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Erin Wade

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Texas native Erin Wade released her first lesbian novel in January 2017. "Too Strong to Die" jumped to number one and continues to show up in the top fifty bestsellers list today. A prolific writer Erin has released thirty-five #1 bestselling Lesbian novels and thirty-three #1 Bestselling audios since 2017. ​

You can follow Erin on her web page at www.erinwade.us
​and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/erin.wade.129142/

Erin's Waders Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ErinsWaders/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elwade35/
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​Relative Stranger

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Suspense Thriller Lesfic

Their entire world was built around lies. Read about Sherry, Andi, and Jud as they navigate the real world around them when the foundation their dreams and beliefs is built upon begins to crumble in the shifting sand of reality. A “do you know what I know” mystery with plenty of heat and twists to challenge your mind.
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They were the Golden Ones until their world began to unravel. A lie here, a death there, stir in lust, and desire, and you have the perfect suspense-thriller novel. 
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My Sister's Keeper

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Thriller

Beautiful twin sisters--one a U.S. Marshal and the other an internationally famous country music star. When an attempt is made on the life of famous Shannon Rose, wildly popular performer, her twin sister U.S. Marshal Shaw Rose assumes Shannon's identity to find out who drugged her sister and left her in a coma.

Fiancée's and past lovers complicate things when they interact with Shaw, believing she is Shannon. Fun and games turn deadly when the killer strikes again. This time the target is the imposter posing as Shannon Rose. #wlw #sapphic #lgbt #butch/femme #lesfic #lesbian thriller.
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Left for Dead: You should have killed me

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Lesbian/Action/Adventure

Left to die in a filthy alley, with no identification, the hospital logged her in as Jane Doe. She fought her way back and she knew the name of the man who had left her for dead. She knew him and she would make his life a living hell.

Who knew that revenge could come in so many different forms? The story of one woman’s revenge and the love that gave her the strength to rise above the hurt and darkness in her soul. Five friends who made a difference in her world and helped her find her way back to normal.
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Erin Wade takes readers on a breath-taking adventure as they follow the twist and turns of this action-packed romantic thriller. WLW Sapphic Romance LGBT Butch/Femme Femme/Femme Lesbian Action Adventure Lesfic Gay Romance.
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Who Wrote the Thriller Anyway?

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Lesbian/Action/Adventure

A psychological thriller from Bestselling Lesbian Action/Adventure writer Erin Wade, this fast-passed novel will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Trying to recover from a broken heart caused by an unfaithful wife, world renowned lesbian author Lane Dawson agrees to temporarily move to Hollywood to consult on the movie version of her bestselling novel. Wanting an actress in her early thirties for the main character, Lane selects an actress in a blind audition. She is surprised to learn her selection is A-list movie star Ashley Sinclair an older, Oscar winning actress who hasn’t made a movie in two years.

Ashley has finally settled a two-year divorce battle with her cheating husband who walked away with their assets leaving her all their debt. She desperately needs the job to stay afloat. The only problem is the two main characters in the movie are lesbians and Ashley refuses to kiss a woman. Frustrated by Ashley’s stubbornness, Lane demands another actress take her place. Tempers flare and the two women butt heads in a battle for control.
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A psycho’s attempt on Ashley’s life makes everything else seem insignificant.
WLW, sapphic, Butch/Femme, LGBT.
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Here's to You Mrs. Anderson

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Lesbian/Action/Adventure

​#1 Bestselling Lesbian Author Erin Wade delivers riveting action and suspense in this novel following small-town widow Sara Anderson in her quest to succeed on her own. After the death of Sara’s abusive husband Dick, she finds herself alone and penniless when her daughter steals the money from Dick’s insurance policy.

