Blurb—Unholy
Alliance
A decade ago, Tori Rourke, and her cousin, Vivienne, ran from
the Irish mob after witnessing a brutal murder. Tori was framed by the mob, and
while she served time in prison, she worried that the killer, Seamus McGinn,
had kidnapped her missing cousin.
Attorney Grady D. Fletcher, defender of the wrongly
condemned, appeals Tori’s case and wins her release. Now, going by Victoria
Morningstar, she runs a food truck from a seedy waterfront neighborhood, hoping
to find her cousin's kidnapper.
When Grady agrees to defend a new client, Samuel Peterson,
who’s been accused of beating to death the wife of a noted professor, the
evidence mounts. The professor is missing, as well as his laptop that contains
data dangerous to national security.
And Seamus McGinn is back, and rumors of a massive
annihilation is about to begin. As they race to assist the FBI, the bonds
between Grady and Tori are about to be tested. It becomes clear Grady and Tori
are falling fast for each other, but what to do about it is a different story.
He’s a divorced dad who wants more time with his kid. She brings danger to his
front door.
Grady has questions of his own; Is Vivienne at the center of
the mob’s operation? How much will it cost Tori before she learns the truth?
All Grady knows is the biggest danger is the one standing right behind you.
Excerpt—
“Don’t let the anxiety of freedom
consume you.” Attorney Grady Donahue
Fletcher clenched his teeth and rehearsed what he’d say to his client, Victoria
Morningstar. He’d won her appeal and drove to pick her up at Gladstone
Penitentiary. “At least you won’t be placed in solitary.” That was worse.
Six months earlier Grady had phoned a
reporter at the Los Angeles Globe.
"Drew Barker. Grady Fletcher here.”
“Ah, the lawyer. Calling about a tip?”
“I am. Here's something you can
investigate. Tori Morningstar, did she murder Irene Brennan?"
"I wrote that story many years
back," the journalist had said. “I assume you have new discoveries.”
"Fraud, illegal testimony. Do you
want the story first?" A second passed. "Otherwise, I'll call the Orange County Guardian."
"Okay, okay. We want it."
Three days later Grady had a hand in
writing the first article in Drew Barker’s column. "The public labeled
Tori Morningstar as an undesirable. Not black and poor, but disfavored,
accused, incarcerated, and wrongly condemned. Her cellphone has been recovered.
Her call to 911 identified her voice and substantiated screams of the victim in
the background. Could she have beaten someone while speaking to dispatch at the
same time?"
The reporter had written the second
article. "People who get their ideas about criminal lawyers from TV
probably would be disappointed in Grady Fletcher. He lacks flash but stands up
straight, his posture neither ramrod nor slouched. He doesn't smoke, doesn't
wear thousand dollar suits. His voice is soft and low, one of his assets. He
speaks truth with a voice inviting confidences."
As nice as that was, Grady’s stomach
cramped over pressure and strain from Drew Barker’s final article with the
headline, Tori Morningstar, Released
Today. Picked up by the online service, Newser, KTLA, and CBS Los Angeles,
they planned to broadcast his arrival to escort his client from Gladstone.
Tori’s decade-long prison sentence ended
today but with a sobering fear over tomorrow.
When was a July morning this hot? Grady
balanced her release papers on his lap as he rolled up one sleeve then the
other while gripping the damp steering wheel. Sweat blossomed on his throbbing
forehead, wrapped like a python’s grip. He adjusted the dial for the AC and
embraced the challenge of helping another client get back on track. Embrace and
conquer. Or at least sound like it.
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A little about Kathleen Rowland—
Book Buyers Best
finalist Kathleen Rowland is devoted to giving her readers fast-paced,
high-stakes suspense with a sizzling love story sure to melt their hearts. Writing a romantic suspense Irish American
series for Tirgearr Publishing, Deadly
Alliance is followed by Unholy
Alliance with a release date of March 29, 2017. Keep an icy drink handy while reading these
hot stories.
Other books are
sweet new adult such as Lily’s Pad
and the Intervenus Series: A Brand New
Address and Betrayal at Crater’s Edge.
Kathleen used to
write computer programs but now writes novels.
She grew up in Iowa where she caught lightning bugs, ran barefoot, and
raced her sailboat on Lake Okoboji. Now
she wears flip-flops and sails with her husband, Gerry, on Newport Harbor but
wishes there were lightning bugs in California.
Kathleen exists
happily with her witty CPA husband, Gerry, in their 70’s poolside retreat in
Southern California where she adores time spent with visiting grandchildren,
dogs, one bunny, and noisy neighbors.
While proud of their five children who’ve flown the coop, she appreciates
the luxury of time to write. If you’d
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