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THE
LAST STAND PREQUEL (Short Story)Meet Skye, Jasmine and Sheridan
before The Last Stand began...
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Last Stand Prequel short story
Four years ago Skye Kellerman was attacked in her own bed.
She managed to fend off her knife-wielding assailant, but the trauma changed everything
about her life. As a result of that night, she joined two friends--also
survivors--in starting The Last Stand, an organization to help victims of crime.
Now her would-be rapist is getting out of prison. Early.
And Skye knows that Dr. Oliver Burke hasn’t forgotten what her testimony
cost him. 
2009 RITA® Nominee for Best NovellaWidower Romain Fornier
lost his reason for living when his daughter was kidnapped and murdered.
When the killer got off on a technicality, Romain used a gun to mete out his own
justice. Now that he’s finally out of prison, free to return to his
Cajun roots, the last thing he wants to learn is that he might’ve killed
the wrong man. But that’s exactly what Jasmine Stratford of The Last
Sand, whose job it is to help victims of violent crime, has come all the way from
California to tell him.
Sheridan Kohl was just a teenager parked at the lake in Whiterock,
Tennessee with a boy named Jason when a stranger wearing a ski mask shot them
both. Sheridan lived but Jason died--and the stranger was never caught.
Twelve years later, by working at The Last Stand, Sheridan has learned a thing
or two about investigating crime. She returns to Whiterock, intent on achieving
answers at last. But someone doesn’t want the truth to
come out. Someone unexpected. Someone who is willing to resort to
murder. Again.
A
mother faces her greatest fear. Zoe Duncan’s
thirteen-year-old daughter goes missing from her own backyard while she's home
sick from school. The police suspect Samantha’s a runaway—she’s not happy
about her mother’s upcoming marriage—but Zoe knows Sam would never do that.
Terrified of losing the person she loves most, Zoe is willing
to do anything to bring Sam home, even if it means giving up her job, her nice
home and her relationship with the man she thought she wanted…. A
detective faces his hardest case. Jonathan
Stivers is a private investigator who donates his time to The Last Stand, a victims’
charity in Sacramento. He’s good at what he does, the best. Which is why he’s
called on to help Zoe Duncan find her missing daughter. But never has he had fewer
leads to work with—or been more attracted to a client. He’s sure of only one
thing: Sam was taken by someone close to the family. He doesn’t realize how
close until he realizes that the "perfect" couple next door is anything
but…
Obsession
leads to lies… When Air
Force Captain Luke Trussell opens his door one Sunday morning, he’s shocked
to find the police—and even more shocked when they charge him with rape. He
knows he made a mistake in judgment the night before, but he certainly didn’t
force his attentions on the woman who’s been stalking him for months. Problem
is…Kalyna Harter has the bruises—and the DNA evidence—to make her claim
convincing. And lies can lead to murder! Determined
to isolate Luke, Kalyna goes to victims’ rights advocate Ava Bixby of The Last
Stand, hoping Ava will help put Luke behind bars. But Ava soon realizes she’s
defending the wrong victim. Problem is…switching her support
to Luke could be dangerous—especially when she falls for him. Because Kalyna
won’t tolerate losing the man she wants to anyone. Least of all Ava…
Someone thinks he's committed
The Perfect Murder... In
trying to unravel the truth behind the murder of his ex-wife and son, Sebastian
Costas has followed a ghost of a lead all the way to Sacramento. The evidence
suggests a murder-suicide, but something he heard the week before the killings
won't allow him to accept that. He believes her second husband--a cop--killed
her and the boy, then faked his own death. But proving it isn't easy. He finally
gets the break he needs when Jane Burke, an investigator with The Last Stand,
calls him in connection with a separate crime--a crime that could lead him straight
to the man he's been looking for. But that murder
might only lead to more... Once the wife of a serial
killer, Jane has spent the past five years rebuilding her life and fighting against
violence. The last thing she wants to do is fall in love again. But once she meets
Sebastian, she’s determined to take that risk. She finally has a chance at
happiness--if she can best the man they’re trying to stop before that man stops
them.
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