Restaurant owner and childhood neighbor Chris Taylor knows she can’t leave Sara to die in a women’s shelter, so she packs the older woman and her little Chihuahua Peanutinto her pickup and takes them home with her.
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When bodies begin piling up in the abandoned mansion next door to Chris’ restaurant, police suspect the beautiful lesbian chef of being a serial killer. Sara wonders if she has traded a dire situation for a deadly one. As with all of Wade’s books, this one will keep you reading and wondering until the very last page. LGBT Sapphic Romance Femme/Femme WLW. Lesbian Action Adventure.
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Riding the Storm

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LGBT - Action/Adventure

#1 Bestselling Lesbian author Erin Wade combines her wicked sense of humor with a rip-roaring romance wrapped in action, adventure, and laughter.

Daredevil Kensley Storm and her partner TJ Cummings own Daredevils Rescue Service, an organization that specializes in extracting undercover government agents from deadly situations.

Kensley lives for the adrenaline high she gets every time she pulls off an impossible assignment. Her latest task is to save Regina Rider from the roof of a skyscraper before armed assassins can reach the gorgeous woman.

Regina is a legend in her own right having solved more cases than any agent in her division. Like Kensley, she lives for the rush of almost dying. Fires ignite when the two find themselves on the same assignment, but which one is the savior?
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The Roughneck & the Lady

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LGBT - Action/Adventure

When Care-flight delivered a roughneck to Dr. Heather Hunter's trauma unit, it turned her world upside down. Heather found herself in love with someone her mother found socially unacceptable. Someone whose job was so dangerous Heather fought falling in love to avoid a broken heart. Little did she know that her loved one was courting danger far deadlier than working on an oil rig. In the fast-moving, hard-loving, world of Texas oil tycoons and terrorists hell bent on destroying the Texas oil industry, Dr. Hunter finds love in the fast lane breath taking and indescribably satisfying.

Trinidad Winfield was to women what the Silver Ghost was to the Rolls-Royce: one-in-a-million and beyond gorgeous.
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“It was like wrapping my legs around a tornado; wild and raging and satisfying. Do you know you growl when you reach a certain point? It’s very animalistic and so damn sexy. I just wanted to clamp my legs around you and suck you in.”
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Two Ways to Die: A Java Jarvis Thriller

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LGBT - Action/Adventure

Erin Wade’s best yet. With more twists than a moonshine run in the Kentucky hills, “Two Ways to Die” is a cliff hanger you’ll think about long after you finish the last page. You’ll fall in love with Java Jarvis and Kat Lace as they scorch the pages with their desire for one another. Another #1 Bestseller for Erin.

Java Jarvis is like no heroine you ever met. The kind of woman every girl wants to meet at least once in her lifetime. She’s every woman’s dream and every criminal’s nightmare. One of the hottest Lesbian Novels of the year.
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Dark Justice - Young Adult Series

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Young Adult, Lesbian, Action/Adventure

Suitable for Young Adults. From Bestselling Lesbian Author Erin Wade comes a new 
and different action/adventure/romance. You will cheer and cry for Courtney and Sage as they navigate first-time experiences for both of them.

Award-winning producer Courtney Southerland turned down lucrative career opportunities to learn the truth about the legend of Palo Duro Canyon. Determined to track the famous Black Panther and the girl that had been seen with it, Court devoted two years of her life living in caves and tents as she tracked the pair through the second largest canyon in the United States. She was about to relegate the panther’s legend to the category of Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster when the girl appeared from nowhere to save her life.​
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Dark Justice: Book #2 - Garden of Eden

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LGBT- Action/Adventure
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Bestselling lesbian author Erin Wade continues the LGBTQ epic about two women who travel the world and beyond to uncover the mysteries hidden in the universe. “Dark Justice: Book 2 – The Garden of Eden” continues the courageous adventures of Courtney and Sage Southerland, as they produce documentaries of the strange and unexplained. The truth is their secret is as dangerous, bizarre and inexplicable as any they document.
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Mardi Gras Ghost: A Java Jarvis Thriller

