client? One that she fit the bill for perfectly. Innocent, untouched, young. One minute she was drinking with the nice owner and bartender, feeling like she was finally able to live. The next, she was chained up in a warehouse in Mexico with a dozen other girls. It could have been worse. At least she wasn’t just for stock. No, she was meant as a wedding gift. From the cartel boss to his son. A man who preferred innocent women. Overnight, Liz was thrown from her quiet and sheltered life in New Orleans (yes she knows that sounds ridiculous) to being the favored mistress to a cartel boss. One the new wife does not like.
Staring down twelve jurors and a cranky judge is nothing compared to dealing with his mother. Theo cracks under pressure his mother is always giving him over finding someone to spend his life with. So what does he do? He lies. He couldn’t just make up a fictitious woman either. It had to be the one woman he works with who lives to torment him. As long as she doesn’t know, he should be safe. Right? Mia doesn’t date lawyers, or men with money. She eats healthy, works out, and doesn’t own a car because we have enough pollution. She is friendly to everyone. And she loves to make people laugh. Theo’s workaholic habits irritate her, so she is determined to make him relax. He also makes too easy of a target. When his parents come to town, Theo is left to his last resort to not come clean to his mother. Mia’s apartment becomes condemned until the black mold is removed. Can Theo talk her into living with him? With his pride, and her prejudice, this will end in one of two ways. Either they will love each other or kill each other. Can two people who are so different ever truly get along? No cliffhanger. HEA. Full length novel.
The job was simple. Watch the girl, take the girl, hold the girl as collateral until dear old dad paid off his debt. No where in the description did it say to save the girl from certain death. No where did it say to make her mine. But the rules did say I couldn’t keep her. To hell with the rules.
Fall in love with my step brother ☑️ Arranged marriage to the mafia ☑️ Have a baby the father knows nothing about ☑️ Sleep with my bodyguard ☑️ I could go on further with my list of cliche’d travesties, but that would give my story away. To put it simply, my mother only ever cared about money. She kept me from my dad for the money. She pushed me to date my boyfriend for the money. She forced me to get back together with him after I dumped him, for the money. She forced me to marry him and lie about my baby, for the money. She trapped me in a life I never wanted, for the money. My mother sinned against the mafia, and I would forever pay for it.
I just wanted to help my sister. But, now, who was going to help me? I chose to walk into that office that day. I chose to stay once it all started. I chose to wait in his office instead of running out the front door. I chose to let him win. Was I even worthy of saving anymore? WARNING: This book deals with sexual abuse. It may contain triggers for some individuals.
AJ Golden becomes the famous “Shotgun Sister” when she wins the race to a gun-safe and obliterates the two serial-killers who have invaded her stepfather’s home and raped her sister. However, it is her sister, Amy Elizabeth, who desires fame and fortune. When investigator Jonah Aaron meets AJ in a Nashville karaoke bar, he has a new hot girlfriend, and he and country music promoter, Milton Brandenburg, become the keys to AJ’s plan to catapult Amy Elizabeth to stardom. Along the way, Jonah uncovers a tale of incest, murder, an unexplainable death, and a sabotaged anti-cancer drug study. www.richardsteinbooks.com
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Harold "Hotsy" Hargan worked for the Atomic Energy Commission at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant where he encountered many problems that could possibly be a hazard to the public. Hotsy battled with supervisors over the neglect. The supervising contractor just moved Hotsy from site to site exposing him time and time again to radiation. Hotsy contracted cancer and finally decided to blow the whistle working with the Justice Department and the FBI which he soon found was just a whitewash for the government.
