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CRESCENT BEACH Book One in the Crescent Beach Series
Cardboard-wrapped, forty-pound bales of marijuana called square grouper are flooding Florida's Gulf Coast. Undercover State Trooper Rusty McMillan is sent into the backwater fishing village of Crescent Beach to bust a key operator and stem the area's rampant smuggling. Expecting to deal with trailer trash, Rusty instead discovers a hardworking community from an earlier era when life was simple and straightforward. He becomes immersed in the everyday life of shrimping, crabbing, and fishing, while at night he drinks beer, arm wrestles, and plays poker with the locals who become his friends. Rusty gets the evidence he needs, but can he make the arrest? Either way he's a traitor: to his job or to the community. But before he can decide, the town is slammed by unexpected hurricane force winds and a lethal twelve-foot tidal surge. Rusty joins the men, women, and children in the life and death struggle with a ferocious storm that plays no favorites. ** see reviews page for reader comments |
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RAW DAWGIN' Book Two in the Crescent Beach Series) Five years ago as an undercover State Trooper, Rusty McMillan fell in love with the peaceful backwater fishing village of Crescent Beach. When he retires, he moves there permanently. But, he soon learns that things have changed. The sports fishermen now outnumber the commercial fishermen two to one and they’re at each other’s throats. The sexy bar owner’s ex has gotten out of prison and has come looking for her. Scallop shucking determines a Festival Queen while a modern day Tortoise & Hare race captivates the town. A body is discovered and a Colombian drug cartel seeks vengeance. Add Rusty’s attraction to his best friend’s wife into the mix, and Rusty’s peaceful little town is anything but. **. see reviews page for readers comments |
THE BILOXI CONNECTION Book Three in the Crescent Beach Series
Former state trooper and all around good guy Rusty McMillan pursues Joe Slater, the cold-blooded hit man and drug runner for a Colombian cartel who murdered Rusty’s best friend. When Slater delivers three hundred bricks of cocaine to a Biloxi, Mississippi, casino, Rusty and the FBI are ready. But the sting goes awry and Slater gets away in the confusion of a deadly firefight. Slater is eventually arrested, but he comes up with a clever alibi. Will justice be served? Maybe, but it won’t be in the courts.
A different drama unfolds back in Crescent Beach when the town darling, fourteen-year-old Rebecca, meets Billy who becomes the love of her life. Billy introduces her to drugs, sex, and crime. However, when tragic events unfold and Billy no longer supplies her with opiates, Rebecca begins to steal, and eventually trades her body for drugs. Her life is a mess. Can she or anyone put it back together?
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Former state trooper and all around good guy Rusty McMillan pursues Joe Slater, the cold-blooded hit man and drug runner for a Colombian cartel who murdered Rusty’s best friend. When Slater delivers three hundred bricks of cocaine to a Biloxi, Mississippi, casino, Rusty and the FBI are ready. But the sting goes awry and Slater gets away in the confusion of a deadly firefight. Slater is eventually arrested, but he comes up with a clever alibi. Will justice be served? Maybe, but it won’t be in the courts.
A different drama unfolds back in Crescent Beach when the town darling, fourteen-year-old Rebecca, meets Billy who becomes the love of her life. Billy introduces her to drugs, sex, and crime. However, when tragic events unfold and Billy no longer supplies her with opiates, Rebecca begins to steal, and eventually trades her body for drugs. Her life is a mess. Can she or anyone put it back together?
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GATOR BAIT Book Four in the Crescent Beach Series)
Tammy thought camping with Bobby in the high Mojave Desert of Nevada would be idyllic; instead, it turns into a nightmare. In a drunken rage, Bobby beats Tammy and when she tries to flee, he puts her in chains. Her life becomes a daily horror of abuse. Norm, Tammy’s ex-boyfriend, suspects foul play and sets out from Crescent Beach to find her. He heroically rescues Tammy and helps her to mend physically and mentally. But, when they return to Crescent Beach, Bobby is waiting for them with retribution in mind.
That’s not all that’s happening in the little fishing village of Crescent Beach. Rusty and Crystal’s marriage plans are put on hold when Crystal’s game warden uncle is murdered by a gator poacher. Rusty is recruited by the state police to find the culprit. Posing as a low life poacher named Ace, Rusty meets Butch at the Black Bear Cave Bar and together they soon begin illegally hunting alligator and collecting their eggs. Rusty correctly suspects that Butch is the murderer, but needs proof. When Butch learns Rusty’s true identity, however, the hunter becomes the hunted.
Tammy thought camping with Bobby in the high Mojave Desert of Nevada would be idyllic; instead, it turns into a nightmare. In a drunken rage, Bobby beats Tammy and when she tries to flee, he puts her in chains. Her life becomes a daily horror of abuse. Norm, Tammy’s ex-boyfriend, suspects foul play and sets out from Crescent Beach to find her. He heroically rescues Tammy and helps her to mend physically and mentally. But, when they return to Crescent Beach, Bobby is waiting for them with retribution in mind.
That’s not all that’s happening in the little fishing village of Crescent Beach. Rusty and Crystal’s marriage plans are put on hold when Crystal’s game warden uncle is murdered by a gator poacher. Rusty is recruited by the state police to find the culprit. Posing as a low life poacher named Ace, Rusty meets Butch at the Black Bear Cave Bar and together they soon begin illegally hunting alligator and collecting their eggs. Rusty correctly suspects that Butch is the murderer, but needs proof. When Butch learns Rusty’s true identity, however, the hunter becomes the hunted.
Tom Young wants to make a difference in the world. He joins the Peace Corps and is sent to an impoverished farm community in remote southern Chile where a reforestation project is the campesinos' only hope for a better future.
Tom finds himself in a breathtakingly beautiful land from a bygone era. Horses and oxen provide transportation, light
is from kerosene lamps, and water is fetched with bucket from springs. He is drawn to the closeness of Chilean family life, and desperately wants to fit in as he struggles with the language and customs. Fighting depression and loneliness, he slowly adapts, but is shocked when brutal acts of violence rock the community.
Tom's bonds are truly forged with this forgotten world when he embarks on the seemingly impossible task of building a new road into the campo. What he doesn't anticipate is the relationship that develops with a beautiful young woman, a relationship that will providethe key to Tom's heartwarming -- and heartbreaking -- acceptance into the community.
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Tom finds himself in a breathtakingly beautiful land from a bygone era. Horses and oxen provide transportation, light
is from kerosene lamps, and water is fetched with bucket from springs. He is drawn to the closeness of Chilean family life, and desperately wants to fit in as he struggles with the language and customs. Fighting depression and loneliness, he slowly adapts, but is shocked when brutal acts of violence rock the community.
Tom's bonds are truly forged with this forgotten world when he embarks on the seemingly impossible task of building a new road into the campo. What he doesn't anticipate is the relationship that develops with a beautiful young woman, a relationship that will providethe key to Tom's heartwarming -- and heartbreaking -- acceptance into the community.
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When The Whistling Stopped is a sequel to One For The Road. It is an "eco-thriller," based on a real event where the largest population of black-necked swans in South America was decimated through the toxins systematically and intentionally dumped by a pulp mill. The novel is about a young couple's quest to expose and bring down the amoral mill owner, but when he retaliates, not only their lives, but also those of their friends, are soon threatened with surprising and devastating results. The twists and turns of this fast-paced story make it hard to put the book down.
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