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LGBT- Action/Adventure
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Bestselling LGBT author Erin Wade pulls out all the stops on this thriller. A Lesbian, Action Adventure Romance that will keep you on the edge of your seat and cheering for Java Jarvis and her team at SKIRT. When women are murdered during Mardi Gras for the third year in a row, New Orleans Police Lieutenant Beau Braxton calls in the women of SKIRT. The FBI’s Serial Killers Investigative Resolution Team consisted of five beautiful FBI agents and was directed by Special Agents Java Jarvis and her wife Kat Lace. Working undercover the team had a one hundred percent success rate and was only pressed into action when others failed, and local authorities requested their assistance. Java and Kat discover that murder is one of the nicer things perpetrated by a well organized group participating in human trafficking, porn, snuff films and abduction by request. When wealthy Avery Ricard a beautiful plantation owner sets her sights on Kat, Java pulls out all the stops to keep her wife and to keep NOLA citizens safe. Join Java, Kat, their dog Ares and the entire SKIRT team as they love, laugh and hunt down the bad guys.​
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Another Cup of Java: A Java Jarvis Thriller

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LGBT- Action/Adventure
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“Another Cup of Java” is the third book in the Bestselling Java Jarvis Series by #1 Bestselling LGBT author Erin Wade. When Kat Lace goes undercover to identify the kingpin behind Mississippi’s drug ring, Java is left alone in New Orleans to deal with something rare—a female serial killer. Accustomed to having each other’s back, our power couple finds they must turn to others to help solve their cases and ease their loneliness. As always the ladies of the FBI’s SKIRT (Serial Killers Investigative Resolution Team) are standing by to go into action when Java or Kat call for them.​
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The Destiny Factor

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LGBT- Action/Adventure

Determined to distance herself from the filth and hopelessness that marked her youth, Renny worked hard and wasted no time on things like family or friends. Raised by a mother whose only thought was about where she would find her next boyfriend, Renny learned to fend for herself. She knew education and hard work were her tickets to a better life. Brad and Vivian Rockmore introduced her to the world of beautiful people, cruise ships, and private jets. At twenty-eight, Renny had realized all her goals. She had no idea her ambition would land her in jail for murdering the only person she had ever loved. Erin Wade takes the reader on a fast-paced ride in her first lesfic murder mystery/romance with a twist. If you like a good suspense-filled novel, you will love The Destiny Factor.​
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Don't Dare the Devil

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LGBT- Action/Adventure

35 Consecutive Days as #1 on Amazon's Best Seller's List. At age 18 Eden Daye loses her entire family to a vicious killer. Eden questions her own sanity when she describes the killer to the police. “The . . . abductor threw your sister on its shoulder and leaped over the wall?” The agent questioned again. “Not over it,” Eden said, her brow furrowed as she recalled the horrifying event. “To the top of it. A wall this tall is also deep It’s about four feet thick. It stood on top of the wall and . . . and—” “And what?” Agent Knight’s voice was low and persuasive. “Howled!” Eden slapped her hand over her mouth as if trying to keep the words from tumbling out. “It howled like a wolf.”​
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Barbed Wire

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LGBT-  Historical Adventure

Erin Wade's historical lesbian novel is set in West Texas where cattle & oil were king and men were masters of their fate. A woman didn't have a chance of making it in the straight shooting, fast riding, hard drinking world of the Texas cowboy or did she? A novel about a love so forbidden it wasn't even whispered. A heroine so unlikely she wasn't believed. Wade's newest novel scorches the Texas badlands and runs over hearts like a herd of Texas Longhorns. This action-packed thriller will remind you why Erin Wade is the #1 International Bestselling Lesbian author in the action/adventure field. Almost too hot to handle.​
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A Woman to Die For

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LGBT-  Action/Adventure

AN AMAZON BESTSELLER in LGBT. A Lesbian, Action and Adventure, Love Story. Katie Brandt was like no woman Shay had ever met. She was brilliant, funny, gorgeous, exciting, sexy as hell and she made Shay’s blood boil. She made Shay feel things she’d never felt before.

