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1) Under Wraps
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Halloween. A time for costumes, corpses, and causing trouble.
The La Valentia PD has received an anonymous tip with a growing list of decrypted names-a list that threatens to shake the suburban town to its core.
Good thing Kira Brightwell doesn't have any big plans for the night, because things are about to get interesting.
A quirky, short crime novel for both new and regular readers of the Kira Brightwell series by Writers' Journal winning author,...
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Kira Brightwell was just a normal college graduate-until she escaped her own abduction and rescued seven other women in the process.
Three years later, Kira lives on her own terms. She trains in MMA, and works as the assistant of her best friend and white-hat hacker, Rob.
For once, Kira feels in control. Or at least she does until a familiar figure from her past turns everything upside down, and puts her back in the crosshairs when another life...
3) Low Blow
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Kira Brightwell knows how to take a punch. (Actually, she prefers throwing them.)
But a smear campaign in the local press leaves her rocked. Clients are suddenly few and far between, with cases ranging from cheating boyfriends to lost dogs.
...Until a tip from an unlikely source leads to something much bigger-and more disturbing-than Kira could have imagined.
Who says everything isn't connected?
A fast-paced crime novel and the third book in the...
4) Weigh In
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Kira Brightwell might be a bad-ass MMA trainee now, but she doesn't remember her high school years fondly. In fact, she prefers not to think of them at all.
And yet she finds herself walking the familiar hallways once more-all thanks to her former tormentor and current sidekick, Trevor Wright. An old friend of his has a problem-the kind only Kira can solve.
Assuming she can step up to the challenge.
A quirky, short crime novel for both new and...
5) Game Plan
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Kira Brightwell knows the best defense is a good offense-whether facing an opponent in the cage, or chasing down a criminal on a case.
Four years after her abduction escape, Kira has finally uncovered a tenuous link to the Procurer's past-one that seems to raise more questions than answers. But the abductor for hire stopped underestimating her a long time ago, and Kira knows she is being watched.
How far will she go to slip his leash?
...And what...
6) Cornered
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Kira Brightwell knows where to find the Procurer.
After four long years of searching, she finally has him in her sights. But taking him down won't be easy. The clock is ticking, and he's a man who knows how to cover his tracks.
...And Kira isn't the only one looking for him.
A gripping crime novel and the sixth book in the Kira Brightwell series by Writers' Journal winning author, Jacquelyn Smith.
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Kira Brightwell hates to lose-in the MMA cage or outside of it. But her failure to capture the serial abductor known as the Procurer rankles most of all.
Kira has had four months to obsess over the last time he slipped through her fingers, but now a new threat has arrived in La Valentia-a twisted, deadly menace, whose depth of obsession mirrors her own.
Good thing she has a certain arrogant playboy and a computer geek to watch her back...
An intense...
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Kira Brightwell has always known her life would change after graduation.
She never expected to have to fight for survival.
Kira finds herself at a crossroads-caught between her parents' plans for her and her own-when a group of seemingly unconnected, local women are reported missing, with no leads or suspects.
Probably not the best time to visit her grandparents' isolated cabin to sort out her future...
A tense, crime origin story of the Kira...
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Kira Brightwell needs a change of scenery.
A few weeks have passed since her latest case. (Assuming you can call it a case without being officially hired or paid...) A nice, relaxing, solo trip to Toronto to visit her grandparents seems like a good idea-no nosy reporters, no criminals to take down with her MMA skills, and (most importantly) no self-appointed sidekick Trevor Wright.
But the moment Kira steps off the plane from California, she realizes...
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Kira Brightwell never expects much on her birthday. But this year promises an even more low-key day than usual, with a sick boyfriend, one of her few friends working a double shift, and her family too busy to celebrate until the weekend. Curling up with an ice cream cake to binge-watch some movies seems like the best way to salvage things. (And so what if she had to buy the cake herself?) ...Until an anonymous birthday card containing an immediate...
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A nice, relaxing vacation. After all the mystery and mayhem over the past several months, a tropical getaway seems like just what Kira Brightwell needs.With only her best friend for company and no one back home aware of their location (detective friend, persistent sidekick, and nosy reporters included), Kira can finally unwind and try to forget. Maybe enjoy a cool, refreshing cocktail on the beach.But wherever Kira goes, trouble always follows only...
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Kira Brightwell might not wear a badge. But she still enjoys the challenge when she unravels a difficult case. The case of Taylor Christie proves no exception. The social media starlet prepares to shoot a video, when things go wrong. Horribly wrong. With an entire crowd in attendance. And more than Kira knows stands between her and the truth about what happened. A twisting, stand-alone short story from the fast-paced Kira Brightwell crime fiction...
13) Puncher's Chance
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Kira Brightwell and trouble seem to go hand in hand. Still, after escaping her own abduction over three years ago, becoming MMA trained, and solving two major cases in the past few months, most people would consider her above running down the streets of La Valentia with scrambled egg on her shirt to chase down a complete stranger… But even a local hero has her off days. A fast-paced, crime fiction misadventure for both new and regular readers of...
14) Death Clause
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An unplanned homecoming turns to homicide...Zee never expected to move back to her hometown to live with her parents. (And definitely not at the age of forty.) Then again, she never expected to stumble across a dead body either.She thought when she left Toronto for the quiet, small-town life, she had left her problems behind.But both cats and a killer have other plans...Meet Zee Quinn (only her mother calls her 'Mackenzie')-prodigal daughter of Ashwood,...
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