“WHEN SHE FALLS”
Book 3 of the Hallie Miller Series
Attorney Hallie Miller, once again, finds herself in a difficult position: a young woman was murdered in her vacation rental on Treasure Island Beach, Florida. Hallie’s brother has been charged with this brutal crime, and the police stopped looking for any other suspects as the evidence is stacked against him. Hallie agrees to help him, despite their fractured relationship. As she digs deeper into the evidence, she finds a clue the investigators may have missed—or ignored—which could be the key to proving his innocence. Beyond saving her brother, Hallie fears that the Treasure Island murder may not be an isolated case. Will she be able to prove it before it’s too late for her brother … or the killer’s next victim?
Linda Morgan has fallen in love, and she has begun a new life to be with him: a new home in a new city and a new job. There’s only one complication: he is incarcerated in Florida’s maximum-security prison, serving a sixteen-year sentence for rape and murder. Even though he confessed to the horrific crime, Linda believes he is innocent and will stop at nothing to prove it. When a hurricane slams into the state, the prison is caught in its crosshairs, and Linda must decide whether her desire to be with him is worth risking everything, including her own life.
Monica Martino wants to atone for a lifetime of bad decisions, fully aware she doesn’t deserve forgiveness for most of them, especially the one that destroyed the life of the only man she ever loved. The same man she was responsible for sending to prison. The same man she never told they had a son together. When she learns he has been released from prison, she is terrified. She believes—no, she knows—it won’t be long before he finds her to exact his revenge. Will she be able to convince him of her genuine remorse to spare her life?
As the three women pursue their quests for justice, love, and absolution, their worlds collide, and they must join forces to survive the evils that threaten to destroy them all.
If one falls, they all fall.
“WHEN HE WATCHES”
Book 2 of the Hallie Miller Series
He likes to watch—silent, unseen, nameless—but always there, always watching. Just watching used to satisfy him. It doesn’t anymore.
Tampa, Florida, once heralded as the cigar-making capital of the world, has become known for its beautiful Gulf beaches, the Mediterranean red-roof-tiled homes punctuating the blue-green waters of the Bay, and its carefree, fun-in-the-sun lifestyle. But underneath this intoxicating façade lurks a depraved underbelly, where moral destitution dwells, glutting itself on fear and pain. Out of that darkness, a sadistic monster emerges, brutally attacking young women in their homes, leaving devastation and paranoia, but very little evidence, in his wake.
After the harrowing events of the previous year, Hallie Miller has begun to reclaim for herself some sense of normalcy. And she can say that she feels happy for the first time in a long time. But she feels something else, too. Something new. She can’t shake the feeling that someone is watching her. When a memory of her father triggers her need to solve the mystery of his thirty-year-old murder, Hallie finds herself delving into the city’s darker history and asking questions.
Maybe too many questions…
Tampa, Florida, home to swaying palm trees and miles of sandy beaches under cloudless, blue, sunny skies, has always been paradise to Hallie Miller, who appears to have it all: a thriving legal career, a teenage daughter about to leave for college, and a devoted husband. But even paradise has its cracks, and everyone has secrets.
Hallie’s outwardly picturesque life begins to unravel when she discovers the naked and decomposing body of a college student just feet from her Hyde Park bungalow. When she learns that a young lawyer has been murdered and dumped eleven miles away near her childhood home, Hallie’s amateur sleuth skills are ignited. As she investigates, she learns about another victim: Lila Martinez, a twenty-one-year-old, single mother who was brutally attacked in Ybor City and left for dead, bringing the total known victims to three. Hallie is convinced a serial killer is stalking the women of Tampa Bay.
As Hallie searches for answers, she happens upon a decade-old, unsolved rape case, which is eerily similar to the recent attacks and triggers long buried memories from Hallie’s own past. Meanwhile, Heather McLean, who fled to Tampa eleven years before to escape her violent ex, learns about the murders and is terrified that he has found her, just as he promised he would. As the three women’s lives intersect and their secrets are exposed, they must confront their pasts and the decisions they’ve made, while running from a sadistic killer determined to kill again…