Katie’s estranged husband described her as, “Not your run-of-the-mill genius, but universe-bending genius. Her mind works in mysterious ways. Ways we can’t fathom or comprehend. Ways that are sometimes violent and dangerous—sometimes self-destructive. She borders on insanity.”

Katie Brandt was beautiful, determined and brilliant. She held a doctoral degree in electrical engineering and in computer science from MIT.
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Shay often felt like she was spending time with two different women. Was David right? Did Katie play skip rope with that thin line between genius and madness?

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Too Strong to Die

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LGBT-  Action/Adventure

Texas Ranger Major Ricky Strong and Senator Christine Richmond strive to maintain their "friendship" as they become embroiled in situations that could make or destroy their careers. Ricky hunts a savage serial killer while trying to provide protection for the headstrong Senator as Christine takes on the task of securing agreements with Mexico to build a wall along the Texas border. The two become embroiled in life and death situations as they battle to keep each other alive. Fast action and romance make this one of the top romantic thrillers of the year.​​
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Assassination Authorized

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LGBT-  Action/Adventure

For five years Special Agent Jericho Parker has hidden in the shadows watching psychiatrist Mecca Storm, keeping her safe, removing obstacles in her path and silently falling in love with her but Mecca doesn't even know Jericho exists.
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Jane Doe is brought into the emergency room so badly beaten she is unrecognizable and doesn't know her own name. Surgeon Kadence Pride vows to restore the petite woman to her former beauty. Follow these two couples on a two-year journey as they discover each other while trying to avoid terrorists who have sworn to avenge a brother's death by taking the lives of the women. Beautiful women, fast-paced action and non-stop adventure make "Assassination Authorized" a must read in lesbian fiction. LGBT mystery at its best.​​
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Wrongly Accused

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LGBT-  Action/Adventure

When esteemed surgeon Dawn Fairchild is wrongly accused of vehicular manslaughter, her world is turned up side down. Sentenced to two years in a federal women's prison Dawn encounters a side of life she didn't know existed. Caged with drug addicts, killers and rapist, she is surprised when her knight in shinning armor is a scrawny, scrappy redhead serving time for drug addiction and prostitution. A woman she couldn't bring herself to shake hands with for fear of touching her.

You will laugh, cry and cheer for these two unlikely friends as they navigate the horrors of a prison run by a no-nonsense warden with her own plans for Dr. Dawn Fairchild.​​
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Living Two Lives

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LGBT-  Action/Adventure

In the literary world, she was flamboyant, sexy-as-hell Darcy Lake wildly successful lesbian author. In the real world she was…well, she was something else entirely.

Jules Divine had nursed a crush on lesbian author Darcy Lake from the first moment she saw the author’s photo. Beautiful, charismatic and elusive, Lake was adored by millions, but known by few. Was she what she appeared to be or a promoter’s ultimate well-crafted success.

Jules weaves her way through the maze of the ruthless literary world to uncover murders and liars. Her life would never be the same after spending a weekend with Darcy Lake.​​​
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Death Was Too Easy

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LGBT-  Action/Adventure

The court orders brilliant defense attorney Mandy Kincaid to handle the death penalty appeal of Lisa Mercer, a woman accused of killing her three small children. Mandy uncovers evidence that proves the woman is innocent. Mandy’s biggest problem is that Lisa insists she did murder her children.

Mandy hires Jordon Kiser owner of the top private investigation firm in town to uncover the truth about the deaths of the children.
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As Jordon works closely with Mandy, the beautiful detective awakens feelings that surprise and terrify the defense attorney.​​​
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Three Times as Deadly

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LGBT-  Action/Adventure

When Sloan Cartwright awakens in an African hospital with no memory, she is astounded to find three beautiful women claiming to be her wife. An attempt on her life makes her realize that her biggest problem is not which woman is her wife, but who wants to kill her and why. She discovers that she holds secrets that will topple governments and bring down illegal poachers in Africa. The only problem is that Sloan can’t remember where she hid the evidence. Sloan quickly realizes that she must trust one of the women to help her escape Africa. Which one will it be?​​
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Branded Wives

