On a dark night in far north Queensland, Australia, a car runs off the road and bursts into flames. Driving closely behind Noel Valentine doesn’t hesitate to pull over and drag one of the occupants to safety. In rescuing David Cameron she has an inkling of what she may be setting in train, but no idea that one outcome will be a fight for her own life. His baggage includes a shady lawyer, traitors and money launderers.

Would she have saved him if she had known she would be facing sharks of the finned as well as the two-legged variety?

Her aim? Could it be to stay alive?

#mild sex, 13+

A complicated affair is created by Alana Woods, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.


A Complicated Affair

When he woke his wrists had been freed and his arms were coursing with pins and needles.


Four uniformed legs barred the garage entrance.


One thing at a time guys. He put his weight on an elbow. It crumpled under him. Brutus licked him anxiously. He tried again.


'We haven't got all day,' an impatient voice told him.


He rolled onto his stomach and dragged his knees up. 'I'm trying.'


'Very,' said the second uniform. 'Do you need a hand?'


Wishing that he didn't David said, 'Yes,' and gasped as they grabbed him in the armpits and hauled him to his feet. He needed their support to stay upright and said so.


'Would you be good enough to follow me in, sir,' one requested of Carrington-Chalmers. 'We're going to need a statement. Constable Fels will wait for the ambulance and take the others' statements.'


Steven nodded. 'I'll go up and let them know what's happening first.'


They bundled David into the back of the police car and produced handcuffs.


Chapter 72: Handcuffed