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LGBT-  Action/Adventure

Sergeant Ash Denton and her wife forensic psychiatrist Lana Denton are baffled when wealthy, beautiful women in their town are targeted by a vicious serial killer. Only in fiction books are law enforcement officers allowed to work one case at a time. Follow Ash and Lana as they work cases involving an internet pedophile ring, drug cartels and prostitutes while trying to stem the flow of dead bodies left behind by the serial killer.
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Ash is accustomed to dealing with murder and death, but she learns the true meaning of fear when the serial killer targets Lana, the woman that makes Ash’s life worth living.​
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Shakespeare Under Cover

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LGBT-  Action/Adventure

When a serial killer targeted members of the university’s athletic staff, Regan was swept into murder, intrigue, and danger where nothing was as it seemed. Still dealing with the horrific murder of the last man she dated, Regan is overwhelmed by the constant attention from one of her female students. Was Brandy courting her or stalking her?​
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The Hotel

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LGBT-  Action/Adventure

Born in Pevek, Russia, a decaying mining town, beautiful Vanessa Hathaway knew she was her family’s only hope for a bright future. Like a good daughter, she allowed her father to arrange her marriage to wealthy American industrialist Victor Clayton. The photos of Victor showcased a handsome man in his mid-forties. Vanessa steeled herself to fake happiness but in her heart she knew she could never love the dark-haired Texan.

Business commitments in Canada kept Victor from meeting his future bride upon her arrival in America, so he sent his sister to keep her company until he returned home. The first word that popped into Vanessa’s mind upon seeing Lareesa Clayton was "magnificent."

“My friends call me Reesa,” the dark beauty introduced herself as she held Vanessa’s hand in hers. “You may call me Reesa.”
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Maybe I was wrong, Vanessa thought, perhaps I can love a dark-haired Texan.​​
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Please Lie to Me

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LGBT, Romance, Thriller, Suspense

“Please Lie to Me” has 326 pages of roaring action and flaming lesbian romance. Set in Sante Fe, NM this romantic thriller is about Niccola Amato, a classical violinist who crosses over into the popular music genre and is everyone’s darling. Add Reed Redman, a gorgeous computer genius who owns Redman Cyber Securities and Protection Agency, and you have the ingredients for an erupting volcano.

When Reed is tasked with providing security for Niccola while the violinist tours Europe, she isn’t prepared for the star’s jealous husband Fredo, the son of Sergio Donatelli, head of one of New York’s most feared and dangerous crime families.

How do you spend three months protecting a classical icon who flirts with you unmercifully but comes with a serious “Hands OFF or Die” warning?

#1 Best-selling lesbian author Erin Wade brings you a smoking WLW romantic thriller about second chances and forbidden love. I hope you enjoy it. LGBT, Lesbian Fiction, WLW, Sapphic Romance Thriller, Suspense, Action, Adventure.

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The Dark Side of Midnight

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Lesbian Action Adventure

Bestselling Lesbian action-adventure author Erin Wade once again delivers the twists and turns she is known for, in this WLW romantic tale of deceit and murder in a quiet college town on the banks of the Brazos River deep in the Heart of Texas.

Captain Justine Trent—known to her colleagues as Jet tosses her hat into the ring for the job of Sheriff of Paradise County.

Loyal, honest, and straight as an arrow, Jet is surprised when her mentor and the current sheriff resorts to underhanded tactics to win the runoff for the coveted position.
When gorgeous high school principal Autry Bishop reports that her husband, the presiding judge over the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, is receiving death threats, Jet is exposed to the cruel, criminal underbelly of dirty politics and vicious Mexican drug cartels.

Jet struggles to keep Judge Bishop out of harm’s way and keep Autry Bishop out of her heart. Will she succeed or die trying? Find out in this action-packed Lesfic romantic thriller set in a very conservative community.
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